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<blockquote data-quote="PamLynne" data-source="post: 269508" data-attributes="member: 7334"><p><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="font-size: 12px">As for me (I'm new) I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be doing next Friday. Thanks for bringing up the subject. It gives me a chance to describe one of my greatest dilemmas: I have found myself completely unable, from one day to the next, to predict my course of action. I might find myself engaged in elaborate plans one evening before going to sleep and the next day, it's all moved to "the back burner" as something seeming much more urgent takes their place.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I may as well add--I hope it's okay to be a member, seeing as how I'm not a parent of a child with a behavior disorder but a 50-year-old grown-up who had a behavior disorder as a child and is still puzzling over why and how it all started. This week I happened across the diagnosis "Reactive Attachment Disorder - Disinhibited Type" and recognized an exact description of myself, as a child. At the present time other neurotic and possibly psychotic manifestations have been added to that--at the age of 12 I was put on Thorazine because my social awkwardness (inability to relate normally to my peers) resulted in ridicule and social ostracism, which in turn, resulted in behavior patterns which may have resembled childhood schizophrenia.</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="font-size: 12px">All I really wanted was someone to talk to--a friend--at least, for everyone to leave me alone and quit beating up on me (psychologically). Finally I withdrew, despite my naturally outgoing and trusting nature (too naiive, in fact) from the "real" crowd and became immersed in fantasies--a tendency I have yet to completely shed. I still start conversations with strangers, people I meet on bus stops and in shops, or anywhere at all--whoever happens to be nearby--as if I had known them for years; I still cannot comprehend the strange looks I sometimes get, the way people tend to turn away or excuse themselves and walk out of the room. And yet I cannot seem to form lasting, close relationships with anyone, and fail to keep touch with former friends after moving away (I've done a lot of moving around).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="font-size: 12px">I still don't have a diagnosis of this disorder, however, and have other problems (as above stated) in addition to what started the whole ordeal--my "indiscriminate sociability"--all of which I hope to get started working through with a therapist (I had my first session Wednesday this week).</span></span></p><p> </p><p><span style="font-family: 'System'"><span style="font-size: 12px">If anyone would like to send me a message or comment on this, or would like to know what life has been like from my perspective (if you're a parent of a child with this disorder), please send one along--I'll try to remember to visit this website in a few days although I can't promise anything--I'll try. Thanks.</span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PamLynne, post: 269508, member: 7334"] [FONT=System][SIZE=3]As for me (I'm new) I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to be doing next Friday. Thanks for bringing up the subject. It gives me a chance to describe one of my greatest dilemmas: I have found myself completely unable, from one day to the next, to predict my course of action. I might find myself engaged in elaborate plans one evening before going to sleep and the next day, it's all moved to "the back burner" as something seeming much more urgent takes their place.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3]I may as well add--I hope it's okay to be a member, seeing as how I'm not a parent of a child with a behavior disorder but a 50-year-old grown-up who had a behavior disorder as a child and is still puzzling over why and how it all started. This week I happened across the diagnosis "Reactive Attachment Disorder - Disinhibited Type" and recognized an exact description of myself, as a child. At the present time other neurotic and possibly psychotic manifestations have been added to that--at the age of 12 I was put on Thorazine because my social awkwardness (inability to relate normally to my peers) resulted in ridicule and social ostracism, which in turn, resulted in behavior patterns which may have resembled childhood schizophrenia.[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3]All I really wanted was someone to talk to--a friend--at least, for everyone to leave me alone and quit beating up on me (psychologically). Finally I withdrew, despite my naturally outgoing and trusting nature (too naiive, in fact) from the "real" crowd and became immersed in fantasies--a tendency I have yet to completely shed. I still start conversations with strangers, people I meet on bus stops and in shops, or anywhere at all--whoever happens to be nearby--as if I had known them for years; I still cannot comprehend the strange looks I sometimes get, the way people tend to turn away or excuse themselves and walk out of the room. And yet I cannot seem to form lasting, close relationships with anyone, and fail to keep touch with former friends after moving away (I've done a lot of moving around).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3]I still don't have a diagnosis of this disorder, however, and have other problems (as above stated) in addition to what started the whole ordeal--my "indiscriminate sociability"--all of which I hope to get started working through with a therapist (I had my first session Wednesday this week).[/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3][/SIZE][/FONT] [FONT=System][SIZE=3]If anyone would like to send me a message or comment on this, or would like to know what life has been like from my perspective (if you're a parent of a child with this disorder), please send one along--I'll try to remember to visit this website in a few days although I can't promise anything--I'll try. Thanks.[/SIZE][/FONT] [/QUOTE]
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