Interested In Psychology?

[Arashi222]

Ooh, nice

I'd be fairly interested to pick your brain.

I can see why couple therapy would get a little frustrating after a while. At the moment I've bee reading up a lot of the strange behaviours of the Narcissist. It's not always a pleasant conversation topic, but I'm intrigued by the way they think, and operate; mainly because I know a few. Understanding helps me to get along with them better.

Have you had much experience with them?

Well you may pick my brain if you like. I am not really that intersted in Narcissts but then again I mostly worked with people who suffered from Bipolar, depression, I had a few with developmental delays. However I do now few things about them. I usually worked with other personality disorders mostly borderlines. You know men can be borderline?

 

[Vanilla]

Well you may pick my brain if you like. I am not really that intersted in Narcissts but then again I mostly worked with people who suffered from Bipolar, depression, I had a few with developmental delays. However I do now few things about them. I usually worked with other personality disorders mostly borderlines. You know men can be borderline?

Haha, yeah, I don't blame you. Most people avoid the topic like the plague

Yes, I think I remember reading about how men with BPD behave differently to women, but don't remember much of the way they do so. I'm pretty sure I know at least one person with BPD, but they're female. You can tell me more about the men if you'd like

I don't know much about Bipolar, and find it confusing to spot in others. I don't know whether it's because I don't know enough about it, or if I haven't met enough people who are bipolar, though one person has admitted to me they've been diagnosed. In saying that, they appear quite normal every time I've seen them, so it must be rather mild. I do have a professional relationship with her though, so have not seen her in a 'friendly' kind of social situation.

What kind of developmental delays do you work with? I imagine there would be a broad spectrum of conditions that can affect many different factors.

 

[Arashi222]

Haha, yeah, I don't blame you. Most people avoid the topic like the plague

Yes, I think I remember reading about how men with BPD behave differently to women, but don't remember much of the way they do so. I'm pretty sure I know at least one person with BPD, but they're female. You can tell me more about the men if you'd like

I don't know much about Bipolar, and find it confusing to spot in others. I don't know whether it's because I don't know enough about it, or if I haven't met enough people who are bipolar, though one person has admitted to me they've been diagnosed. In saying that, they appear quite normal every time I've seen them, so it must be rather mild. I do have a professional relationship with her though, so have not seen her in a 'friendly' kind of social situation.

What kind of developmental delays do you work with? I imagine there would be a broad spectrum of conditions that can affect many different factors.

Yes most people do.

BPD is an interesting animal. I find it interesting in men and women. I find that people get really afraid of people with personality disorders.

Most people can't spot bipolar especially if they are taking good care to keep they symptoms under control.

Unfortnatley I don't work with anyone right now. I work at a grocery store. I had a lovely internship where I was a counselor and worked with a couple of people that were developmentally delayed in terms of clinically bordering mental delay. I find that often there are coping mechanisms that cover what is truly going on.

 

[Vanilla]

Hmm, I can imagine there would be, just as people with AS would. It's understandable to want to hide it, as people do get scared off when they hear you've got any kind of neurological condition; even if it can be a positive thing.

I guess there's simply not enough of an understanding, and too many examples are blown out of proportion; much like sharks, after the movie Jaws (interesting fact; the shark experts who helped the film crew get the best shots of real sharks in the wild, had no idea the movie was meant to be a horror movie, and had actually hoped that the filming of the animals would in fact educate people about the sharks).

I don't know if you've ever read it, but I once read a book called 'The Brain That Changes Itself', which is about Neuroplasticity. I know a lot of professionals have had mixed feelings about the validity of this, but I know it's real, as I've used it myself, to grow and change as a person. I find it extremely fascinating.