Can feeling sorry for oneself be part of a mental illness?!
Question: That depends, anything done in excess indicates an imbalance in the person.
So, essentially, there is a healthy level of feeling sorry for oneself required, and then you cross a line and it means there's something out of whack with you and is drawing your attention to itself.
Its tough to state the imbalance that will result in this symptom, but when I've caught myself being excessive with the self-pity its been when I either felt victimised, weak, powerless to solve my problems and such like.
It stands to reason (at least when i'm doing the reasoning) that excessive self-pity can be a symptom then of mental illness, where mental illness is defined as an inability of a person to maintain balance within ones being.
Answers: That depends, anything done in excess indicates an imbalance in the person.
So, essentially, there is a healthy level of feeling sorry for oneself required, and then you cross a line and it means there's something out of whack with you and is drawing your attention to itself.
Its tough to state the imbalance that will result in this symptom, but when I've caught myself being excessive with the self-pity its been when I either felt victimised, weak, powerless to solve my problems and such like.
It stands to reason (at least when i'm doing the reasoning) that excessive self-pity can be a symptom then of mental illness, where mental illness is defined as an inability of a person to maintain balance within ones being.
depression
It is easy to feel sorry for oneself when as a result of mental illness you get stigmatised forever, as you have to mention periods off work and cover it up on your CV. Once people have a label attached to them everything they do is related to that illness by other people. If you get excited you are manic, if you state a strong opinion it is your illness talking, if you disagree with the psychiatrist this is put down to a mental illness.
Also you may have fantastic experiences in mania that no one else can share with you or validate, the shrinks and society just call it illness, so even though they meant a great deal to you, you find out that they were just illusions and no one is interested in them. This makes you feel sorry for yourself too, as great chunks of your life when you felt buzzing with creativity are nothing in the worlds eyes and you have to forget about them and have a disjointed past.
The mentally ill usually have a great vision of lifes possibilities, yet the illness leaves them with much reduced possibilities so the gap leaves them feeling sorry for themselves about this.
So in answer to your question - I think feeling sorry for yourself is part and parcel of mental illness, but no psychiatric manual puts it in this way
It depends how severe it is, if EVERYthing you do and is not as good as you think it should be and EVERY one else is better at EVERthing else than you, then you could have depression.
Everyone gets off days, but if your mood stays like this for more than a couple of weeks, see your doctor.
When you can't see anything but despair in your life and the self pity envelope's you it is mental illness.Feeling sorry for yourself is only a loose term but the sorrow, anguish and hopelessness you can feel about yourself is a classic sign of mental illness.When someone is mentally ill they struggle to focus on anything but themselves.It's usually negative and gives rise to self pity.This has to be all consuming to be classed as a mental illness.Feeling sorry for yourself fleetingly does not.
It can do but not necessarily. I speak from experience as last year I had a pretty bad time, and showed a lot of the symptoms of depression, such as feeling sorry for myself, wondering where my life went wrong, why I'm stuck in a dead-end job etc etc. Turned out I was just anxious, and a little bit obsessive-compulsive. Nothing too much to worry about. No pills or anything like that.
depends why you're feeling sorry for yourself, depends on the problem you have. if your just low then the answer is no (nice rhyme lol) lots of people feel sorry for themselves hence the phrase: no use feeling sorry for yourself. doesnt mean you have a mental illness.
No. I believe it is depression. Depression hurts. It hurts everybody around the individual, especially those who love the person. There is help out there. It isn't hard to find.
Self loathing is a symptom of depression.
This all depends on your circumstances and the duration of your feelings.
It is normal for people to feel sorry for themselves on occasion. It is part of our human nature, however, if your feelings have persisted for a month or longer I suggest you find professional help.
Kind Regards
I think feeling sorry for yourself it more of a personality quirk than a true mental illness.
no, it is part of depression, it is unhealthy in large doses, you have to keep it under control...
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No, it doesn't sound like it - but we haven't much to go on, here!
Have you any other symptoms, or a reason to feel sorry for yourself? Are you just reacting to some adverse event in your life?
If this is persisting, go chat to your doctor to make sure you're OK. It's worth it for the reassurance. x
Feeling sorry for yourself can come along with depression. It's a vicious cycle. But it's not always the case. It's just depends because depression is different for all people.
It sounds like you have low self-esteem and possibly dysthymia, which is a chronic low-grade form of depression. It's a little hard to answer your question fully though, as it's quite ambiguous. I would also agree with another answerer in saying that it can be a personality trait.