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Originally Posted by Luce
I think the best way to approach it is to just go with what is. the diagnostic criteria are all a bit of a red herring. They are about something different to human experience... to your experience, or my experience. They are not the reality of anybody's life. They are simply words on paper, words on a screen.
I don't think it does anyone any good when we give words so much power. Who does it help when we say "Oh, if you use this word then you will get this diagnosis", or "if you use that word you will be called psychotic." Our experiences aren't about the words we use to describe them. It is neither appropriate nor helpful to define someone's pain by slapping this label or that label on them because of a word they chose in an effort to express their torment. What matters is the sense you make of your own experience for yourself. What matters is what is.
Not words.
Not labels.
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thanks. yes. this is true. i was just curious in a general way what the difference was regardless where i/we fit.
i am glad my therapist doesn't base things on labels...well, for insurance reasons, she does...and i'd never want to read my notes lol but overall, i like how she is towards me/us.
when i talk about the others, if i say something she feels is in any way negative about them, she reminds me that they all need/deserve to be respected, heard, etc. and have valid reasons to feel/think what/how they do even if i struggle with some of it. it kind of makes me feel like i'm getting lectured by mom about how to be nice to my sister lol, but i like that approach (she doesn't say anything in a mean/scary way). she tends to take things as they come up with me/us and has been really supportive.