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Originally Posted by TheNorseman
Despite that, in our last meeting before Christmas, my therapist told me that she didn't think we were getting anywhere and that she wanted to get me diagnosed for some kind of social disorder. I felt fine about that at the time and was giving it some thought, but when I went home for Christmas things went badly, and when she called to give me contact info for places to get tests done, I became extremely depressed afterward.
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How does one test for a social disorder? And what would this accomplish? Many of these labels are merely descriptions of behavior, and not a diagnosis at all. If someone says you have "Social Anxiety Disorder" that tells you nothing about underlying causes.
Have you considered seeking medical evaluation rather than psych evaluation? Some consider Autism spectrum conditions to be brain disorders, or more generally physiological conditions that can be improved with treatment.
I don't mean treatment as in psych drugs to tweak brain chemistry, I mean things like detoxing the body and brain from heavy metals, fixing a leaky gut and leaky blood brain barrier, addressing systemic inflammation, mitigation of disease-causing electro magnetic fields/radiation (wifi, cell phones, cordless phones, etc).