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Heart Attacks Are No Longer a Leading Cause of Death. Here's What's Killing Us Instead

Heart Attacks Are No Longer a Leading Cause of Death. Here's What's Killing Us Instead

Introduction: A Quiet Shift in the Landscape of Mortality

For decades, the word "heart attack" evoked an image of sudden collapse, chest clutching, and emergency-room dashes. It was, for a long time, the leading cause of death globally — and rightly feared. But in recent years, an unexpected shift has occurred. Cardiovascular disease, though still serious, is no longer the singular, dominant killer it once was. Thanks to medical advances, public awareness, and lifestyle changes, the heart has become better protected.

Yet death hasn’t retreated — it’s simply changed its form. Today, other insidious and sometimes less-discussed threats are overtaking heart attacks as the primary causes of death. What are these new killers? And what do they say about how we live now?

In this article, we explore the silent assassins of the modern age — the diseases and conditions now claiming more lives than heart attacks — and what you can do to protect yourself in a rapidly shifting health landscape.

The Fall of the Heart Attack: A Public Health Victory

Before we explore what’s killing us now, it’s important to understand why heart attacks have declined.

1. Medical Advancements

Breakthroughs in cardiology, including:

Widespread use of cholesterol-lowering statins

Hypertension medications

Angioplasty and stenting techniques

Cardiac rehabilitation programs

Wider availability of defibrillators

These interventions have significantly improved outcomes for those at risk.

2. Public Health Campaigns

Governments and NGOs worldwide have launched campaigns about:

Smoking cessation

Diet improvement (reducing trans fats, salt)

Promoting physical activity

Blood pressure and cholesterol screenings

These efforts have reshaped public consciousness and behavior.

3. Preventive Care

More people are getting routine checkups and adopting preventive measures — catching heart issues early before they lead to fatal heart attacks.

4. Emergency Response

Faster ambulance response times, CPR training for the public, and improvements in emergency medicine have all reduced the fatality of acute cardiac events.

So, What’s Killing Us Now?

Heart attacks may be less deadly than before, but other conditions have stepped into the spotlight. These include:

1. Cancer: The New Leading Cause

Across many developed and even some developing countries, cancer has quietly surpassed heart disease as the leading cause of death.

Why?

Aging population: Cancer incidence increases with age.

Environmental exposures: Pollution, pesticides, and chemicals.

Lifestyle: Obesity, poor diet, alcohol, and smoking still play roles.

Detection vs. Cure Gap: We are better at detecting cancer than curing it.

The Rise of “Modern Cancers

Colorectal cancer in younger adults is rising.

Pancreatic cancer remains hard to detect and treat.

Liver cancer is growing due to obesity and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.

HPV-related cancers are climbing despite available vaccines.

2. Neurodegenerative Diseases: The Aging Brain’s Silent Fall

Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia are becoming dominant killers, especially in countries with older populations.

What’s fueling this?

Longer lifespans: People live long enough to experience brain decline.

Poor brain health: Lack of mental stimulation, sedentary lifestyles, and processed foods.

Environmental toxins and chronic stress are also implicated.

3. Drug Overdoses: The Opioid Crisis and Beyond

In some countries — especially the U.S. and Canada — drug overdoses now kill more people than car accidents, homicides, or even some cancers.

Key contributors:

Prescription opioids (like oxycodone, fentanyl)

Synthetic drugs flooding illegal markets

Mental health crisis, trauma, and economic despair

Lack of access to addiction treatment and harm-reduction services

This is especially devastating among people aged 18–45 — once thought to be the healthiest demographic.

4. Suicide and Mental Health Disorders

Rising suicide rates reflect a deeper crisis in mental health. Depression, anxiety, and isolation — particularly among youth and the elderly — are becoming deadly.

Why?

Digital isolation: More screen time, less human connection.

Economic pressures

Stigma around mental health remains.

Limited access to psychiatric care and therapy.

5. Liver Disease: The Hidden Epidemic

Liver disease, especially non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and alcohol-related liver disease, is growing rapidly — often silently until too late.

