No, but I feel others think I fake it because I was originally misdiagnosed.

But I used to feel that way you do now, long ago. The problem is that the people in my life have always invalidated my perspective and experiences, so much so that they don't even remember what I tell them about what has happened to me. I mean, my sister can remember in great detail the plots and details of books she read years ago, and movies she saw years ago, but she can't remember anything of what I told her last week.

It took me a long time to put a name/label on things that have happened to me because I couldn't believe they were the same things. Certainly I must be exaggerating my suffering, trying to look for excuses to get attention and to feel sorry for myself.

--Ceara1010