During my life, I grew up in an abusive family. I was never close to anyone, and everyone treated each other terribly. Because of this, I might have Borderline personality disorder. I am in college now. I am often very moody, which affects how I behave. Some days I'm really quiet, some other days I talk a lot. One time I was smoking and I just kept thinking; am I normal, or is my perception of reality different from the way "normal" people see things? Am I a delusional being living a lie?
You are normal. Do not benchmark yourself against what is considered "normal" by most people. Fuck "normal." You grew up in circumstances that are not "normal."The only lie is questioning yourself for who you are and that not being "normal" is abnormal.
Eh, sounds normal...At least you're not weird, I mean shit, I've been weird so long that normal is absolutely weird to me anymore.
I grew up in the same setting as you. Try talking to a therapist it helps. There's nothing crazy about you
Honestly I think if you had BPD, you'd have more extreme symptoms than the ones you just said. I am not like the expert or anything, but I do have it myself. And I would like to say first off, I am sorry you had to grow up that way. Shit sucks. And I am sorry you don't feel normal. But in my non-expert opinion, you don't sound very disturbed.
I grew up in a very loving family, not to brag, but to tell you that I experience these weird mood swings as well when I start thinking of problems in my life. 2 days ago I was feeling sad and just straight weird, but then the next day at school I feel happy as ever.
I think we all have mental disorders to some degree. It's just a part of being human - some get stuck with it worse but life can be directed to work around the chemistry inside our heads to find happiness.
Nope! I cant help but think of ways to kill many people and not get caught. Like putting Ebola in the punchbowl at prom. Am i normal?
I've grown up in some really weird and unhealthy social environments, so trust me OP you're perfectly normal.
"it takes skill to be real, time to heal each other" hang in there bro, take it one step at a time. Be your own best friend when nobody else is around.. Dont label yourself "crazy" when thats the nature of existance. In the end it all depends on what you make of it. We are all like that from time to time, stop telling this kid he has mental disorders
Yeah same boat. Took a while to be diagnosed with bipolar. Ive suffered several very traumatic events. Abused psychedelics, went over the very deep end. I have more issues than sports illustrated
Everyone's fucked up one way or another. I have anxiety, depression, anger issues and all and I consider myself normal.
There's no such thing as normal man, normality is a conscious state that varies from person to person. Don't ever compare yourself to anyone, I have a very tough time doing this though.