I do not necessary think of this as a sickness. As long as I could remember, of course things got worse and more strong. I have not taken meds since June 2006. I really am starting to suffer harder from the pain of it. I even started to cut. I did Group before, something like it sounds nice. A doctor is probably one of the last things my parents are thinking about. My Dad is with me and understands pretty well. But my Mom goes with the Frivolous skeptical little miss perfect sohpistacated careless effortless money desired No good cold hearted ugly horrible I could go on forever... Child Psychologist I saw. My Mom believes almost everything she says. I am thinking of snapping back to my Mom one of these days " Dr. _________ is just a careless 52 yr. old who cares more about money than me and you believe this jerk and not your own child!" Oh and I forgot to add the Psychiatrist he is a careless too! From what my Dad said the Psychiatrist said "Your daughter is crazy and strange." He is always so grochy too! Sometimes I think about how i would like to get back at them. A poor child with no say suffering from these !