Differentiating between Wandererness and mental disorders

[turtledude23]

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I was wondering how you would define mental disorders in this thread.

are we talking:

depression?

bipolar?

anxiety?

delusions of grandeur?

remembering past lives as Ceasar/Newton/FDR/Elizabeth 1st?

dysfunctional to the point of not being able to interact socially?

autistic?

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mental 'disorders' seems to be a very wide, almost catch all term for anyone who doesn't fit the DSM.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_..._Disorders

or rather, who does

I was diagnosed with depression and ADHD just several months ago even though I had them most of my life, I also might have aspergers but I don't know, if I do it would only be mild and only certain symptoms. Anyways, I refused to consider that there was anything wrong with me and I thought that all my differences made me awesome so I suffered needlessly, or maybe it wasn't needless, maybe I planned that out before incarnation, I don't know. I try to find patterns universal to wanderers in myself but I don't know how much of my not-normal behaviour is something intrinsic to being a wanderer and how much is the product of the conditions I mentioned earlier. I realize that I most likely chose those conditions for my unique journey in this lifetime but those don't apply to all wanderers, though Ra said most do have some kind of allergy or "personality disorder" (modern psychology only uses the term personal disorder for borderline personality disorder and narcissistic personality disorder so I'm guessing Ra meant mental disorder).

Is there anything intrinsic about being a wanderer which makes one feel different? Many behaviours, thought patterns and feelings I experienced throughout my life I used to think were a product of me being special in some good way (what I would now call a wanderer) I now see are most likely the products of mental disorders. Would wanderers who manifested allergies and other physical conditions rather than mental ones be more mentally "normal"? What, if anything, makes us different from most people on Earth?

What comes to mind is "which came first the chicken or the egg?", or in this case, the wanderer or the 'disorder'.

Zenmaster has said it one way. Diana has said it another. I will say that your answer is in your original inquiry. 1) "I .... think were a product of me being special", 2) "I ... now call a wanderer", 3) " I now see are ... the products of mental disorders".

The intrinsic nature, IMO, is the thoughts about it that carried you along the way in your space/time and time/space that was unique to your awareness and ability. Zenmaster laid it out in a detailed and delicate way. I tried to simplify it and express my perspective.

Thank you,
Monkey

Are you saying that it doesn't matter what I believed/believe now is the cause of my behaviours as long as it gets me to where I am now? Your post isn't very clear.

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Ashim: your posts make no sense.