Out of Pod Experience

It's a common misconception made popular by Hollywood movies that finding the cause of a psychiatric disorder will more or less immediately cure you of the sickness.
But it is about you, not me.
If you would trust an analyst more, then so be it.
Trust is more important than the actual therapy technique.

Currently looking for a thread I posted a couple years ago to someone in the forums, don´t remember, that was having this "Super Self-Awareness" moment and was asking, in more or less the same terms, what you are asking.

To be specific, people with mental disabilities that don´t know they have them are the norm, so yes, regarding your question.

Fact is, in my line of work, one of the first DSM related "bullet points" to look for in certain areas of thought are exactly that, unawareness of condition which can lead me to a better causeway of analysis to further refine diagnosis.

This condition is usually detected the moment it begins to seriously deteriorate personal relationships, work and normal social behavior, but some people live with them perhaps all their life and not realizing they are "handicapped" as you put it.

Most of them end up in a specialized medical facility without them even knowing why they are there. Many more spend their lives in solitude or in unhealthy environments, further degrading their well-being.

The bare minimum for social acceptance and work efficiency in most countries can be boiled (jokingly of course) down to not going out naked, not killing people in cold blood as soon you go out into the street and be able to at least order your meal in a fast food joint, rest is a bonus, so yep, lots of mentally ill people out there.

"Certificates of Normalcy" as I usually joke around, are usually given only inside the Psych Wards

Now, regarding your incredible abilities of projecting thought, having several lines of thinking, physical resistance, pain or fear responses to situations, whatever they may be, and I am including some you might not have said but I throw in the lot for ease of reference, are perceptions that YOU have of well ... YOU.

People in your close social circle telling you DO have INDEED these abilities(if anyone near you is willing to support you on this) , are to be a bit blunt, but straight to the point, similar to you thinking you can sing extremely well and a group of friends telling you, yep, you are like the new Elvis Presley born to Rock the World again because your voice is awesome in the shower.

I don´t want to sound mean, or condescending, and I apologize if this "sounds" like that, but what I am trying to explain in TEXT is, well, fellow capsuleer, your super powers are non existant, your physical and mental abilities will usually fall within common constraints proper to your gender, nationality, genetic stock and social upbringing, no more no less.

Unless there is a standardized battery of tests taken on you to measure your cognitive skills (for example) , at least from my side of the Scientific branches studying human behavior (Psychology) I can assure you, you are , more or less, a common person.

Like almost everybody else in the world.

Now in regard to your self perceived physical abilities, I cannot comment but I am inclined, using the incredible powers of statistics and "guesswork" that you are probably also normal.

If you feel inclined to disregard everything I said, I would happily tell you, as an alternative, to go to a certified counselor and mental health specialist and telling him/her these exact feelings.

He will help you way more than a random stranger off the internet in a spaceship pew pew game forum, but It is my moral and ethical duty to tell you this and disregard any advice on these forums that doesn´t lead you to proper counseling in the hands of a professional.

Also no, I´m not saying you are crazy, or anything like that either btw, and Mental Health therapist are NOT for "insane" people.

Doubts regarding your life, feelings, relationships and general thoughts are better channeled with these kind of workers, myself included, in proper environments suited to this type of actions.

I hope you have a happy day and I wish you and your house blessings.

o/

I believe the root problem with people as you put it, is finding a "cure" as if a "disease" existed.

"Normalcy" is in my own experience, non existant, and all we have is a common sense of socially accepted neuroses we call "proper behavior" that is heavily modified by cultural taboos and close environment rules.

That´s why I told OP to look for a counselor. He is not sick, he is simply as I have seen others point out here along the thread, curious about his self-perceived image and place within the world that surrounds him. That doesn´t make him special or above or below the norm, and the way he describes himself , besides being quite explicit is nothing that puts him, in my eyes, as someone different.

It also rises my curiosity why you and others seem to have a personal grudge against Psychiatry and from what I can infer (perhaps erroneously ) Psychology.

Seems people here are a bit adamant about it.

Well, psychology is a matter where people often holds strong pesonal opinions, often based on their experience... it's a bit like sexuality, religion or politics, it touches people very deeply and nobody likes being opposed on matters that tie so much to identity.

So far, at least psychology still is a minor topic an most people doesn't haves an opinion about it, unless their circunstances forced them... but the those opinions can be very strong.

Can someone be mentally handicapped and not notice it or be noticed for it?


I believe this is referred to as 'The Human Condition'

Don't forget Tesla.
That guy never had a girlfriend and was in love with a dove.
And his inventions changed the world forever.

