(((yellowted))) ...

I am aware of your disorder, and it is dissociative in nature ... There was a lady in an anxiety/panic group I attended here in the USA because it was as close as she could get to anything that dealt with it directly here in the USA - which can still be pretty arrogant in its ignorance on a lot of things.

She, too, had horribly been abused throughout her childhood and her inability to process a lot of repressed memories was taking a debilitating toll on her physical body.

With that being said, I have also had a few run ins with some hardcore BP people here at PC ... They even went as far as to tell me I didn't have a right to post in BP because I'm not BP.

I stood up to them firmly and even asked moderators to delete my comments if they were not appropriate in that forum and the moderators permitted them to stand.

I may not be diagnosed as bi-polar, but I share many of the same symptoms with the diagnoses I do have ... Same goes for schizophreniza, borderline, etc. Therefore, for one diagnosis to tell another diagnosis they don't belong is highly inappropriate.

Furthermore, being that this is a public forum, there are many things that get posted that may apply or even trigger one or the other regardless of their diagnosis and they have a right to respond and share their experiences whether they share that exact diagnosis or not.

My advice to you is to not back down and to keep challenging the pack mentality that can present itself on some of these forums. You have a right to be here and to post anywhere you want.

Hopefully those who feel differently will eventually be enlightened and their knowledge of all aspects of mental illness and its impact on their lives and ours will eventually be expanded.

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Pfrog!