It's just not an exact science, assigning diagnoses. Some mental health professionals avoid diagnosing at all because they just don't believe in it, but when they have to provide a dx for insurance they will be as vague as possible. I don't think that I would do that, normally, because sometimes having an accurate dx can help with finding treatments that work, relevant literature and resources, etc.. But on the other hand, a lot of treatments are more general and effective for lots of diagnoses, and someone like me can easily look through the DSM and find tons of diagnoses that all seem to fit (I tend to collect them).

Yeah, and my next class starting now is assessment and diagnosis. It's going to be a blast! Yup, I dx myself constantly. And T has accused me of treating myself like my own client.
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