Key drivers:

Obesity epidemic

High-sugar diets

Alcohol overuse, even at “social” levels

Viral hepatitis, especially in underserved populations

By the time symptoms emerge, the liver may already be severely damaged.

6. Diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome

While rarely listed as the direct cause of death, diabetes contributes to numerous fatal conditions, from kidney failure to stroke.

What’s fueling the surge?

Sedentary lifestyles

Processed food diets

Insulin resistance epidemic

Lack of early intervention

The Role of Lifestyle in New-Age Mortality

Many of today’s leading killers are not infectious — they’re chronic and often self-inflicted, tied to how we live.

1. The Processed Food Trap

Highly processed, low-nutrient foods are everywhere, loaded with:

Refined sugars

Trans fats

Artificial additives

These contribute to inflammation, metabolic disorders, and gut microbiome imbalances — a foundation for many modern diseases.

2. The Movement Crisis

The modern person sits for 9+ hours per day. This lack of movement is linked to:

Obesity

Insulin resistance

Poor circulation

Mental decline

3. Sleep Deprivation

People sleep less than ever, thanks to:

Screen time

Shift work

Stress

Chronic sleep debt increases risks for diabetes, cancer, stroke, and mood disorders.

4. Loneliness and Social Disconnection

Loneliness is as harmful as smoking 15 cigarettes a day, according to some studies. It’s linked to:

Higher mortality

Poorer immune function

Increased suicide and addiction risk

Environmental and Societal Contributors

It’s not just about personal habits. The world around us shapes our health in invisible ways.

1. Air Pollution

Smog and micro-particulates are linked to:

Lung cancer

Heart disease

Cognitive decline

Even “safe” levels of pollution can have cumulative effects over time.

2. Climate Change

As the planet heats:

Infectious diseases (like dengue) spread to new areas

Heatwaves cause direct deaths and worsen chronic conditions

Air quality declines increase respiratory deaths

3. Economic Inequality

Poorer individuals have higher mortality rates due to:

Less access to health care

Poor nutrition

Higher stress

Unsafe housing

Health is deeply tied to income and environment.

The Rise of “Deaths of Despair”

Coined by economists Anne Case and Angus Deaton, “deaths of despair” include suicide, drug overdose, and alcohol-related liver disease. They’re rising among:

Middle-aged men in the U.S.

Economically marginalized populations

Youth affected by hopelessness

These deaths aren’t caused by bacteria or genes — they’re societal, fueled by disconnection, meaninglessness, and structural neglect.

The New Frontlines of Prevention

To reduce these modern causes of death, we need a new model of health — one that focuses not just on survival, but on thriving.

1. Mental Health as a Priority

We must:

Normalize therapy

Expand access to mental health care

Reduce stigma

Teach emotional regulation from a young age

2. Reimagining Food Systems

Solutions include:

Taxes on ultra-processed foods

Subsidies for whole, fresh foods

Food education in schools

Urban farming and local food initiatives

3. Making Movement a Default

Cities and communities should:

Encourage walking and cycling

Build green spaces

Integrate movement into school and work routines

4. Social Health

Fostering connection is just a

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Breaking Cycles: Why I Keep Choosing to Heal

I didn't choose to heal; it chose me.

I remember the moment I cut the cord from my parents, and it was scary and liberating. Not knowing how they would initially react, I was pleasantly surprised and heartbroken at their lack of outreach and misunderstanding. It's like they were waiting for this moment to happen. The longer I went without speaking to them, I began to realize the cold, hard truth that they didn't care at all.

Free from their grip, I began to spiral down a dark hole inside my mind of forgotten memories. I've lost count of how many times I've wanted to give up on that darkness. How many times I've told myself it's too hard, too painful, too much. But somehow I'm still here. Still trying to fulfill my purpose in this life.

