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Originally Posted by Open Eyes
"I'm also not sure that any disorder, post-traumatic or otherwise, can be deemed even relatively prestigious, or any more so than any other affliction. I personally find it more condemning; it saddles me with people's inclinations to want me to quantify my trauma, to justify my condition, which for me is exhausting and in most situations quite beside the point." quote from vonmoxie
I feel the same way vonmoxie. There is nothing "prestigeous" about PTSD or complex PTSD over any other challenge.
There is a big difference between GAD and PTSD too. While they are both anxiety disorders, one can experience GAD without having a major trauma or traumas. Some guy who has a big job may have a problem with his temper, maybe never learned how to control it, but that is very different from the anger that takes place with PTSD. People who struggle with PTSD are not manipulative, they don't "lie" either, infact they "hate" lies and manipulative people.
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It sure as heck doesn't make me feel particular fancy!
My needs are actually so basic at this point... I don't need to be validated, or ego-stroked. Just doesn't do it for me. (Would that it did! I could get a need like that satisfied easily enough without the help of psych practitioners.)
With regard to preferentialism, certainly various practitioners are going to exhibit some inadvertently, where their confidence and motivation to treat various conditions is concerned, but I think it very much varies from person to person. One pdoc I worked closely with for many years showed the most sympathy and regard for schizophrenics simply because she had worked with so many of them over the years, and had developed a more particular empathy for what is common to their situation, as well as a strong professional competency toward providing them with effective treatment.
I concur about the value placed on "straight talk" by those on the PTSD spectrum; I notice it right here in this forum, that while there is a healthy element of our reaching out to one another for support, I don't see the same types of issues cropping up around the interpretation of statements that I've seen occur more often for those with other primary conditions.
I feel like I may have expressed something like the following somewhere on PC before so apologies in advance to anyone who has heard this particular sentiment of mine already, but: I'd personally rather have a therapist who spoke freely with me even if I didn't like something they had to say once in a while (I am a big girl..) and could likewise take the things I share at reasonably close to face value, than be dealing with lip service that I neither need nor can do anything with. My grip on reality is just not the issue, and my barometer for sincerity is really strong. I'd need a therapist with at least the acting chops of a Marlon Brando for that to work for me.
I've found it a sadly infrequent occurrence though, to find people in the industry who can fully understand and respect that need though.