Probably the stronger correlation is between OCD and an ability to focus on a problem, or rather, an inability to not focus on a problem. That's part of what being OC is. The ability to focus, combined with an aptitude for problem-solving, produces one hell of a hacker, but when warped, it can debilitate and paralyse, catching the victim is a circle of illogic which is hard to be free of.
Please don't try to diagnose yourself. When the professionals can get it wrong, non-professionals like us are sure to do so.
I don't know. The problem with mental illness is that after years of living with it, it seems normal. With the current lack of education on the subject, it is almost necessary for a mentally ill person to hit the wall, or the floor, or whatever, before a psychiatrist is called in to attempt a diagnosis, and even then they can get it wrong once of twice before a workable diagnosis is found. But anyway, it is sometimes necessary for things to get very bad before the patient can begin to get better. Someone who has some education on the subject has to be tipped off, whether by the mentally ill person's honesty, by erratic and uncharacteristic behavior, or by a failed attempt at suicide.
Were the general public, or even those nearest a potential sufferer, more aware, it might be detected before things get too messy, but somewhere along the line, it almost seems necessary that someone suffer greatly so that others will know. Some of these illnesses are genetic. One generation or another will have to suffer and perhaps even walk the valley of the shadow of death before the conclusion is reached that there is a serious problem. After that, succeeding generations can be watched more carefully, but either way, a medical diagnosis is necessary, and that requires a psychiatrist.
I should note that I an unipolar, not bipolar, but I have lived through severe depression, so I know what that is like. Add: Hypersomnia Overeating or not eating Reckless or indiscreet socialization Psychosis evidencing itself in an unwillingness to make any move towards recovery Significant personal irresponsibility and shifting of blame In response to paradoxium's asinine comments, be very careful, you who judge us. The pain which we have endured might crush you. The psychosis might kill you and has killed some of us. We, whom you judge as weak and sub-human, might just be the strongest and most human by virtue of the pain we have stood up under. We are most sane who see our insanity and endeavor to return to sanity.
Well, in one sense, you are right. But at the same time, the web is such a vast expanse of variably useful information that you would have to know your stuff pretty well just to phrase your query properly. An open book test could be called a test of the student's ability to use the index or the table of contents (just as an open Net test could be construed as a test of the student's skill at using Google). This is just an open note, open book test in the era of the Third Wave.
Giving Internet access to people in Third World countries would seem to be an instance of putting the cart before the horse. What use is the Internet to people who can't read? Let's help them stabilize their economies and learn to read, write, and think before we teach them to surf.
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Please don't try to diagnose yourself. When the professionals can get it wrong, non-professionals like us are sure to do so.
Were the general public, or even those nearest a potential sufferer, more aware, it might be detected before things get too messy, but somewhere along the line, it almost seems necessary that someone suffer greatly so that others will know. Some of these illnesses are genetic. One generation or another will have to suffer and perhaps even walk the valley of the shadow of death before the conclusion is reached that there is a serious problem. After that, succeeding generations can be watched more carefully, but either way, a medical diagnosis is necessary, and that requires a psychiatrist.
I should note that I an unipolar, not bipolar, but I have lived through severe depression, so I know what that is like. Add: Hypersomnia Overeating or not eating Reckless or indiscreet socialization Psychosis evidencing itself in an unwillingness to make any move towards recovery Significant personal irresponsibility and shifting of blame In response to paradoxium's asinine comments, be very careful, you who judge us. The pain which we have endured might crush you. The psychosis might kill you and has killed some of us. We, whom you judge as weak and sub-human, might just be the strongest and most human by virtue of the pain we have stood up under. We are most sane who see our insanity and endeavor to return to sanity.
Well, in one sense, you are right. But at the same time, the web is such a vast expanse of variably useful information that you would have to know your stuff pretty well just to phrase your query properly. An open book test could be called a test of the student's ability to use the index or the table of contents (just as an open Net test could be construed as a test of the student's skill at using Google). This is just an open note, open book test in the era of the Third Wave.
Giving Internet access to people in Third World countries would seem to be an instance of putting the cart before the horse. What use is the Internet to people who can't read? Let's help them stabilize their economies and learn to read, write, and think before we teach them to surf.