Nofo @ 23/10/2017 19:39

Curtis @ 23/10/2017 19:26 TMJ and occasionally (once) a fake-out heart attack. Otherwise lucky despite my poor diet and complete disregard of exercise My TMJ hurts like hell tho and I would trade any one of you to get rid of it My cousin has it and I can't imagine having anything worse than my jaw spasming occasionally

The people I know who have it all have different cases a bit, mine's not quite like that. One friend has those spasms, another can't clench down on a piece of pizza which BLOWS! Mine does the usual popping and clicking but basically just hurts all the time. The more I realize it hurts then the more I'll pop it and the more it'll end up hurting, so I just have to try to ignore it. The worst part about TMJ is that you can't really ever get it fixed from what I've heard, you can get surgery to stop it from getting worse and stuff but I think it's mostly with you forever. Probably a case by case basis tho

But one time I woke up and my shirt and chin were covered in blood. Opened my mouth and it was full of blood and my tongue was purple. My jaw locked on my tongue in the middle of the night and almost SEVERED IT! The teeth marks were meeting in the middle, it was disgusting but fixed itself in a few days. I've heard of people severing their tongue and then choking to death on it as they sleep. yikes

Another time I woke up and couldn't open my mouth for about 4 hours before it finally just popped open

Curtis @ 23/10/2017 19:52

But one time I woke up and my shirt and chin were covered in blood. Opened my mouth and it was full of blood and my tongue was purple. My jaw locked on my tongue in the middle of the night and almost SEVERED IT! The teeth marks were meeting in the middle, it was disgusting but fixed itself in a few days. I've heard of people severing their tongue and then choking to death on it as they sleep. yikes Another time I woke up and couldn't open my mouth for about 4 hours before it finally just popped open

this is terrifying

Nofo @ 23/10/2017 18:49

Tim @ 23/10/2017 19:48 Do any of you ever wonder if you're on the spectrum but it was just "boys will be boys" when you were growing up? I'm always paranoid about that. Go get diagnosed and get dat disability check sis

I don't know how to get diagnosed. I act completely different in an office setting with a professional than I do in private at home. Like I can pretend to be a normal mild mannered person quite easily. Without meaning to.

Im at least hyper aware of every weird thing I do.

Curtis @ 23/10/2017 18:52

But one time I woke up and my shirt and chin were covered in blood. Opened my mouth and it was full of blood and my tongue was purple. My jaw locked on my tongue in the middle of the night and almost SEVERED IT! The teeth marks were meeting in the middle, it was disgusting but fixed itself in a few days. I've heard of people severing their tongue and then choking to death on it as they sleep. yikes Another time I woke up and couldn't open my mouth for about 4 hours before it finally just popped open

That's scary. So it's like sleep paralysis but random and selective?

Tim @ 23/10/2017 19:58

Nofo @ 23/10/2017 18:49 Tim @ 23/10/2017 19:48 Do any of you ever wonder if you're on the spectrum but it was just "boys will be boys" when you were growing up? I'm always paranoid about that. Go get diagnosed and get dat disability check sis I don't know how to get diagnosed. I act completely different in an office setting with a professional than I do in private at home. Like I can pretend to be a normal mild mannered person quite easily. Without meaning to. Im at least hyper aware of every weird thing I do.

I'm obviously not a shrink and don't consider myself an expert on this, but I have worked with young adults with Asperger's and NLD for the past six years as a peer counselor.

Usually people see a shrink to get diagnosed. One year at the camp I work for (also worked at a year-round living skills group home) we had a guy attend our camp who was 23 and had only found out he had Asperger's a week before camp. He said it left him obsessively questioning all of his past relationships and reevaluating everything.

My boss always says everybody is a little aspy though :p

Depression and society anxiety disorder to absolutely nobody's surprise. Both diagnosed. On medication but I don't take it.

Also suffer from absolutely terrible exploding head syndrome which gives me horrible sleep problems on top of my anxiety.

:kc:

I feel different on different days. Sometimes I feel like the dumbest person alive and then I feel smart all of a sudden. I can also go from happy to depressed to angry back to happy in a very short period of time. I have a BA in psychology and use stuff I learned in those classes to put myself in check and isolate specific feelings. All of them except my constant fear of death and non existence.

I read/watch a lot of self help stuff too. Don't stick to anything I learn from it though. Like I'll make a decision to stop something then five minutes after the decision I'll have a multi-hour binge and say okay starting tomorrow.

I'm perfect

Igor @ 23/10/2017 19:19

I'm perfect

No. You're only human, after all.

This feels like group therapy

What std's do you have nofo?

Tim @ 23/10/2017 20:35

What std's do you have nofo?

None currently

I actually have never been tested.

Tim @ 23/10/2017 20:43

I actually have never been tested.

thats not good