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Old Feb 27, 2015, 12:33 PM
KittenLover125 KittenLover125 is offline
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Oh, I forgot to mention, I was diagnosed with GERD when I was much younger (8 years old), way before the bullying and anxiety was ever an issue. It was never well controlled (mostly relied on antacids), and has only gotten to the point of dysphagia this past month, which has resulted in what I think is rapid weight loss. I mentioned this to my therapist, and the conversation went like this:
T: "I don't think you lost much weight."
Me: "I'm the same weight as I was when I was 11, my doctor checked my medical records."
T: "That's long term weight loss, that doesn't matter."
Around here, I was getting kind of annoyed, and said very simply, "I've lost more than 10 pounds in less than a month. I'm talking short term weight loss," which she responded with "I don't know, I didn't check your medical records." And that was the end of it.

Also, I feel like my therapist is a bit... Controlling? She doesn't exactly fully grasp how complex my personality is, but has already begun giving me tasks. While I realize this can be normal, she's told my mom that I should get a tutor (despite the fact that school is really not that academically challenging), asked my mom to get details from my school AND choir for her, and told my mom to send me out the house because, I quote, "she doesn't have any medical reason to stay at home." I've got no problem with hanging out with my best friend, but because he is male and I'm female, my parents always seem suspicious when I want to spend time with him, and so are his parents. (We are not dating nor do we have any intentions to.) This has made me less eager to meet him, but we still remain very close through video chatting (even when I was across the world for a month, we managed to talk every single day despite the time difference.)

Sorry this is so long, but lastly, I have trouble standing up from a sitting or lying position. I get dizzy and my eyesight goes blurry, and I usually collapse. I've got a lot of bruises on my legs and butt (hehe, I said the word butt. Yes I can be immature ) I'm apparently just unlucky enough to be one of the adolescent girls to have postural hypotension, but I think I'll grow out of it, so I'm not worried. It's just annoying, because a. It hurts, b. it's embarrassing, and c. Some people get very alarmed when they see it. Makes it hard for me to function normally, and my T doesn't get why. My parents don't want me to change therapists because they believe that just because she works at a good hospital, she's a good match for me. They have told me that I am the one who's not thinking straight and that a therapist will "fix" me. Grr.

Also, thank you thank you thank you to everyone who responded!