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Originally Posted by Michael W. Harris
If mental health professionals have an ego problem, they should not have a license to treat other humans until they solve their own emotional problem.
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I am not exactly sure what you mean by that statement,can you please explain?
If you mean they have an "ego problem" because they won't just accept a self diagnosis as fact and then treat the person for it,I don't see it that way at all.I think it would be very unethical for any professional to do that.I surely can't go to an eye dr and say hey,I have glaucoma and expect treatment for it without first being diagnosed,I can't see my GP and say hey I have strep throat and expect an antibiotic,and mental health is certainly no different,nor should it be.
It would be very unethical if someone went in and said hey I have schizophrenia,BPD,or any other illness and get treated for it without it being confirmed that it is indeed the correct illness,and dissociative disorders are no different.
I went to a dr and said I had back pain.He wanted to do a CT scan,and I was upset,I 'thought' I simply had a backache and didn't want to have one.In order to be treated though,I had to agree to the scan.It was kidney stones,and had I not let HIM diagnose me I wouldn't have received the right treatment and wouldn't have got better.
I'm just saying if you want a diagnosis,if you want treatment,why not let a professional decide if your diagnosis is correct?If you are right then you will finally receive what you have been seeking,which is the diagnosis and help you want.