Introduction: A Little of This, A Little of That

Willkommen!
For those of you wondering, that is 'welcome' in German. I do not speak German (yet) but I've learned some basic words that I'm going to start putting into use more often.
But we digress! And so soon!

My name is Lauren, and I made this blog to discuss something that I am extremely interested in: psychology. The title of this blog, however, may be a bit misleading. Let me say this: I'm not trying to be offensive. I hope I'm not being offensive. "The Psycho Diaries" is the title of a novel that I want to write sometime in the next few years and hopefully get it published. Also, I will be putting personal posts on this blog, so I guess it can be compared to a diary (an open-to-everyone diary, that is.)

I guess that you may want to know a bit about your blogger. Allow me to give you some background information.
My age will not be known right now and I do not plan on giving it away in the future.
Here is what I can tell you:

My first name is Lauren, and I am a girl. I am short, only about 5'1, and unremarkable in appearance. On the introvert-extrovert scale, I am a definite introvert. The Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test gives my personality type as INTJ, which is Introvert (78%), Intuitive (25%), Thinking (62%), and Judging (67%).
I am not diagnosed but believed to suffer from Anxiety, Depression, minor OCD, and Type II Bipolar Disorder.

Since that's out of the way, let me take a quick moment to discuss what will be seen on this blog in the next few weeks. I will be discussing some basics about psychology as well as many different mental disorders. Also, expect some personal posts. There's not going to be many, but expect them anyway.

I might be doing book reviews and discuss the psychology of certain books. We will definitely be going over Rat Girl by Kristin Hersh sometime soon - one of my favorite books of all time and one of the greatest "battling mental illness" stories ever.

That's all for now. See you soon!