I come from a lineage of people who survived by numbing, by silencing, by pretending nothing happened. So I came to this world to break all cycles, the ultimate generational curse breaker. It's literally in my birth chart. I felt a strong purpose since I was seven years old. I'm a firm believer that we choose our parents and the hardships we endure. I will clarify that we didn't sign up for exactly what happened; free will is truly a scary concept. I'm here to break the cycles of abuse, neglect, trauma, addiction, honestly, all of it.

All of the abuse I've been through, the neglect, the sexual abuse, emotional and verbal abuse has affected me in various ways. I'm emotionally intelligent, but my emotions explode because I was never taught how to regulate. I'm learning now. I stopped giving my body to random men well over ten years ago. Always searching for something that wasn't there or trying to fill the void of pain and loneliness. Teaching myself to be kind, not just to myself, but to others as well. Creating strong, healthy boundaries, learning to say no. The most challenging of them all: addiction.

I didn't start smoking cigarettes until the day after my 18th birthday, being peer pressured into it. I continued to smoke cigarettes until I was 31 years old and quit cold turkey. I started drinking the summer after high school, under peer pressure, to fit in with my friends, and I found an outlet. A way to cope with things that I didn't remember. I felt lost but found. There was smoking of cannabis during this time. I preferred smoking over drinking, but this was before it was legal in my state to purchase cannabis. I drank heavily for the next 8 years, always searching for someone to connect with on a physical level, but nothing beyond that. When I said the healing journey chose me, this is what I mean; in September 2015, I was at a wedding with some friends, and I had been drinking. Later in the evening, I got a migraine. My first ever, and that was the turning point in my life.

It was a glamorous journey. I struggled to be sober. I struggled with staying home on the weekends, not being able to be at the bar with friends. Who were not friends, just people that happened to be drinking at the same watering hole. It honestly wasn't until after the New Year that I started to make real changes. I saw a doctor, I went on depression meds, and started practicing Yoga once per week. I spent the next few years physcially detoxing from all the crap I put in my body. I changed my diet, tried to sleep more, exercise, etc. I felt like I was walking up an icy mountain, not really making any progress but still trying. Mainly because I was still living with my parents at this time. Still under their abusive manipulation. I had no idea what I had just started.

I did quit drinking. My mom was an alcoholic, so that's an easy no for me. She killed herself three years ago. That's another story, for another time. I did, however, utilize the fact that at the beginning of 2020, marijuana became legal in my state. It was a godsend. Marijuana helped me cope and process over the next 5 years, and now here I am present moment, writing this out and struggling to let go of my edibles. My body is rejecting them, just like my body was rejecting alcohol. I crave the numbness, the release, but my heart says no. It's an internal battle that I keep to myself, wishing to be sober, but the bridge to get there is burning, itchy cravings that are the hardest part to get through.

I'm at the end of my numbing journey. I now know that I don't need it anymore. It's the in-between the old and the new, learning to cope with new techniques. I now choose healing not because it's easy, but because I'm tired of pain being the only legacy I carry forward. I refuse to be like either of my parents. I won't let my story end the same way. I also know deep in my soul that I am meant to help bring great change. It may feel like to end is all around, but I have hope that this is the downfall that we all need. Whether that's on your own personal journey or in the current state of our world. The old must be exposed before the new can be accepted.

Even if you're the first in your family to choose healing, even if no one claps for you, your choice matters. You matter. And you're not alone.

#MentalHealth #change #CPTSD #healingjourney #soberiety #choices #TraumaRecovery #AddictionRecovery

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Why I Was Addicted To Chaos...

A normal and low-stimulation life was, in my opinion, a boring life. If things got too calm, I had to shake it up a little with a dramatic outburst, drunken display, or some kind of problem.

Dysregulation was was my “normal”, partially because it was what I had experienced growing up, and partially because the media I took in so often told me that was how life was.

I was a walking talking brainwashed media parrot. My humour existed in quotes from movies and mutual likes or dislikes of celebrities I would never knew, yet knew so much about. My conversations heavily relied on other’s media indoctrination to connect….and if that didn’t work, there’s always addictions like smoking and partying to bond on!

