I had to disclose my world today in psychology

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It really scared me. It did. I felt all those eyes on me. Because, I think I have schizophrenia. If I do, then I see myself as weak and a non productive member of society, and must be eliminated. I will not subject to medication of any kind. People wanted to snicker. How can people be so f*****g evil?

Theres 3 people you dont want to lie to
your lawyer
your tax broker
and your doctor

No matter how bad you feel do not break any of these rules.

True...But the thing is, is this was my psych professor.

Then feel free to lie.

He's also a PhD. He really pried. The whole class did. I feel like s**t. Now, it makes me want to go crawl in a hole and die.

I'm so sorry, Ackman. It sounds like your professor abused his authority over you- pressuring a vulnerable student to disclose personal matters in a classroom situation is very unethical. It's not surprising that you're feeling distressed. It's really not your fault- what you've described here sounds like a kind of academic bullying. Do you have a therapist or college counselor whom you can discuss this with? You may well have grounds for complaint.

I'm sorry that you had to go through that. Your professor wasn't being very professional.

The moral of today's story: If you're crazy, don't take psychology and stay away from shrinks.

This is coming from someone who's been diagnosed with at least 8 mental disorders.

It sounds like you may have said or done some things to raise people's curiosity about you. Try to keep a lower profile from now on.

Heh. I'm crazy and I excel in psychology because I have been diagnosed with damn near everything in my abnormal psych book, therefore I have already researched everything in the book. I could teach the damn class. It's like an ego boost with that whole 4.0 business.

But I digress.

People have no right to demand disclosure from you, OP. What you do or do not have going on with you is none of their business and if you feel as though your rights have been violated, the correct thing to do it talk to the disability people at your school and if you have a diversity person, they might be able to help as well, but disability can point you in the right direction, so start there. No one has the right to use you like some kind of prop in a psych class just because you might have something going on with you. To be bunt, it is none of their damn business if you have an extra head jutting out of your neck that sings opera as long as that head shuts up and behaves in class, no one can say a damn thing about it to you. It would be completely unacceptable if you had some physical disability and they treated you as some kind of learning project or Q&A subject, a mental disability is no different than a physical one and as a psych teacher, your professor should know better and his blatant avoidance of ethics and lack of respect for you is appalling to me. Your professor needs to be reported.

On a side note, I am sorry if you are having concerns regarding schizophrenia. While I am clearly in no position to understand where you are coming from as I am not you, as a person who sees and hears things others do not, I can only offer up some kind of encouragement that just because you see things, it does not mean you are weak. If you can find way to function along side what you see or hear or smell or feel or whatever the case might be with you, it can be a strength. I have times where I liken it to regular external noise... I m driven batty by things like overhead lighting, electric sqees from power lines, people talking, radios playing, watches ticking... I have to cope with these things and I do. Those things are no more or less annoying to me than the guy who is not really by my coat rack who disappears every time I look at him. Only difference is that the guy is not there and the watch that would not shut up was real and in a box in my basement...

But really... report that professor. He was way out of line.

I'd take it up with the Dean or whoever is in charge of complaints about teachers. I'd tell him that he pushed you to reveal something that you didn't want you. He's a professional psychologist, and he should know that psychology students often have their own issues that they're trying to gain insight into, and that people don't like to talk about that sort of thing. He should know better than to force you into revealing your private thoughts and feelings.

That would be extremely embarrassing. I couldn't ever do that.
Im sorry I don't actually have any productive advice to give you. Im with animalcrosser on this one. As a professional psychologist, he should have known better. You should defiantly take it up with the dean or the head of the psychology department. Although it wouldn't erase the scars, think of all the people you could save from that.

I ran into some assholery in my psychology class today as well, concerning how apparently its easy for people with mental disorders to use it to their advantage and live on disability clearly this person has no idea that usually disability income is not enough to live on and getting approved for it is very stressful and difficult. So yeah I wanted to go off on the dude but then I remembered I was in class and figured it was not a good place for that.

Anyways f*ck those people who wanted to snicker, they are not worth any thought...I know things like that can be hard to deal with though I mean there are things that where said to me when I was a child that I still cannot forget about.

Psychology is intresting though.

***hole. I'm sorry they put you on the spot Ackman. I've seen how some psych patients get treated. Most doctors(MDs) are pretty respectful, but it still seems to be a case of 'my need for answers trumps your need for privacy'. My experience with psychologist phDs is that they are even worse with the patient-as-thesis fodder mentality.

If it's any consolation, your world is fascinating and they may simply have been impressed and wanting to know how extensive it is. You've never struck me as schizophrenic (from the limited info I get from WP!) and I doubt it's the most bizarre thing they've come across.

He may have thought that you would be happy to share it with people because in the past you have shown us all drawings and talked about it openly. It is one thing however to talk about it amongst normal people and another to be pried by a group of psychologists. You don't have to do this again, so if he asks feel free to say no.

edit: oh god, these were your classmates too? What was he thinking?! (and how does he know about your world in the first place?)