Posted by wishingstar on October 4, 2006, at 12:29:46
In reply to Re: at what age did many people start to feel ill? » sleepygirl, posted by Dinah on October 4, 2006, at 10:08:15
That is an interesting question. For me, I think things really hit when I was about 16, the summer before my junior year of high school. I had a fairly serious jaw surgery that spring and was unable to eat or speak well for 6 weeks. I vividly remember laying on my parents couch a week or so after surgery and thinking for the first time that I could just kill myself, although then it was more frustration with my situation than a true depression I think. But from that point, it went downhill and by September of my junior year, I was not functiniong. Went from straight As to Cs, dropped off my schools athletic team, etc. That's also the time my SI really took off. The rest of high school followed that same pattern.
I do remember, even as a young child, having some minor OCD tendancies though. I have a clear memory of being in Las Vegas (I'm from the east) when I was probably 6 or 7 and stepping on the edge of a stair "wrong". I commented to my mother that I hated having to always even those things out (step "wrong" on the other foot to make it "even") and I remember being surprised when she didnt know what I meant. I still have some minor OCD tendancies today, but nothing I've ever been treated for.
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