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Needing to control all aspects of my life

Beth_Robinson

Beth_Robinson

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Location
Suffolk
Type of diabetes
Type 1
Treatment type
Pump
Because of the lack of control in my life up until this point regarding my t1 diabetes, I have found that recently I have become obsessively controlling in most aspects of my life, for example I will not eat food unless I have seen it being prepared, I need to do things my way in terms of their process or I break down, I can't function unless things are set out in a logical way so that I can understand them. I find that I go through stages of being incredibly excited and enthusiastic and stages of being very down. Not to a huge extent, but more than just mood swings. If things go wrong, I break down, I can just sit there for ages and just stare into space, or lie down and feel ******. Every single one of my 6 closest friends has had/ does have a mental illness. I never accept help/talk to anyone because I need to be able to control it myself (even doing this feels horrible) so... mental illness, narcissism, or just normal level of 'weird'?
 
Hi. Have you thought about contacting your local branch of Mind, the Mental Health charity, assuming you are in the UK? They can help with many forms of mental illness including OCD, depression, bi-polar disorder and so on. You can self-refer or ask your GP to refer you. Don't forget that 1 in 4 of us suffers mental illness at some time in our lives so you are not alone. Do seek help.
 
You are exceptionally literate.

But why fix solely on MENTAL illness?

Note that of the developmental disorder which he described, versus the mental disorder of schizophrenia, Hans Asperger speculated (in 1944): "It could well be that these two disorders of the will are closely related!"

Some of the very best people manifest features of Asperger's syndrome! (But I should in fairness add that so too do some of the very worst.)
 
Yes, Michaeldavid is right. There are things such as aspergers outside of mental illness that can't be easily changed but you can let others know a bit more about yourself. I have worked with people with aspergers and other personality types. If others can understand the way you are by working with them they will often then be able to work with you and your personality style
 
Daibell said:
Yes, Michaeldavid is right. There are things such as aspergers outside of mental illness that can't be easily changed but you can let others know a bit more about yourself. I have worked with people with aspergers and other personality types. If others can understand the way you are by working with them they will often then be able to work with you and your personality style
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I am pretty sure that I don't have aspergers syndrome, although I s'pose everyone is on the autistic spectrum... When you say 'other personality types' could you give an example that might comply with my personality? Thank you as well :)
 
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