Is Agnosia similar to Delusional Misidentification Syndrome?
Misidentification Delusions are a group of relatively uncommon delusions that can be caused by schizophrenia, brain damage, and some other conditions.
These conditions are relatively rare, and they tend to be gawked at by media as "Freaky Mental Illnesses" more than they are researched or understood. I am hoping that the sub will provide a platform for discussion and support relating to these specific symptoms.
Examples and more information can be found at the following wikipedia page. If you experience any of the following, I invite you to join r/misidentification
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delusional_misidentification_syndrome
I'm becoming increasingly concerned with my mother's mental health. She had a breakdown about ten years ago where she experienced paranoia at work. She thought her colleagues we're plotting against her, heard footsteps on the roof of her building, despite her office being right above a noisy plant floor, and heard beeps when she would stop typing, like her keystrokes we're being tracked. She missed work, sat in the dark all day, and would disappear for a day by renting a hotel room or driving two states south in the middle of the night without communication to the family. She thought people in print and TV advertisements and movies we're actually her friend, myself, or my brother. Stubborn and reluctant, she rejected suggestions of counseling or medicine. Eventually, she was put on Cymbalta and her symptoms improved dramatically with the exception of the occasional accusation of a friend or family member being in print or on TV.
After five years on Cymbalta, she felt she was in a good place and, with doctor aware, weened off the drug. That was five years ago. Since then, she's lost her mother to dementia, and father (very poor relationship) suddenly to cancer. She still sees my brother and I in ads, on TV. She swears an actor in a movie is another actor. More recently, she has mentioned people in the checkout line at the grocery are trying to put their groceries with hers, or the checkout people are talking about her. And if we're having a conversation via text, and I don't respond quickly, she sends a message that I can tell her if she's offended me, or if I'm upset, that we don't need to keep secrets from each other...totally out of the blue and out of context.
She's told my dad she doesn't want to "end up crazy." Last week she disconnected and hid the cable receiver from my dad and wouldn't give it back until she had "some answers." She wanted to know why my dad and his father gave someone permission to use her children's images for advertising. She told him that my brother played the baby in the movie 'Popeye' and won't rationalize that my brother was five when that movie come out, not to mention she would have known she had a missing child for the filming of a movie.
My dad is going to talk to a psychiatrist about her, to determine the best way to approach her to suggest help. In the meantime, I guess I just needed to get this all out of my head. Has anyone ever felt what I have described of her? Or know someone who has? She is completely "normal"
... keep reading on reddit ➡Basically the title, but I'm pissed and gonna rant. The only competent, professional therapist I had (who was trauma informed, unlike all the others') confirmed my mother abused me because she had Narcissistic Personality Disorder co-morbid Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Fictitious Disorder of Another Person I think is the updated term for that disorder). The trauma informed therapist also referred me to a psychiatrist who clinically diagnosed me with PTSD caused by the severe, ongoing child abuse I couldn't escape and none of the other therapists even fucking believed me about. They both fucking confirmed that when my previous therapists and psychiatrists claimed I had bipolar rapid cycling, mood disorder nos and claimed I was "emotionally disturbed", it was all mis-diagnosis. The whole fucking time, I was dealing with CPTSD, many symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder, and Secondary Structural Disassociation to cope with the chronic, ongoing abuse I couldn't escape from that nobody believed me about.
The whole fucking time, I was telling those fuckers about my PTSD symptoms and abuse happening at home. Those goddamned mandated reporters. What did I get in return for being brave enough to report the abuse and how badly it effected my mental health?
Gaslighting via CBT being used inappropriately, constantly being told I "overreacted" to situations that were literally traumatic that I wasn't over-reacting to, misdiagnosed, and my mother over-medicating me on purpose and without telling my psychiatrists with the very pills my psychiatrists prescribed to me to cure my supposed "emotional disturbance" that didn't fucking exist.
I got Applied Behavior Analysis due to being diagnosed with ASD, which added to my trauma. I got CBT used in a gaslighting, invalidating and traumatic manner to the point where I'll never do CBT again. I got professionals telling me I was the problem, I over-reacted to my supposedly normal parents (who in reality were severely abusive), that I needed to just "think of the positive" that my parents did for me (aka love-bombing) and to stop "focusing on the negative" (aka stop focusing on the actual abuse happening that I couldn't escape from that nobody took seriously or cared about).