I struggled with romantic relationships… “Why can’t I keep a boyfriend? Why do they always leave?” I made myself exactly who I thought they wanted me to be, and yet they usually would just ghost me or left me on read…permanently. To say I “came on strong” is an understatement. I reeked of desperation, yet was completely oblivious to it all.

I was getting abandoned because I had abandoned myself… I was behaving recklessly, feeding addictions and compulsions, and was generally living completely unconsciously.

I never paid attention to the music or media I consumed, or even thought about the correlation between my messy mental space and my media intake.

I lived for TV series…the longer the better… how many seasons can I escape my mind and my life? What characteristics can I take on from characters in the media I was consuming to make myself more attractive, funny, or interesting?

Over time, I grew to learn how this addiction to chaos was not serving me. I wanted to help other people, but who would take advice from someone who doesn’t have their shit together? No one, that’s who… Would you take health advice from someone sitting in a McDonalds wolfing down a Big Mac, extra large coke and fries? Yeah no…I didn’t think so…

I dreamed of becoming an elder that people would look up to, but I came to realize that my behaviour and lack of stability was nothing to look up to, so I realized I had some changes to make. I eventually also became a mom, which made me really examine my behaviour and my general way of being. BPD can be genetic, but it can also be learned. I am not looking to pass this disorder on to anyone else, I am trying to prevent it from spreading, so that's why I'm here! :)

#BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder

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Misdiagnosed and Misunderstood...

Most, if not all, of the medications and diagnoses I received in my pre-teen and early teen years were, in my opinion, considered a misdiagnosis by a doctor who practically handed the prescription pad over with little to no questions asked…I feel they were misdiagnoses because no one *actually* asked me…

I was diagnosed with depression when I was 13. This was after being prescribed accutane at 11 (a heavy duty medication used to treat acne - with life altering side effects like depression and other mental health issues, and gastrointestinal issues - just to name a few - and this was the first of 3 rounds before the age of 16). I was also prescribed water pills at 12 (I was drinking 0 water and lots of sodium heavy processed foods, plus tons of soda… this caused my weight to fluctuate…) This is not acceptable for someone who has to fit into their beauty pageant clothes, so the answer was water pills (???).

The symptoms of bulimia started to appear when I was 11. I remember the first time I made myself throw up…it was after a photo shoot at my home, when I was praised for losing weight so quickly (they had to postpone my photos because I looked too fat at the beginning of the week), and was rewarded with McDonalds for a job well done…

I remember being praised for not eating by some adults in my life. Compliments when I looked thinner, insults, and shame inducing comments when I had put on weight (even if it was just water weight).

I was put on anti-depressants when I was 13, and birth control sometime around this time as well…After all of this, still no one asked me about my diet, what my home life was like, what my experience was like at school, how much movement I was engaging in, if I had been speaking to anyone (therapy)…. Nope, let’s go straight to the pharmacological medicine. :-|

My mom was afraid that if I spoke to someone about what was going on in my home that CPS was going to be involved (at the time she was in a deep depression that left her unable to do little more than work 18-20+ hour days , leaving me to take care of the home and my younger sister most of the time), so it was made clear we do not speak to anyone outside of the home about what is really going on.

At 14, I threatened to end my life and was admitted into the psych ward for a few days while on those anti-depressants. Guess that one wasn’t working... let’s try another. 🙃

Fast forward a few years, I eventually got off the anti depressants and even birth control in my late teens (both were giving me side effects with little to no benefit), but I was also having to deal with anxiety and panic attacks due to all the suppression and living in a dysregulated system for much of my life.

Around my 18th birthday, I started smoking cannabis for the perceived “cool factor” (not joking), which did help with the anxiety, but then it presented a new challenge…without it the anxiety returned… I had become attached to another addiction that I couldn’t go without, so it became my multiple time a day habit.


Into my 20s and even early 30s, I would purposely get so stoned and do questionable or risky things just to test my own ability to “handle things”…I see now in hindsight that I would do it to make life a bit more exciting and to test myself - how calm and relaxed could I stay while my “house was on fire”? 


