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i like the flavor mental disorders add to my runs. for me, i think i'd keep around my ADHD but drop MDD since the ADHD flaw has some boons too.
i'd like to experience a run with BPD but i'd probably get tired of it real quick.
Totes fair. If I could pick and choose symptoms there are definitely parts of ADHD I'd keep - The wild lateral thinking leaps, for instance. And Bipolar has a few perks, too. They're just massively outweighed by the negative symptoms.
Borderline or Bipolar? Bipolar is an absolute trip. I have type II, which involves hypomanic episodes, so like less-than full bore manic, and even though they're not as intense as manic episodes they can be quite frightening and disruptive. It's an incredibly odd experience, one of those things I don't think people who haven't experienced it can fully understand. I kind of wish we had some kind of temporary mental-illness ray. I think if people could volunteer to experience hte symptoms in a controlled, safe way it'd be much easier for people to be compassionate towards people suffering from mental health symptoms.
yeah, Bipolar. I'm curious about what a manic episode would be like since MDD just kinda sucks and is boring? so it'd be nice to have some extra flavor
mildly curious about Borderline since it seems people with it have really exciting lives (but it seems pretty shitty to have)
My brief description for mania is being absolutely, unshakably convinced that you are the coolest, smartest, sexiest, most capable, awesomest person in the room. Not in a self confidence way, but in an outright frightening unshakable delusion way. Kind of the opposite of when you're severely depressed and think you're the worst and everyone hates you, but that doesn't really convey the feeling.