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> Some how I made it through 40+ years with it and never knew it. I can relate to this, and I think there's a potentially large underbelly of society, that man
by lioeters 8y ago
> Some how I made it through 40+ years with it and never knew it.
I can relate to this, and I think there's a potentially large underbelly of society, that many (most?) of us are walking around with undiagnosed personality "disorders" (let's say, traits) like ADHD, the autistic spectrum, agoraphobia, narcissism, sociopathy, and so on - maybe even ones we haven't discovered or classified yet.
The infamous DSMMD (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders) is a massive tome, where pretty much every member of human society can find a matching category..
- colechristensen 8y agoIn a nutshell, the DSM say anything that sucks is a disease. What is exciting is that the wandering-in-the-dark of psychology is being usurped by neurology actually understanding how the brain works on gradually higher and higher levels.
- eswat 8y agoI found out this year, at 32, that I have a mostly-anxious/sometimes-avoidant insecure attachment style. Some of the bumps I’ve experienced in life probably would have gone smoother if this was made apparent to me years ago and I had the tools I have now to work with it.