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Originally Posted by gayleggg
I haven't asked my pdoc or therapist about a possible personally disorder for the reason I don't feel that it would be helpful for me to have another label, however, I have kind of wondering if I have one. It's just that I don't know if it would help me to know. I have some traits but I figure they can be handled individually instead of as another label. I think I'm happier not knowing.
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I can appreciate the not wanting to know. I'm like this about the 23 and Me test. But for me the analogy isn't the same.
With this, given what we now see about how the DSM works behind the curtain, my view is that it's little demystifying of DSM definitions. The labels themselves don't hold that kind of power to me knowing no one intended for their use to be all-encompassing, and more still at the picture of several old academics complaining over it. Certainly not so much power that I would never want to know the therapy.
The therapy for what they're calling "disorder"
does appeal to me. Because the therapy still matters. That's what's useful. I don't need to believe labels are all encompassing to want to know more about how to treat coping mechanisms that aren't helpful. I just don't call it a personality disorder.
I agree with the aforementioned authors. It's not a "disorder," it's a unique set of coping mechanisms we happen to be using at the moment. And of course I'd want to alter them if they make me or someone else feel crappy.
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