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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 223475" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Okay, well my husband would call ME the same thing! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> But honestly, I only fold them MY way because it's the only way I can get them to all FIT in the linen closet! And I have a particular way to fold shirts so that the front doesn't have a crease down the middle. Does that make me a laundry nazi? or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? But hey... guess what! I don't fold my underwear! So what does that make me? <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/Graemlins/rofl.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":rofl:" title="rofl :rofl:" data-shortname=":rofl:" /> Lazy?</p><p> </p><p>Okay, these kinds of threads really get me thinking...</p><p> </p><p>husband has a mood disorder, of that I'm sure. If I had to pick one, I'd say cyclothymic. He likely has ADHD to a certain degree. And he tends towards the depressive end of things.</p><p> </p><p>He can be very gregarious. He can be explosively angry. He is easily distracted. He starts projects only to leave them unfinished for months and months and months. He can be a whirlwind of activity and get multiple projects done in one weekend. He is very disorganized at home, but surprisingly organized and detailed at work. Yet he can organize and tidy a room that's in chaos where I can only look at it and be overwhelmed, not knowing where to start. He has been obsessive and compulsive and impulsive about a lot of things. He has gone on crazy stupid spending/gambling sprees. He has been obsessive/compulsive about sex. He has been violent and actually assaulted people (college). He has been argumentative, confrontational and close to physically violent with strangers. He can be generous to a fault. He sometimes appears to be socially delayed. He usually misses nonverbal cues. He has a very poor memory (even before brain surgery). He is very, very smart about some things. And very, very clueless about a lot of other things. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child 1 has a lot of Aspie traits (I'm thinking of getting a neuropsychologist for him before highschool starts next Fall), but is definitely ADHD with a lot of anxiety. </p><p> </p><p>difficult child 2 was suggested to be Aspie by the school, but the neuropsychologist said highly doubtful and psychiatrist has never mentioned it. I can't say that he's BiPolar (BP), but he's definitely been hypomanic, and mildly depressed. So perhaps he's more like husband and at the cyclothymic end of the spectrum. And the part that used to be ADHD is now the smallest bit that we see.</p><p> </p><p>The funny thing about the mental illness elephant like Susiestar describes, is that not only do you have a bunch of blind men describing the different parts, but you've got different elephants they're looking at on any given day. So one might be tall, one might have a longer trunk, one might have less hair, etc. There are SO many variations and subtleties. There's no one-size-fits-all solution because there's no one-size-fits-all disorder. Each person's illness is uniquely their own.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 223475, member: 3444"] Okay, well my husband would call ME the same thing! :rofl: But honestly, I only fold them MY way because it's the only way I can get them to all FIT in the linen closet! And I have a particular way to fold shirts so that the front doesn't have a crease down the middle. Does that make me a laundry nazi? or Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)? But hey... guess what! I don't fold my underwear! So what does that make me? :rofl: Lazy? Okay, these kinds of threads really get me thinking... husband has a mood disorder, of that I'm sure. If I had to pick one, I'd say cyclothymic. He likely has ADHD to a certain degree. And he tends towards the depressive end of things. He can be very gregarious. He can be explosively angry. He is easily distracted. He starts projects only to leave them unfinished for months and months and months. He can be a whirlwind of activity and get multiple projects done in one weekend. He is very disorganized at home, but surprisingly organized and detailed at work. Yet he can organize and tidy a room that's in chaos where I can only look at it and be overwhelmed, not knowing where to start. He has been obsessive and compulsive and impulsive about a lot of things. He has gone on crazy stupid spending/gambling sprees. He has been obsessive/compulsive about sex. He has been violent and actually assaulted people (college). He has been argumentative, confrontational and close to physically violent with strangers. He can be generous to a fault. He sometimes appears to be socially delayed. He usually misses nonverbal cues. He has a very poor memory (even before brain surgery). He is very, very smart about some things. And very, very clueless about a lot of other things. difficult child 1 has a lot of Aspie traits (I'm thinking of getting a neuropsychologist for him before highschool starts next Fall), but is definitely ADHD with a lot of anxiety. difficult child 2 was suggested to be Aspie by the school, but the neuropsychologist said highly doubtful and psychiatrist has never mentioned it. I can't say that he's BiPolar (BP), but he's definitely been hypomanic, and mildly depressed. So perhaps he's more like husband and at the cyclothymic end of the spectrum. And the part that used to be ADHD is now the smallest bit that we see. The funny thing about the mental illness elephant like Susiestar describes, is that not only do you have a bunch of blind men describing the different parts, but you've got different elephants they're looking at on any given day. So one might be tall, one might have a longer trunk, one might have less hair, etc. There are SO many variations and subtleties. There's no one-size-fits-all solution because there's no one-size-fits-all disorder. Each person's illness is uniquely their own. [/QUOTE]
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