Are you "high functioning"?

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I’d say I’m high functioning. I don’t have a job though (by choice; I’m a stay at home mom).

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Thanks @dougRN @rocket

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@dougRN

That must have been really tough doing your degree while very unwell. I know what its like working when unwell and its very intense and stressful
I wish you all the best :slightly_smiling_face:

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Thanks @anon85745701 I was thinking about doing my doctorate but thats still up in the table. I might wait a couple years.

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You could always get some advice from mh team as well about taking on more, they could advise you. Don’t be worried about getting help and asking for it

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My functioning fluctuates… I’m always able to live by a budget and get my bills paid on time, but I still have a hard time interacting with people I don’t know cuz I get paranoid often about people wanting to hurt me or talking about me. I have a master’s degree but all my student loans were discharged based on “total and permanent disability”. I don’t know…

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i’m low functioning but i don’t mind anymore. I need help with a lot… but it’s ok

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Thanks @dougRN @anon85745701 @WhiteRaven. I got disability because I could no longer do my IT support job. Since I got sick I’ve only had minimum wage jobs, my most successful one was stock clerk & janitor in a store for 32 hours a week.

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@anon54988740 wow thats really good going Mike 32 hrs a week is a lot :+1:

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Thanks @anon85745701. I was living with my mom who insisted I work. I couldn’t handle anymore than 32 hours a week. It wasn’t enough to live on my own though. I went on disability after I lost that job. There was a new manager who insisted I work 40 to 50 hours a week. I tried but couldn’t handle that much.

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I know that feeling, before my diagnosis 2011 nobody realised how ill i was.
Hubby used to demand i work before then. I used to go from one disaster to another

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Thanks @anon85745701

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I’d say I’m medium functioning. I can assist my husband and do basic cleaning and shopping and cooking, but some days I can’t do much and I will be unable to deal with the stress of a job unless it’s from home or part time low stress job

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My current psychiatrist and therapist feel that I’m high functioning but I most likely place somewhere in the middle.

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I am middle to high functioning, I think. I have frequent psychotic episodes which adversely affect my functioning at times but other times I do fair with a lot of assistance.

I am also frequently inappropriate in word and deed which can really render me low functioning.

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I can be deceptive about how high functioning I am. I’m articulate, and I can converse with counselors in ways that make them think I’m just fine. But I really have trouble doing the simplest things. Problems with cars, or any other technical problem are very hard for me to handle. I keep to myself as much as possible, so I miss out on a lot of important information, like where a good job is, or when we’re having group. I’m much more dysfunctional than people think.

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What is considered high functioning?

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@crimby You and I are quite similar.

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I am non-functioning. My mother and uncle, who also have a case of mental illness, are high functioning. My middle nephew, as fair as I know, is low functioning to non-functioning. I didn’t meet him in ten years or so.

I can’t even concentrate enough to clean my room property. Nevermind read a book or get a job.

I am getting better though. Maybe this year I will become semi-functional.

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I am high functioning I can do everything totally normal and nobody else can tell I have an illness

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