Disagree until the cows come home!

Sometimes it's denial. A lot of the time it's idiot therapists / doctors. Yeah, RUN from anyone who gives you a diagnosis right away, ESP if it's a personality disorder diagnosis! IMHO a diagnosis, true diagnosis must be determined over time.

I have had docs try to pin BP2 on me because they say my anxiety is "mania". I'm not stupid. I've done my research. You can't equate anxiety with mania in the absence of all other mania symptoms. (I have no other mania symptoms whatsoever.) In my gut I know they're wrong. I won't ever agree to that diagnosis, especially in light of the fact that many people with PTSD are misdiagnosed as bipolar. It gets to the point of ridiculousness where you're afraid of feeling anything but depressed because they'll use it as proof that you are indeed bipolar. Been there, not going back.