Wow ... you all said things that make me think more ...

_Sky: maybe it is part of having a disorder but maybe it's also denial ... or are you saying that denial is part of the disorder as well?

Sleeps: well we all know there are crappy medical and mental health professionals out there so ... if you don't have trust in your particular person then how can you go about 'treatment' confidently ...

wi_fighter: yap it's the justification/minimisation thing a lot of the time (but I can only speak for myself). What he had said to me just clicked when I read your post about getting to the stage when you really should be trying a more productive option.

Yes by some standards I am high functioning - I hold down a job that is quite challenging, I have had more luck than others - but I had a comment that I seemed 'stressed' at work and all weekend I suppose I have 'catastrophised' that a bit ... sucks eh