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Originally Posted by kaliope
 The best way to tell reality as you word it, is to get therapy. It will assist you in identifying your cognitive deficits and help you reframe your thinking. DBT is also an excellent technique for dealing with your thoughts and feelings differently. Good luck to you. |
What is DBT?
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Originally Posted by ultramar
It sounds like sometimes you're reacting intensely to things that happen to you in the moment (the texts written to you, etc.). Mood swings could indicate all kinds of things, anything and everything really.
We can't diagnose here, but I would first of all encourage you not to diagnose yourself, it's hard enough for the professionals, we don't tend to be very good at it ourselves! I would recommend you get a referral from your PCP for a psychiatrist. I've never dealt with mental health issues with my PCP's so I don't have personal experience with it, but I do feel that it's best to get evaluated by a specialist/psychiatrist.
Good luck!
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The text's are/were just an example. You're right in that I do react to things in the moment, and it is hard not to act upon my reaction. I have some truly awful things that pop into my head at times, and words have escaped my mouth that once the sadness and what ever else I was feeling went, I regretted. But once spoken, words cannot be unsaid. I usually have very good self control, so when things like me speaking my mind happen, it throws me.
I don't like self diagnosing, if I can I will ignore symptoms until I can't any longer. I don't like going to doctors because I feel like they have more important things to do than see someone that there is probably nothing wrong with. There was an internal dialog in my head yesterday about cancelling the appt. with the primary care physician. I had been feeling functional for a few hrs, no downs, no sadness, when I thought about it I felt stupid for thinking that I needed help. The thought still comes and goes, when I feel fine, like now. I promised a friend that I would get help, that is the only thing that is stopping me from cancelling my appt.. I want to rule out other things, as well as get a psychiatrist visit, it just feels important to do both.
Thank you, for this.