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Originally Posted by Só leigheas
I honestly feel like a psychologist's and/or psychiatrist's wet dream.
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Does anyone else ever feel the same? Like you have so many issues that a therapist honestly looks at you like a challenge or something of that nature?
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I'm under the impression they tend to prefer the easy patients, who only have one or two problems and get a massive improvement from their treatment.
But hypothetically, even if they are just working with you because it's an enjoyable challenge, wouldn't that mean they think the desired end result (you, cured) is going to be good? I figured it'd be pretty rare for highly educated professionals to get much satisfaction from a challenging project where the end goal is expected to be crap.
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Originally Posted by Só leigheas
An updated list of official diagnoses: PTSD/C-PTSD, Bipolar 1 (possibly with psychotic features, still being fully evaluated), Depression, GAD, Social Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, ADHD, and Intermittent Explosive Disorder.
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That sucks. Sorry you're dealing with so many problems.
Keep in mind though, that even though it's called a "diagnosis," the diagnostic labels for psychiatric problems are actually just sets of symptoms rather than distinct medical problems. Since there's a lot of overlap, and many of the problems can cause each other's symptoms as a secondary effect, having three or four problems will often mean you meet the diagnostic criteria for like ten things. (I'm diagnosed with two different depressive disorders even though my depression isn't two separate problems as far as I can tell.)
I thought bipolar + depression was considered redundant.
By the way, I used to have IED-like problems, and I got some benefit learning about sensory issues. (Well, technically, I still have some problems, but the actual "explosions" are much more minor and infrequent now.)
Here's a link about it in case it's helpful.