I PFM, I followed you over here
Hope that's OK.
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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys
Ive been told in the past that its nearly impossible to have both and that one is often mistaken for the other.
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Like I said in the sz forum, this is a load of nonsense. Psych categories are so arbitrary and political that clear boundaries cannot be drawn between them. Even the dude who came up with the word "schizophrenia" thought there were at least four different kinds of disease grouped under that label; but that's not how you hear it talked about today.
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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys
Its my understanding that schizophrenia is a physical brain disorder, that is often inherrited,
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That is one theory amongst many; admittedly it is currently the most popular theory in certain (medical) circles. Nobody has ever proven it to be true (or indeed, false). Anybody who tells this to you as "proven" or "truth" is flat-out misrepresenting the scientific status of schizophrenia.
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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys
I just want to know why t's and pdocs rule out schizophrenia when diagnosing DID and why they would rule out DID when diagnosing schizophrenia.
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It's their idiocy if they're trying to do this, not yours! They should be focussing on helping you feeling better, not bickering about a bunch of completely arbitrary labels.
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