Yup it was a professional. Thanks so much for your responses guys, much of what was said here is really thought provoking. I realize it's hard to really reply not knowing the situation.
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Originally Posted by turquoisesea
I don't know what who described your parents this way but perhaps they were bringing attention to the fact that your parents were acting abnormally and the situation wasn't completely normal?
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Originally Posted by Perna
The classifications are for professionals so they can get a better idea how or where to start treating a person who comes to them for help.
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Yeah this is right on the money as well as what I find really ambiguous, about using the term pd to describe what is "normal" and "not normal" in one's parents. I mean do you then say, "I had a not-normal childhood?" "I am recovering from not being raised normally?" LOL! I feel like this is literally what my therapist is trying to say. What is a normal family? Is anyone or anything really normal? Is it worth having some sort of validation, to pretend that such a thing exists?
Also as Perna mentioned I am just not sure if it's ethical to describe someone having a PD if it's not intended to treat them (as in that book Stop Walking On Eggshells). I'm just really intrigued by the issues raised by this! Any diagnosis when you come down to it, can be taken pejoratively. When we seek treatment, we willingly take that risk. But we can't go back in time and make someone be open like that, so what is the point, after the fact?
Anyways.
