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Old Aug 27, 2011, 06:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Alittlelost View Post
i have just been diagnosed, really i meen like ten minutes ago and i am scared! Don't know why i am scared because i doesn't change anything....just lables me and gets me into treatment for another stupid mental health problem, right?

Don't really know what to say or how i feel at that matter.... i need wine and to isolate myself for a good 48hours.

This bored looks pretty empty so i figure it's not so popular on here, A?
Keep your perspective on the fact that it is a label and nothing more.

Yes you may need to work on certain parts of yourself but that's true of most people (doesn't mean they do it of course).

(For me reminding myself that diagnoses were invented as a way to help facilitate treatment standards among doctors is helpful because it reminds me that they were created for a specific purpose [to help professionals], and they are *not* descriptions of some underlying "objective reality".
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