Wysteria,

I shouldn't have diagnosed Saxon as I was instructed not to do so. I apologize for that.

However, my claims are not medically inaccurate at all and I am not simply "googeling" my information as you put it. It seems you are upset with me for acting like an "authority" on the matter when you feel that I am not qualified. Understood, I'm not an authority, but there's no need to tear me down. The fact of the matter is I have personal experience with this matter and I am qualified to give my OPINION on what it is. I wasn't diagnosed formerly but I apparently suffered from Depersonalization disorder (DPD) together with Panic Disorder for something like a year and a half when I was younger (and very few relapses ever since). The term "dissociative episode" is real medical nomenclature and if you actually had "googled" it you would see that. I didn't learn this term from google anyway, I learned it from a psychotherapist when I was describing my SYMPTOMS. As for the explanation for DPD and acute dissociative episodes, there is a body of literature on the subject which has dealt with its evolutionary origins and at least one major theory holds that it is a survival strategy that is out of control.

I am offended and hurt by your suggestion because it is invalidating, and the whole point of NOT GIVING DIAGNOSES in the first place is to avoid INVALIDATING OTHER PEOPLE. Anyway, I don't want to go on about this or argue, I just wanted to let you know that what you said isn't cool, that I'm sorry for overstepping the boundaries on PC, and that I contributed something meaningful and not simply "concocted". I wouldn't do that.