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Shane84
10-05-2009, 09:47 PM
Hello,

I am 25 year old male from Georgia and in seek of advise. I have had a problematic past and things are starting to resurface.

I am interested in what you think and look forward to talking in the forums.

Some background:

I moved to Georgia from Wisconsin when I was 12 years old and during my mid teens started abusing alcohol and drugs and had a not so stable relationship with my parents.

After ending up on meth amphetamines and abusing for roughly 5 years I quit and decided to make a change in my life.

Shortly after I graduated from college with an associates degree and landed a nice job in which I still hold today. I have excelled to almost an extreme.

Since quiting drugs I have had a never ending thirst for knowledge and experiences and I always want more, more, more. People that are around me are never good enough and I don't understand why others don't feel the same way. I feel most of the time that I am better than most people. I get angry because of this a lot of times.

I am a neat freak. Everything around me should be kept clean and tidy. Small things annoy me and drive me insane like if a door is half open or closed or the lid is left off of something.

My symptoms:

Racing thoughts
Anxiety
Violence
Elevated Mood
Depression
Irritability
Obsessions
Addictions to various things
Mood swings
Constant analytical thinking
Antisocial
Want for constant change
Strong desire for unique experiences

Thats a nutshell of what I am dealing with and I hope to find help here and in the company of others going through similar things. If you have any quick advice for me I am all ears or if you just want to say hey, that would be fine too.

See ya around the forums.

admin
10-08-2009, 02:27 PM
You have mentioned quite a few symptoms and I wonder which of these symtoms are most troubling you and for how long.

If you have suffered some of them more or less continously for at lease few days, then you might need some help.

You feel you are better than most people most of the time and it means you may be having features of Anankastic personality disorder traits.

Personality disorder characterized by feelings of doubt, perfectionism, excessive conscientiousness, checking and preoccupation with details, stubbornness, caution, and rigidity. There may be insistent and unwelcome thoughts or impulses that do not attain the severity of an obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Check it out at following WHO link.

http://apps.who.int/classifications/apps/icd/icd10online/