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Originally Posted by Mr Peabody
Thanks Ms. Rossi,
You may have noticed I included a serious request for useful psychological websites. I would like to obtain a better understanding of someone.
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There is no clear cross reference lists to apply. Diagnosis of different mental illness is not a perfect science. The proper reference guide for your interest would be the
The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders known as the
DSM-5
Different Psychiatrists that believe in different disciplines often disagree on diagnosis and treatment. Often people present with different overlapping symptoms.
There are way too many arm-chair closeted shrinks in the mix trying to peg someone based on how they post...... Dante for example displays homosexual tendencies and often comes on to Still Looking and Still Looking has pegged Dante as a confused trans-sexual as a result.... I think Dante's just whiny immature little boy that is jealous of others that can afford to have nicer toys than he can. Not remotely a mental -illness... Just an example of people judging others differently....
I think you are mistaken as are a lot of others in regards to judging people for the "way" they may choose to post. Although some of a person's actual personality may make it into their posting here and in other anonymous places I think too many people here discount the natural habit of many to" be someone else" or play a role when posting online.
People try out different persona's at different times in the same manner and Actor plays a role.
I have attended hundreds of social gatherings over the years of people I had met first in some anonymous manner.
Back in the late 70s it was CB and Ham radio "breaks"...
In the late 80s and early 90s it was chatrooms get togethers. Most common were "powwows" as my wife was NA and a regular participant and I posted and went along with her as well.
I used to play postal chess and then later online and get together at tournaments...
Then with ASPD these communities began to have "socials"....
I can truthfully say that I've met 1000's of people that I first thought I "knew" based on the anonymous manner in which we had previously communicated.... Sometimes for years before actually meeting.....
The most common thing anyone seems to say about anyone else has always been
"You are nothing like I would have imagined you would be."