Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Its possible for a person to have more than one mental illness at the same time. In fact, if I understand what I've read correctly, its actually more common for someone with borderline pd to also have another major mental illness at the same time such as an Axis I mood or psychotic disorder, or another Axis II personality disorder. So ol' Charlie might have bipolar disorder AND narcissistic pd, AND he's used drugs before, regularly, (from what I've read) and cocaine and/or alcohol addiction behaviors can display the same dysfunctional behaviors of other mental illnesses. Some of the things he says sound to me like he's only tenuously connected to reality (there is a form of schizophrenia where they talk compulsively, but its mostly " word salad " or nonsense) so... I think he's a walking grab-bag of mental illnesses, myself. How sad to have a lot of charisma and talent, make it to the top of your profession, and then watch all your successes start circling the drain because you can't keep your addictions and/or problems with mental illness under control. -Annie > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 It's sad to watch the world celebrate his behavior too. Like it's cool. > > > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I agree, I don't understand that at all (admiring celebrities, particularly the self-destructive ones.) For my part, I admit I am fascinated by someone who makes it to the very top of a highly competitive meat-grinder of a profession (how many people on the planet ever even get the opportunity to try out for a TV show, let alone star in one, and make it a hit TV show?) and then just fall apart: crash and burn, due to their own character weaknesses and/or mental health issues. Its like winning a million dollars and then flushing it all down the toilet by the fist-full. Why!? This Charlie Sheen business has that " can't look away from the horrible accident in the emergency lane of the freeway as you roll past it " aspect to it, I suppose. And I agree: it is sad that those who truly deserve to be celebrated for the honorable, kind and selfless things they do are so often ignored, while these bizarrely self-destructive celebrities are admired. Makes no sense. -Annie > > > > > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > > > > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I get an NPD feel from him along with - don't have an acronym for this - sense that he's lost his filter. Kind of like he's just making up comedy material as he goes along and has lost all sense of what's appropriate or who he is speaking to. Some of his random speech reminds me of Robin going on an ad-libbing (?) comedy riff. But Sheen's random stuff goes into odd and even violent territory but he has no sense to stop himself. His live video over the weekend joked about cutting children's throats. That's not funny no matter how it is said. Anyway, totally agreeing with you guys - he's got some kind of PD (at least one) for sure. > > > > > > > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > > > > > > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 I must admit, it is definitely hard to look away. I just hope, maybe this whole thing will draw further awareness to mental health issues. Which comes first, the chicken or the egg, the addiction or the mental health disorder? Does it matter? And shouldn't we treat both? There is so much emphasis on treating the addiction (in the media) and not on the underlying causes. > > > > > > > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > > > > > > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 He actually said he has a passion for anger. Gasp! Maybe he's a rage-aholic?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Yep, I really wish we had a formal shunning ceremony like the Klingons did to Worf in that one ST/TNG episode - or that scene in " The Lords of Discipline " where everybody lines up on either side of the shunned person, and as they walk out of the school, all the students turn their backs. He needs to get some mental health and addiction help, but he needs to do it without using it as a publicity stunt, and the news coverage needs to cease completely. There is a LOT of other stuff we need to be informed about, and all this " car-wreck rubbernecking " is taking up valuable news time. He's not newsworthy, IMHO. Just another pitiful, crazy junkie. Let's go NC with Charlie til he gets his act together. > > It's sad to watch the world celebrate his behavior too. Like it's cool. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Personnally, I think the mental illness comes first and then the addiction. I have a ?Bad? habit of ignoring celebrities. I saw Charlie's Lennonn inspired t-shirt on Access Hollywood (I'm a fashion addict, though not even remotely the trend following kind) and other than that, I haven't heard a word he has had to say. But he sounds crazy from what folks have told me. I've also never heard a song by Lady Gaga. I can identify one by Bieber because my boyfriend sings it to me. I'm so totally un star struck. I'll admit though - I have been paying attention to Kate Middleton's wedding - but only because I want to see her dress, jewlery and accessories. I'm a whore for dresses. XOXO On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 6:06 AM, shirleyspawn wrote: > > > Yep, I really wish we had a formal shunning ceremony like the Klingons did > to Worf in that one ST/TNG episode - or that scene in " The Lords of > Discipline " where everybody lines up on either side of the shunned person, > and as they walk out of the school, all the students turn their backs. > > He needs to get some mental health and addiction help, but he needs to do > it without using it as a publicity stunt, and the news coverage needs to > cease completely. There is a LOT of other stuff we need to be informed > about, and all this " car-wreck rubbernecking " is taking up valuable news > time. He's not newsworthy, IMHO. Just another pitiful, crazy junkie. > > Let's go NC with Charlie til he gets his act together. > > > > > > > > > It's sad to watch the world celebrate his behavior too. Like it's cool. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Anyone interested in a pool for how long till he self destructs and ends up dead or hospitalized? Sad. > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 I think bipolar and he's in manic state. he sounds just like a cousin of mine who took off halfway across the country to meet Bill Gates and tell him about his ideas that would radicalize the world. He was the new messiah blah blah blah. Cousin diagnosed bipolar and also big-time addict. Just my two cents. > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To me anyhow. > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Out of curiousity--mostly because I was interested in analyzing more of his behavior--I watched his uStream rants. He is way out of touch with reality. To me, his speech seems disoriented, much in the way my nada's did in her rage-filled rant over Christmas. She could make whole sentences, and they were understandable, but it just had nothing to do with anything. All this business about his gold and he's a warlock, and blah blah blah. He is not living in this world right now, clearly. I think maybe he's having some kind of light hallucinations, possibly all the time. And the paranoia! Cryer not saying publicly that he's behind Sheen is some kind of grounds for him being evil? I think within 2 months, he will be dead or hospitalized involuntarily. Honestly, I sort of glad he's behaving this way, and hoping that it will draw attention to mental illness. It's amazing how mentally unwell our society is, and maybe, just maybe, if he's hospitalized, some day he'll come back healthy and want to bring awareness to these issues. I know, it's like asking for a miracle. > > > > I don't think he's bipolar. I think he's NPD. Some of the stuff he > said in his ABC interview, screams personality disorder, not bipolar. To > me anyhow. > > > > Curious if anyone else picked up on it. > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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