I am not telling you all of this so that you feel sorry for me…I am not a victim. I am telling you this to empower you…


As someone who is now living sober, knowing exactly who I am and what I came here to do, and having learned how to regulate myself in ways outside of the path of traditional western medicine, I am not afraid to speak my truth. Remission is possible - we all have a story that could shock someone else or even break their heart - and while I honour your experiences, I know that your past doesn’t have to be your present or future.

#BPD #BorderlinePersonalityDisorder #Depression #Anxiety #EatingDisorder

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The Danger That Donald Trump Poses to Disabled People

Fellow Mighty member @mightyaut has expressed her fears regarding the state of care for disabled people in the United States. I am adding my voice to hers, as I believe it is important that we understand the threat that Donald Trump poses to the services that disabled folk rely on.

I had reservations about Mr. Trump from the beginning of his candidacy in 2015. His mockery of disabled Washington Post reporter Serge Kovaleski convinced me that Mr. Trump lacks compassion and was unfit to be President. Learning about Mr. Trump’s nephew Fred and Fred’s disabled son William only strengthened my conviction that Mr. Trump is unfit to lead a nation with a substantial disabled population. Fred visited his uncle to express his concerns about the increasing cost of William’s care, and Mr. Trump told his nephew that he should just let his son die. According to an article in The Guardian, Mr. Trump expressed the same sentiment to a group of physicians and disability advocates he met at the White House. In Mr. Trump’s eyes, the lives of disabled people have no value; they are a burden to be disposed of. Fred Trump said, understandably, that it hurt him to hear his uncle speak that way about his son. He added,“Acceptance and tolerance would only come with public education and awareness…Donald might never understand this.”

Mr. Trump is intent on destroying the Department of Education, which, among other duties, maintains the Office for Civil Rights. This office investigates when schools discriminate against or abuse disabled students. An article in USA Today says that shortly after taking office, Mr. Trump ordered that 243 staffers from that office be laid off, crippling its ability to look out for its young charges. Allowing discrimination and abuse to go unchecked normalizes seeing disabled people as “other.” This in turn makes it easier to paint disabled people as subhuman.

Disabled folk disgust Mr. Trump. He doesn’t see us as people, instead viewing us solely in terms of how expensive it is to keep us alive. His solution is slashing Medicaid, a move one disability advocate calls a “soft” version of Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4 euthanasia program. Between 1939 and 1945, pediatricians, psychiatrists and nurses working for the Third Reich murdered upwards of 300,000 mentally and physically disabled children and adults after the Reich disparaged them as “useless eaters’ and “burdensome lives.” The equivalent manifesting in 2025 America is more subtle: deny vulnerable Americans access to care while denigrating them as parasites and the reason that MAGA’s diehard supporters can’t have nice things. In the meantime, the money the country saves by killing its most vulnerable citizens will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. If Mr. Musk spent an amount totaling my father’s mortgage every day of the year, it would take over ten thousand years to exhaust his net worth. I for one am glad that Mr. Musk will see his tax burden relieved. I don’t know how he summons the strength to go on, making do with so little.

The need for brevity has obliged me to simplify my arguments against President Trump. At this juncture, I recall helpful advice offered by fantasy author George R. R. Martin when the President was running against Hillary Clinton. Martin pointed out that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign ads were straightforward, unedited clips of Mr. Trump being himself, because the strongest argument against Mr. Trump becoming President has always been Mr. Trump himself. To paraphrase Mr. Martin, you don’t need to listen to Mrs. Clinton, George R.R. Martin, or me. Listen to Trump. Watch videos of his speeches. Read the transcript of his address at West Point over Memorial Day weekend. Look at his social media accounts. Then ask yourself, seriously, if this is a man who should be deciding whether you deserve to have health care or not.

