Anxiety Disorders

[Fidei Defensor]

I just find it interesting the amount of people in this thread suffering from such illnesses. Number is so high it borders on unbelievable. Makes me bring up other questions like should there be a sub forum to talk about these issues? And also why does the correlation between anxiety disorders and mental illness seem so high in those that are devout?

One can easily make the assumption that the number is high if you base it off a thread where mostly people who suffer from it are posting. I bet you the majority of phatmass doesn't suffer from anxiety and they aren't posting on this thread because the topic doesn't relate to them.

 

Oh, any by the way, I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and anxiety when I was an atheist, long before I came back to the Church.

Edited May 24, 2014 by tardis ad astra

[Selah]

I was never officially diagnosed. But it's pretty obvious, to me, my doctor, and the school therapist, that I have some sort of depression. 

[Lilllabettt]

2 things:

 

1. I should have pointed out that what I said earlier doesn't apply to everyone with a diagnosis. Just because you have an anxiety disorder does not necessarily mean that you have altered neuroanatomy. the only way to know that for sure is to stick your head in an fmri machine

 

2. anyone who wants to try to connect the rate of anxiety disorder in phatmass members with broader generalizations about religious groups needs to think twice. phatmass is awesome, but it is an extremely weird sample. In many ways. Just because of what we do here - posting on an internet message board -- the nature of that activity attracts a certain type of person.  I think like half the people on here are INFJ, which in the real world is the rarest myersbrigg type. 

[chrysostom]

and several more are INFP, like me :D

[Perigrina]

Yeah, I'm INTJ.  Religion forums tend to be skewed to IN types.  In real life I almost never meet another INTJ and it happens on forums all the time.

[Perigrina]

  I think like half the people on here are INFJ, which in the real world is the rarest myersbrigg type. 

 

Frequency of types chart here: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/my-mbti-results/how-frequent-is-my-type.asp

[PhuturePriest]

Yeah, I'm INTJ.  Religion forums tend to be skewed to IN types.  In real life I almost never meet another INTJ and it happens on forums all the time.

 

I'm ESFP. I like being an ESFP in a forum of INTJs, because we're literally exact opposites on every level. :P

[Perigrina]

I'm ESFP. I like being an ESFP in a forum of INTJs, because we're literally exact opposites on every level. :P

 

 

I am rarer than you are.   :harhar:

[OnlySunshine]

I'm ISFJ which is the extremely sensitive/guardian type.  I am very protective of myself and others and I'm loyal.  When my feelings get hurt, it takes me a long time to get over it (or it used to).  That's why I'm so thankful for CBT because my therapist helped me find ways to get past certain painful events in my life when people hurt me - especially people I thought I could trust.  That's why I'm also thankful for my Young Adult Group friends because I know that I can trust them 100%.  I've never been hurt by any of them.  They're awesome.  :)

[Nihil Obstat]

Yeah, I'm INTJ.  Religion forums tend to be skewed to IN types.  In real life I almost never meet another INTJ and it happens on forums all the time.

I usually get INTJ too. :) Occasionally I get other results, but INTJ makes me feel nicest.

[Ash Wednesday]

I just find it interesting the amount of people in this thread suffering from such illnesses. Number is so high it borders on unbelievable. Makes me bring up other questions like should there be a sub forum to talk about these issues? And also why does the correlation between anxiety disorders and mental illness seem so high in those that are devout?

 

Actually, some studies have shown that religious devotion can help people cope with depression and anxiety.

 

A thread about anxiety disorders is going to attract others that have the same affliction and want to talk about it. The number of people that actually respond in comparison to people that visit the website and phorum are probably not particularly high. It's not like most people that don't suffer from it are going to post on here saying "well, I don't have it! Trololololol"

 

Anxiety disorders are on the rise in general, especially after the economic meltdown in 08 and long recession following. Stress also contributes to anxiety, and I think the pace the world is moving at now and expectations to keep up while shouldering more and more debt combined with weaker family and community structures to help cope contributes a great deal to stress (and depression, both which go hand in hand with anxiety.)

 

We live in a world where we are constantly stimulated and on alert at all times. We often don't have healthy sleep-wake cycles, our minds are constantly at work filtering information and communicating, our diets are loaded with sugar, salt and caffeine -- so it's hardly surprising that these things are becoming more common.

 

I'd also venture to say people are also more willing to talk about it without having to worry about social stigmas or, you know, ignorant people.

[OnlySunshine]

I thought after my confidence level changed and I ended CBT successfully that my personality had changed somewhat and I was more extroverted, but I still get ISFJ.  I'm thinking of taking it again online just to see.  I know it's not the same as the written form but it's pretty accurate with the website I use.  :)

[PhuturePriest]

I'm ISFJ which is the extremely sensitive/guardian type.  I am very protective of myself and others and I'm loyal.  When my feelings get hurt, it takes me a long time to get over it (or it used to).  That's why I'm so thankful for CBT because my therapist helped me find ways to get past certain painful events in my life when people hurt me - especially people I thought I could trust.  That's why I'm also thankful for my Young Adult Group friends because I know that I can trust them 100%.  I've never been hurt by any of them.  They're amesome.  :)

 

I actually have the opposite problem, in that I'm super trustful and forgiving of anyone and everything. It sounds nice, but it's actually sometimes a major pain.

[HisChildForever]

INFJ here. It fits me well imo.

[HisChildForever]

Here are statistics for mental illness in America. To quote, [b]Approximately 40 million American adults ages 18 and older, or about 18.1 percent of people in this age group in a given year, have an anxiety disorder.[/b]

Edited May 25, 2014 by HisChildForever