Darla,

Regarding diagnoses, they are one person's opinion, and they might be right or they might not. Misdiagnosis is not uncommon. Also, your diagnosis can change as you conquer some of your problems, or new ones surface. Some professionals really don't like to use diagnoses at all, although sometimes they have to anyway. People are people, no matter what their symptoms are.

If I list out all of the diagnoses I have had, it would include Major depression, dysthymic disorder, social anxiety, dependent personality disorder, and avoidant personality disorder, oh and one counselor who said I was just homesick. I can see the point in most of these, but the ones who diagnosed the personality disorders and homesickness were missing a lot - I was having major depressive episodes when I saw them, and they failed to pick up on it, but at that point I didn't know what was important to talk about and was way too quiet, so it could have been my fault. I could come up with a few more too, but probably should avoid self-diagnosing too much, as I can really overdo it.

Does that answer your question?
Wendy

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