Category Archives: Symptoms
Bizarre Obsessions
Repost from the old site. OCD (Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder) is a very strange illness. Although it is lumped in with the anxiety disorders, some have observed that it has qualities about it that imply that maybe it should be moved elsewhere. … Continue reading
More on Schiz OCD
Repost from the old site. This is an update to a previous post about schiz OCD, which is a particular subtype of OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, an anxiety disorder which I suffer from. Fred Penzel, one of the world’s top … Continue reading
What Is Schiz OCD?
Repost from the old site. Well, to be honest, it’s nothing, officially anyway. It’s just a colloquial name given to a certain type of OCD, or obsessive-compulsive disorder, this type being a pure-O type, or obsessions without compulsions*. I have … Continue reading
OCD Versus Psychosis OCD with Psychotic Features
This is another in a series of articles on psychiatric diagnosis. This one will focus on the interface between OCD and psychosis. Keep in mind that there is a now a dx called “OCD with psychotic features.” Here are five … Continue reading
Just Kill Yourself and Get it Over With
Seriously, you sick bitch. Borderline personality disorder, apparently. She’s a cutter. I knew some cutters once. They actually formed a club called Oakhurst Cutters. Bunch of stupid, sick, fucked up young White women. She told us that at a table … Continue reading
This Is Not Schizophrenia
Repost from the old site. This is not schizophrenia. Let’s look at some symptoms here that a fellow is reporting in a weight-lifting forum. Many of the commenters are replying that the guy has “the beginnings of schizophrenia”, “mild schizophrenia” … Continue reading
POCD Versus Pedophilia – Differential Diagnosis
Repost from the old site. This is one of a number of posts I have written on mental illness. It deals with it from a diagnostic point of view that is probably most interesting to sufferers or clinicians, but may … Continue reading
Thought Broadcasting and Thought Disorder: Pathognomic Schizophrenic Symptoms
Here. This is a most unusual schizophrenic symptom that most folks do not know about. It’s probably quite rare to nonexistent in other disorders; in fact, I think it is pathognomic of schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. I doubt if you … Continue reading
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