just wanted to add my view...

i like to be reductionist about my diagnosis. i went somewhere to get help with a problem. they recognised the problem. now i'm getting help with it

it wasn't always like that. i used to hate it. i never wanted to tell people i had a pd. but then i started telling everyone and not one single person has judged me for it . at the end of the day, you cannot protect yourself from someone else's ignorance, and if they want to judge you for it, let them. you wouldn't have wanted to know someone like that anyway

there are also lots of labels given to people without so called pds that can be just as 'offensive' because they suggest there is something defective about you; of course, i can't list those here ; )

be proud of who you are, even the bits that need work, is what i say
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