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Originally Posted by 1278
My pdoc and psychologist have spoken to him several times but he is so old school he just won't listen, I guess at I some point I have to accept the fact that he will never fully understand or accept my illness.
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Keep trying!
That he even speaks with your psychiatrist is (I think) promising.
Than again, clinicians have a tendency to make it sound worse than it is, saying it a very severe illness, a manageable but not curable disease and all those things that are meant to help in acceptance, but in enough cases works counterproductive.
I have accepted me being quite severely influenced by it in all aspects of life. I don't argue with clinicians if they start off like this or compare it to diabetes, but I very much believe that in the long run it will not help anyone. Many such stories are not just thought up to improve acceptance, but also to sell drugs.