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Do I Have A Mental Illness?
I'm almost 16, and I'm a female.
I'm not sure, but I think I may have a mental illness. I feel like my emotions don't match the situation they are meant for - if someone gives me bad news, such as someone's sick, or someone close to them just died, I feel like laughing or smiling.
I don't cry at funerals, and I don't feel openly sad when someone dies. If the emotion I display is sadness, I can't cry in front of people; I always try to find a quiet place to cry by myself. I only cry around twice a year, give or take a few times.
I get angry at my family a lot to the point where I sit in my room for a large portion of the day during the summer unless I go to work or hang out with my friends. I feel very disconnected from my family; that they're all against me. My brother has Asperger's Syndrome, and I always feel I get the shorter end of the stick. I don't like talking to my family a whole lot.
I always feel anxious about past situations. I tend to linger on choices I made in the past, wondering what would have happened if I made the "right" choice to the point where I feel very depressed and it affects the rest of my day. Whilst doing so, I often get bad headaches and I have no motivation to do anything for the remainder of the day. This mostly has to do with relationships and such.
I get jealous often if someone becomes happy because of a wrong choice I made to the point where I can't stand the person. I apologize a lot because I have the tendency to get angry at those who are close to me, and I always look into things too closely (as I probably am right now).
What should I do?
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you should think of everyone around you as a stranger and then stay away from them.you also might be bored with this boring world.Humans are boring anyway so why project emotions at all
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16 is a tough age. You have hormonal changes going on that affects your mind as well as your body. I suggest that you should talk to a professional about your problems. Don't be affraid. A psycologist will talk to you about what you feel and get down to the problem. It could be the mixture of your body changing and a little jealousy of your brother. Both are perfectly normal things. Just don't sit there and say it will pass, Please talk to someone.
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I think you are probably having perfectly normal teen emotional upheaval. Its certainly unpleasant, but it doesn't mean you have a mental problem.
You have hormonal changes happening. You have many changes going on in your life all at once. Ride it out as best as you can. It does stop eventually. If things get to be just to much for you, consult your doctor.
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