doglover, don't apologize for writing a book, honestly, that is worth putting out there, people will learn from it and might relate to it and reach out for the right help, possibly speak up so they "do" get help. I think it is important to realize that professionals can make mistakes, they can diagnose too soon and it is important for a patient to keep trying to communicate until they finally get the right help.

Yes, you are right about the NPD diagnoses, it was totally wrong to diagnose without spending more time with a patient. My T explained to me that that psychiatrist failed to see the red flags of a trauma patient and misunderstood the anger and frustration and self absorption. Unfortunately, I have found out that this psychiatrist has done this with others as well and my T told me that more training needs to take place so a person in trauma crisis is not subjected to feeling even more "unsafe" and "frightened".

I am glad to hear you finally got the right help and are more stabilized now so you can work on slowly understanding and overcoming and healing now. I feel it is so important to consider a person's history before coming to conclusions and diagnoses. Putting the wrong things down in a person's medical records is totally unfair to a patient and can send any further professionals down the wrong road in how they treat a patient that can do more harm than good, which has been the case with me.

(((Hugs)))
OE