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Originally Posted by Mountainbard
It sounds like your mom really is having a lot of trouble accepting your diagnosis. She's falling back on what she knows-- religion-- in a sincere but misguided attempt to help you. I doubt it will do any good at all to try to contradict or even educate her. She'll get an education as she sees your health improve due to the professional help you're getting, but it won't change her core beliefs. I think the best you can do is say "thanks mom," not let her get to you, and keep doing what you're doing.
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The saddest part is that because of this, she's also depriving herself of the help she needs too. She hasn't seen a pdoc or T in years, and even when she did, she'd only see Christian doctors who most likely told her that she can get better through God's healing. I was shocked when she told me she was evaluated for both bipolar and borderline and came out as having neither of them. My mom was either being very dishonest or these doctors were not of the best quality and tried to use spirituality to reason with why my mom has severe behavioral issues. I just don't see her as having
only depression, anxiety, and PTSD. Her life is beyond a wreck.