I’ve been diagnosed with various disorders over the years including bipolar, catatonia, schizophrenia and high functioning autism/asperges syndrome. Most mental health issues are caused by early childhood trauma so I’ve been told.
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I agree with every one of those, I was thinking the exact same thing, nice.
Jan 18, 2019
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People who have limited abilities to communicate and manage their behaviour are considered to have low functioning autism.
Jan 18, 2019
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#125
Also I have a piece of paper from a medical practitioner and the diagnosis is based on his perspective.
Jan 18, 2019
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#126
All a diagnosis is is you going to a doctor and telling him what's wrong with you and then he translates it into some kind of Latin or Greek pidgin nonsense.
Jan 18, 2019
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#127
I have came across the mysterious statement, that autistic people think exclusively in a "singular direction" .. // I wonder if you could somehow mock an autistic player on the chessboard, similar to fustilarians who smoke plants, "that provide cheap, sustainable fiber" with Down Syndrom people.
Jan 19, 2019
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DrSpudnik wrote:
All a diagnosis is is you going to a doctor and telling him what's wrong with you and then he translates it into some kind of Latin or Greek pidgin nonsense.
Yurm no. My autism diagnosis included developmental reports, screening with the AQ and EQ (Baron-Cohen), friendship quiestionare, social stories questionnaire, DISCO and a cognitive assessment report. Also if you think it’s easy getting an official diagnosis for let’s say schizophrenia, I suggest you visit a psychiatrist and try and convince him/her.
Jan 19, 2019
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#130
For US players, my daughter works on the Colorado Crisis hotline and National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. If chess ever traumatizes you or causes suicidal ideations, please call the national line. They are staffed 24/7, nonjudgmental, helpful people. Here's the number: 1-800-273-8255
Jan 20, 2019
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#131
hartofgoldrubinstein wrote:
I think anyone skilled in any field would qualify as crazy by a simple metric. What it all comes down to is their social skills and their speaking skills.
You nailed it. Professional chess requires little communication skill. Chess coaches are generally on the normal side And many chess professionals are college dropouts depriving themselves to improve communication skills.
Jan 20, 2019
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#132
As many rely on passive learning like videos and audios, personality disorders will be prevalent. Coaches and teachers are still best. Especially in a class environment.
And yet, world class Candyland players get by with no comment.
Jan 20, 2019
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#134
Candyland is unknown to me. I played Monopoly. I was surprised it existed since 1949 (Source: Wikipedia)
Jan 20, 2019
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Twpsyn wrote:
DrSpudnik wrote:
All a diagnosis is is you going to a doctor and telling him what's wrong with you and then he translates it into some kind of Latin or Greek pidgin nonsense.
Yurm no. My autism diagnosis included developmental reports, screening with the AQ and EQ (Baron-Cohen), friendship quiestionare, social stories questionnaire, DISCO and a cognitive assessment report. Also if you think it’s easy getting an official diagnosis for let’s say schizophrenia, I suggest you visit a psychiatrist and try and convince him/her.
My experience with doctors is entirely limited to physical ailments, like when you go and say you have a pain in your chest and he tells you you have angina pectoris....which means exactly what you told him but in Latin and for $300.
DrSpudnik wrote:
My experience with doctors is entirely limited to physical ailments, like when you go and say you have a pain in your chest and he tells you you have angina pectoris....which means exactly what you told him but in Latin and for $300.
@DrSpudnik - amaaazing, we're patients of the same doctor! 
85_PorsheTurbo wrote:
The apex are the people who play the French.
? Those who play French defense have which disorder? Is it possible certain chess opening is related with certain disorder? Just a hypothesis?
Idk, it was me just spitting my rage on them. In my difficulty constantly reoccuring playing against it, I have been alerted to a pattern - correlating it to certain arrogance of players who are starting the game with 1. e6 - 2.d5. The players I have encountered executting this were somehow always rotten regarding their intention. I am aware it may be just my hallucination taking life directly from my in-game inabillity. (I do not have this impression with the other opening with which I have problems dealing with i.e. open Sicilian, where I lack theory. I see Sicilian players quite differently - although they also usually display certain impudence. It isn´t so morbid to a point like the former.)
The general hypothesis is indeed interesting. It would require deep psychological study though.
Try the Korshnoi gambit: