Without a word to define what I'm feeling, I don't always notice how fucked up my headspace is getting because I constantly adjust to it.
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My tendency to fast-cycle through multiple mental landscapes in a day? I've started calling it shortwave mania, just to help recognise it.
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This is helpful, not just in regulating my own behaviour, but in keeping track of how I'm treating/relating to the people around me.
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"Mood swings" isn't a helpful term for me, because it suggests a pattern that's both erratic & uninfluenced by outside stimuli. This isn't.
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Today wasn't shortwave; today was just a dysphoric episode that got steadily worse under pressure until I dissociated for an hour.
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But being able to make that distinction - to use it to assess where I'm at in the bigger scheme of things? THAT is a very positive thing.
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A lot of shit gets talked these days about people self-diagnosing various mental health conditions, like it's some snowflake-seeking thing.
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And sure: obligatory disclaimer that professional judgements can be helpful, that some people are assholes/wrong/attention-seeking etc. BUT.
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Overwhelmingly, ppl who self-dx want tools - want a *language* - that helps them better manage their mental health & internal landscapes.
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It helps to know that your experience isn't unique to you: that it's real, that it's been externally validated, that you're not delusional.
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And with the passing of the great Carrie Fisher, I feel it's more important than ever to talk about this stuff: processes, needs & methods.
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I hope tomorrow is a better day for you. I dissociate (now very rarely, once very commonly) for completely different reasons & I
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