Thank you, @mightyaut, for creating this group. I hope it will encourage others to speak out as well. Before I go, I recommend Sarah Kendzior’s Substack as a source of information on the danger that Mr. Trump poses to American democracy. As Ms. Kendzior puts it, the smoking gun pointing to Mr. Trump’s crimes against ordinary Americans is smoking because Mr. Trump is shooting this country to death, and that won’t change until enough of us stand up to a man who is little more than a glorified bully.

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The Danger that Donald Trump Poses to Disabled People

Fellow Mighty member @mightyaut has expressed her fears regarding the state of care for disabled people in the United States. I am adding my voice to hers, as I believe it is important that we understand the threat that Donald Trump poses to the services that disabled folk rely on.

I had reservations about Mr. Trump from the beginning of his candidacy in 2015. His mockery of disabled Washington Post reporter Serge Kovaleski convinced me that Mr. Trump lacks compassion and was unfit to be President. Learning about Mr. Trump’s nephew Fred and Fred’s disabled son William only strengthened my conviction that Mr. Trump is unfit to lead a nation with a substantial disabled population. Fred visited his uncle to express his concerns about the increasing cost of William’s care, and Mr. Trump told his nephew that he should just let his son die. According to an article in The Guardian, Mr. Trump expressed the same sentiment to a group of physicians and disability advocates he met at the White House. In Mr. Trump’s eyes, the lives of disabled people have no value; they are a burden to be disposed of. Fred Trump said, understandably, that it hurt him to hear his uncle speak that way about his son. He added,“Acceptance and tolerance would only come with public education and awareness…Donald might never understand this.”

Mr. Trump is intent on destroying the Department of Education, which, among other duties, maintains the Office for Civil Rights. This office investigates when schools discriminate against or abuse disabled students. An article in USA Today says that shortly after taking office, Mr. Trump ordered that 243 staffers from that office be laid off, crippling its ability to look out for its young charges. Allowing discrimination and abuse to go unchecked normalizes seeing disabled people as “other.” This in turn makes it easier to paint disabled people as subhuman.

Disabled folk disgust Mr. Trump. He doesn’t see us as people, instead viewing us solely in terms of how expensive it is to keep us alive. His solution is slashing Medicaid, a move one disability advocate calls a “soft” version of Nazi Germany’s Aktion T4 euthanasia program. Between 1939 and 1945, pediatricians, psychiatrists and nurses working for the Third Reich murdered upwards of 300,000 mentally and physically disabled children and adults after the Reich disparaged them as “useless eaters’ and “burdensome lives.” The equivalent manifesting in 2025 America is more subtle: deny vulnerable Americans access to care while denigrating them as parasites and the reason that MAGA’s diehard supporters can’t have nice things. In the meantime, the money the country saves by killing its most vulnerable citizens will fund a tax cut for Elon Musk. If Mr. Musk spent an amount totaling my father’s mortgage every day of the year, it would take over ten thousand years to exhaust his net worth. I for one am glad that Mr. Musk will see his tax burden relieved. I don’t know how he summons the strength to go on, making do with so little.

The need for brevity has obliged me to simplify my arguments against President Trump. At this juncture, I recall helpful advice offered by fantasy author George R. R. Martin when the President was running against Hillary Clinton. Martin pointed out that Mrs. Clinton’s campaign ads were straightforward, unedited clips of Mr. Trump being himself, because the strongest argument against Mr. Trump becoming President has always been Mr. Trump himself. To paraphrase Mr. Martin, you don’t need to listen to Mrs. Clinton, George R.R. Martin, or me. Listen to Trump. Watch videos of his speeches. Read the transcript of his address at West Point over Memorial Day weekend. Look at his social media accounts. Then ask yourself, seriously, if this is a man who should be deciding whether you deserve to have health care or not.