I agree with you, but I don't recall claiming I had any super powers. I do have an unusually high tolerance for pain but that is a product of both my upbringing and the way I responded to it. I don't feel that anything I have said about me is particularly unbelievable.

I will admit i found this thread very interesting.
First off to the OP.. I admire the fact that you are secure enough in your..well in game persona.. to post such details about your self, especially if you question weather or not your thoughts are normal regarding certain things/subjects.
I will admit that a couple of the things you said created sort of a "Omg thats such a good way to put it!" and you have shown some brutal honesty about your self and who you are.

But i dont think you have to worry about being "insane" or mentally challenged. At least not from my perspective. Is it "healthy" to read into things to the extent you do? Maybe not..it can be mentally exhausting and wreck you if your not careful and dont allow your self to take a step back and just...let your mind reset once in a while.

For those saying stop playing EVE... Come on... The guy shows no signs of being a danger to him self or others. If anything he has more insight about him self then others and he allows him self to ACCEPT that he has these feelings and thoughts and dont let them handicap him to the point where he cant do anything on his own.

For the pain thing... This is a much more complicated one. For all i know you can have been on medication that has numbed down your sense of pain, or you simply just have a higher tolerance for pain, or its something mentally that makes the pain feel "less" to you. There are so many options and nothing that can be pinpointed.

The only thing i can see that some would point out as an issue is your self doubt, because this might tie into why you can not find the motivation to work. Its not just that you dont feel there is anything you can/want to do that is meaningful, but the horror of trying and fail which leads to even more self doubt. But of course when you dont try you end up feeling even worse and its almost like... a bad never ending circle and the longer you go the more dizzy you get basically
Honestly, i would suggest that maybe you try and do some volunteer work since this will take away the fear of not finding something (everyone loves volunteers), and you can leave whenever you want, while at the same time help give you some sense of...purpose beyond your self.

Thanks so much for all of the responses everyone. It's really nice to get alternate perspectives on this.

Also, I've been wanting to clarify a couple of things throughout this:

• Don't bother patronizing me. I prefer bluntness, and you won't hurt my feelings.
• Having a handicap or disability does not necessarily prevent someone from something; they may just have to find another way around it. Sometimes finding another way is actually very easy and most people don't think of it because they don't have to.

So go ahead and talk about my handicap(s) but please keep in mind that the best advice (and what I find most pleasant) is that which gives me more insight and options, and advice from your experience; not telling me that I should seek to change something built into me, and not assuming that adjusting my life to be more normal/common will make me happier.

I fear psychotherapy because I have been raised to believe that it is centered around trying to force-normalize people who aren't normal and aren't comfortable with normal--that it ignores their problems and teaches them to pretend they are normal so that the people around them are more comfortable. And I think to some degree that is true--it is definitely a way that people tend to react to other people's differences. It is ethnocentric but it is natural for us humans. The history of psychotherapy is riddled with heart-wrenching tales of abnormal people being forced into horrifically uncomfortable conformative lifestyles, often resulting in these people killing themselves or others. I know that the disciplines within psychotherapy have advanced a lot since then, and people are much more aware now of that ethnocentrism which was clouding their judgement so strongly--but I don't know how much better it is. I am both very trusting that there is a psychiatrist somewhere who can help or understand me, and terrified to get psychiatric help because of the aforementioned. And the worst part about it is that it's expensive, and I don't get to try it first and pay later. I might blow a year's savings on one therapy session only to turn around and leave the office before I get myself in prison for showing the therapist what I think of his little horror business.

P.S.: I don't fear using my main to talk about this. I don't understand why people are so bent on putting up a façade and hiding behind it, though it probably has a lot to do with people's natural inclination to judge the façades of others. I just wish we could all be open about our true selves, and not judge each other for things we didn't choose.

In many cultures having any sort of mental disorder is almost a...gah what do you call it in english... taboo and is very shameful to talk about or even admit. Besides its human nature to judge others, everyone does it weather or not they "know" it.

This makes subjects like these even harder to talk about because it IS something people can easly judge someone on and for many mental disorders are...scary because they simply can not understand it.
Im guessing maybe because you hear "mental illness" and you think about what you hear in news and so on which is normally serial killers, rapists, cannibals and similar, which of course makes you shy away from anything that can have any resemblance to people like that.

Again please note that this is because many people simply do not understand that there is different levels of mental disorders, and not all or even most, are severe enough to lead to something drastic like what you hear in the news.

This is just my own guesses and conclusions based on many years of talking to people with mental disorders (not in any professional way) and seeing how people with mental disorders have been treated and portrayed by the rest of their community.