A giant fuck you to all my therapists and psychiatrists who mis-diagnosed me and gaslit and invalidated me, on top of my home abuse that caused me permanent psychological damage. Fuck you for not believing me even
... keep reading on reddit ➡I recently discovered that I have a warrant out for me in a city to which I have never been. It's been out for a year and a half now and just learned of it. I had nothing to do with the allegations made by said warrant and I'm waiting for a call from the officer who sent it out. I have pay stubs from the date in question but I feel like those will basically be anecdotal in a courtroom setting. I know finger prints are one form of positive I.D. but I'm still freaking right the hell out about this. Any knowledge or advice would be greatly appreciated.
Hi guys, I’ve seen a few cases of misidentification on this sub. If you are inexperienced and aren’t 100% certain, please refrain from attempting to help with an ID. It’s dangerous and misleading for people new to foraging. If pictures are unclear, ask for clearer images to help with ID. At a quick glance all might seem fine in a pile of fungi, but there may well be imposters and you’d need to ID each mushroom in the photos posted by each user. I understand a lot of you want to help, but you can do so in other ways. I don’t want to come across as an a*sehole, I’m just offering my advice. Cheers yall, happy hunting 🍄✨🌈
The launch occurred at 7:19 EST (1219 UTC) and deployment of 53 satellites occurred 16 minutes later. Expect a few people to post videos of the string of pearls effect during the next few days. It does look cool, but these aren’t the UAPs we are looking for.
Bought a box of wild-foraged chanterelles from the grocery. Chopped them up, sauteed them in butter with some white wine and garlic. Ate two forkfuls and my mouth started tingling so I spat out what I could. Tongue went numb like I had burned it on hot coffee.
Woke up the next morning and had some mild gastric issues -- gas and (forgive me) loose stool. No cramping or diarrhea. Still freaked out enough to call Poison Control, and they have been monitoring me remotely, with instructions to go to the ER if symptoms escalate.
It's now been 48 hours and my tongue is still numbish and I still have low-grade gastric issues. Have any of you wild foragers encountered a situation like this? I am going to guess that my forage box contained a misidentified mushroom -- maybe a false chanterelle or jack o'lantern. How long with this persist? Should I push for greater medical involvement, such as a liver panel?
The only competent, professional therapist I had (who was trauma informed, unlike all the others') confirmed my mother abused me because she had Narcissistic Personality Disorder co-morbid Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (Fictitious Disorder of Another Person I think is the updated term for that disorder). The trauma informed therapist also referred me to a psychiatrist who clinically diagnosed me with PTSD caused by the severe, ongoing child abuse I couldn't escape and none of the other therapists even fucking believed me about. They both fucking confirmed that when my previous therapists and psychiatrists claimed I had bipolar rapid cycling, mood disorder nos and claimed I was "emotionally disturbed", it was all mis-diagnosis. The whole fucking time, I was dealing with CPTSD, many symptoms of Borderline Personality Disorder, and Secondary Structural Disassociation to cope with the chronic, ongoing abuse I couldn't escape from that nobody believed me about.
The whole fucking time, I was telling those fuckers about my PTSD symptoms and abuse happening at home. Those goddamned mandated reporters. What did I get in return for being brave enough to report the abuse and how badly it effected my mental health?
Gaslighting via CBT being used inappropriately, constantly being told I "overreacted" to situations that were literally traumatic that I wasn't over-reacting to, misdiagnosed, and my mother over-medicating me on purpose and without telling my psychiatrists with the very pills my psychiatrists prescribed to me to cure my supposed "emotional disturbance" that didn't fucking exist.
I got Applied Behavior Analysis due to being diagnosed with ASD, which added to my trauma. I got CBT used in a gaslighting, invalidating and traumatic manner to the point where I'll never do CBT again. I got professionals telling me I was the problem, I over-reacted to my supposedly normal parents (who in reality were severely abusive), that I needed to just "think of the positive" that my parents did for me (aka love-bombing) and to stop "focusing on the negative" (aka stop focusing on the actual abuse happening that I couldn't escape from that nobody took seriously or cared about).
A giant fuck you to all my therapists and psychiatrists who mis-diagnosed me and gaslit and invalidated me, on top of my home abuse that caused me permanent psychological damage. Fuck you for not believing me even though you guys were fucking mandated reporters. F
... keep reading on reddit ➡