Friend claims she's crazy?!
Question: I have a good friend who I obviously care about, but it seems like every day she claims to have some new mental disorder. She is on medication for Depression (as am I) but she has a nasty habit of blaming everything on it. "I'm -being promiscious- bc of my meds. I don't feel like getting out of bed. Bc of my Depression." Then she says she's a sensitive and sees ghosts. Then she's skitzophrenic. Then she's Obsessive Compulsive. You would think that if she really had sooo many different things going on, she wouldn't advertise it to everyone freely, so I'm fairly sure she's just saying it for attention, but it's embarrassing when mid-conversation with other people in public she'll say something like, "Well I'm a paranoid skitzophrenic AND I'm on medication for Depression, which makes me horny!" Do I bring it up to her?
Answers: I have a good friend who I obviously care about, but it seems like every day she claims to have some new mental disorder. She is on medication for Depression (as am I) but she has a nasty habit of blaming everything on it. "I'm -being promiscious- bc of my meds. I don't feel like getting out of bed. Bc of my Depression." Then she says she's a sensitive and sees ghosts. Then she's skitzophrenic. Then she's Obsessive Compulsive. You would think that if she really had sooo many different things going on, she wouldn't advertise it to everyone freely, so I'm fairly sure she's just saying it for attention, but it's embarrassing when mid-conversation with other people in public she'll say something like, "Well I'm a paranoid skitzophrenic AND I'm on medication for Depression, which makes me horny!" Do I bring it up to her?
sounds to me like she is a hypochondriac and just wants to get attention.. and it is probably steaming from something much more serious. so sit her down and talk to her about what is bothering her something besides her illnesses she thinks she has. and maybe even go to the doctor with her to have them checked out since she seems to be so worried about it.. or you could just call her out on it and see how her stories fumble and let her know noone likes a liar and she is only hurting herself in the long run because noone is going to believe her later when she really is sick they will just think it is another thing she made up.. so just try to get her the help she needs, maybe even by talking to someone about it that you think can help.
Yes, bring it up. Or maybe this is not an effective relationship for you.
Well... she could infact have schizofrenia... that is the only thing I could think of that would make her say such odd things. mmmm... or either that she is really weird. WOW.. consider getting a new friend, or at least hoping she finds a new therapist. The current one doesn't seem to be working
she needs to go back to her doctor,encourage her to do this(possibly go with her and tell the doctor whats happening with her) but i agree she sounds like she is doing it for extra attention. Please distance yourself a bit more because if she starts getting a name for herself with regards to the promiscuity then you might too.
I would simply encourage her a see a doctor. Sounds like hypochondria, but I'm not a doctor.
Attention. I know plenty of people who do this. The only thing she has is "ME ME ME syndrome"
I really empathize with you because I have friends my age (26) who treat me in odd ways. I have never been on any meds for any depression although I do sometimes feel depressed and have been diagnosed with to separate forms of autism. My main problem is that I am a crystal child sent early to help anchor the energies of my fellow crystal followers. I see souls at night and angels in the morning or when I drive which is not often because I have 3 DUI's. I can read the auras of people around me and their negative energy flows often invade my crystal purity making me nauseous in my stomach and forcing me to leave crowded places. When I try to explain my problems to new people my friends get all embarrassed and give me dirty looks that I can see without looking because they appear in my psychic 3rd eye. It offends me that people who claim they are my friends treat my like I am crazy or Hindu or something. I wish that people like them and like you would stop being judgmental self centered haters. Why do you have to take out your low self esteem out on your friend and why are you jealous that she gets more sexual partners then you? Grow up little girl, the world is a serious place in need of serious guardians. May your chakra always flow like honey down your flower vain drain. Peace my sister.
Maybe she just has a fear of getting diseases or maybe she's just paranoid. Or like you said, she just needs attention.
But seriously, she crosses the line when she claims that all her actions are caused by her meds. So what if she is off the meds? What can she blame it on next. It's just all excuses to act more freely than she would. She needs to go to a doctor and see if she really is crazy.
she only has one disease if you can even call it that hypocandria. she is just finding diseases to draw attention to herself.
yep u sure sound the same
she has a borderline personality disorder not hypochondria. She will be like this for a very long time to come so get used to it.