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Originally Posted by A Red Panda
I don't know if you're ONLY talking about getting diagnosed with PTSD - which I haven't, but I wouldn't be surprised as my T and I talk a lot about trauma.
Anyway. When I was diagnosed with bipolar 2, I wasn't upset and I certainly didn't feel like I was losing my sanity. I felt validated, because I was aware of my mood changes.
I think that I have a personality disorder, and haven't had the guts to say that yet.... but if my T or pdoc agree with it whenever I do? Also won't feel hopeless about it and will feel validated actually.
I don't consider my bipolar to be a death sentence, I am really sorry that you felt that way. It's something I live with, but it's something that I can manage and accept... and it does sorta give my life a lot of variety, haha. It is a shame that the docs didn't listen to you fully though.
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Again, hope I didn't offend. Not my intention.
I think one thing that made me feel it was a "death sentence" was the way the quack quickly explained it -- she made me feel like it was really hopeless in terms of any effective treatment, and then the rush to push me to the psychiatric program (first she wanted me to go straight from there to the ER and admit myself, that was SO not gonna happen). So, it made me really think I was toast. And that I was a really bad guy. I know both are not the case, but knowing it intellectually isn't the same as feeling it emotionally.