Thank you, @mightyaut, for your posts and the encouragement they gave me to speak out. I hope others will follow your example and speak out as well. Before I go, I recommend Sarah Kendzior’s Substack as a source of information on the danger that Mr. Trump poses to American democracy. As Ms. Kendzior puts it, the smoking gun pointing to Mr. Trump’s crimes against ordinary Americans is smoking because Mr. Trump is shooting this country to death, and that won’t change until enough of us stand up to a man who is little more than a glorified bully. #Disability #MentalHealth #Depression #Trauma #PTSD #Suicide

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Does Anyone know what disorder that i'm Suffer.I feel it real and its rare/rarely known

#SensoryProcessingDisorder

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO(on Indonesian in television)
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

And i'm from Indonesia

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Does Anyone know what disorder that i'm Suffer.I feel it real and its rare/rarely known

#NeurodevelopmentalDisorders

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO.
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

I have consulted with four doctors and they said that what I am suffering from is schizophrenia even though the condition I am suffering from is different from common psychiatric conditions and I have felt it since I was 3-7 years old?

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Does Anyone know what disorder that i'm Suffer.I feel it real and its rare/rarely known

Timeline of the onset of symptoms that I experienced and suffered
• 2012: See R-BO/A-BO(on Indonesian in television)
• 2017: Concerned about mental depictions.
• 2018: Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things, thoughts must be in accordance with thoughts (not OCD).
• 2019: Starting to make illogical thoughts, Concerned about mental depictions of 3D people in real visuals or mental depictions of real people in 3D/animated visuals (not hallucinating and that makes it difficult for me to play games and watch animated films/cartoons).
• 2021: Concerned about People Wearing Skirts in everyday life
• 2022: Mentioning the year (thousands), people say "ya" in Javanese.
• 2023: People Smoking (this year I received treatment from a psychiatrist and my doctor said that I had severe anxiety (not in accordance with what I experienced and suffered) after receiving treatment my condition got worse! • 2024: Having a problem with people wearing watches on their left/right hand (should they be worn on the left or not emotional reactions and illogical thoughts will appear in my mind/brain.

Symptoms of the condition I suffer from:
• Strong emotional and cognitive reactions to the following (triggers):
1. People Smoking
2. Wearing a skirt in everyday life
3. Saying "ya" (engge) in Javanese
4. People speaking regional languages ​​in Indonesia
5. Seeing R-BO on Television (depending on the language used)
6. Seeing gecko droppings
7. Seeing Women as advertising stars
8. Seeing online advertisements
9. Saying thousands of years in Indonesian
10. Wearing a watch on the right..

• Tingling head when thinking about tense things and genitals are stimulated like orgasm when thinking about sexual things.
• Problematizing visual depictions (not hallucinations) of real people in the 3D visual world or animated 3D people in the real visual world followed by emotional and cognitive reactions.
• Cognitive reactions in the form of illogical thoughts (not schizophrenia, delusions, delusions or psychosis), cognitive distortion.
• Thoughts must be in accordance with certain things otherwise emotional and cognitive reactions will occur (this is not OCD or OCPD disorder) • If faced with things that trigger emotional and cognitive reactions from before then the reaction will not be too much (example: Seeing people smoking in 1991 will not trigger emotional and cognitive reactions as much as in 2024-2025)! (please note: applies to all existing triggers) • Problematizing mental representations • Crying over things like the following: • Dead animals • Lesser known games • People dying • Events (war, disaster, accident) • Thought and cognitive reactions that sometimes repeat themselves in my brain (still not OCD) • If faced with things that are the opposite of the triggers then the emotional cognitive reaction will decrease along with the mind being aware!

• Please note:
1. The symptoms mentioned above are not part of schizophrenia, psychosis, ADHD, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, multiple personality, autism, Asperger's syndrome or Tourette's syndrome
2. Are the things described above indicative of a rare/lesser known disorder?
3. Triggers that are reacted to by emotional cognitive can be random!

And i'm from Indonesia

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I'm new here!

Hi, my name is Coffeemaster87. I'm here because I have ADHD and have been smoking meth. I can’t focus my mind and my anxiety has been extreme since my dog got sick. I need some advice please! Thank you

#MightyTogether #Anxiety #Depression #BipolarDisorder #PTSD #AutismSpectrumDisorder #ADHD #Grief

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