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Q: Am I Psychotic ?
asked by: Zachary945 on May 31st, 2007
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I am 17 a junior in highschool. I am an artist and only enjoy drawing and painting images from my mind. I sort of make them up as I go along. Anyway, my friend and I were talking about some of the kids at school who seem psychotic (the main reason I engaged in this discussion was to help myself understand my mind) the kids are able, or often pull words and phrases out of nowhere that dont pertain at all to the matter at hand. I can do this easily as well, fellow classmates usually enjoy my ability to "say random stuff a lot" random. Why is this? I thought for a while it was because of my add, then I infered it was due to my way of thinking in pictures- but I now realize that thoughts are thoughts, and I dont think in pictures I just have thoughts. I space out for periods of time thinking about something half in pictures, thoughts and a word here and there. How do most people think? I feel like my head is always jumbled up with weird pictures and stories, thoughts etc. Am I going to lose my head someday???? Is their anybody else out their like this? Please help me. I need to know if this is okay, no one else I talk to seems to understand their thoughts well enough to say, is thinking the same as speaking for must people? Speaking and writing sound nothing like my thoughts. Please help guys, im pretty scared.
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Shady41
replied on June 18th, 2007
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Dude, you are a normal 17 year old. If you were psychotic, your thought patterns would be broken up and you would likely lack the mental clarity to reconize the patterns and thoughts you have enough to make such distinctions as you have pointed out in your post. Don't worry about it.
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bitzy
replied on December 27th, 2007
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you have a gift-never put down the paint brush, use it as a tool and release what is going on in your head. paint on several canvases at a time-express yourself -let the chaos come out, you might be the next picasso.
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TMJWorld
replied on December 27th, 2007
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i agree---dont let it get to you--your teens will be difficult enough with out worrying about this Smile
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Rosie H
replied on December 27th, 2007
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yep just let those pictures guide you. Please dont shut it off. Not every artist has this come so freely. Thats what it is though. You are different is such a wonderful way. You are exactly the way you were meant to be and you are not crazy. You are just more in touch with the world. its truly a gift.
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