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Originally Posted by AnaWhitney
I am being evaluated for diagnosis currently. I’m just a bit thrown by the psychologist and what she asked me. I don’t want to talk about SA, I thought it was enough to say yes it happened. I understand the purpose of questions like who was it (as it can be worse if it’s a family member, parent etc.) and how old were you as it’s all relevant. I was willing to give certain information.
However, she then asked me specifically
And I shut down. Am I being oversensitive? I just never expected to be asked for such detail. I feel like she thinks I’m a liar and now I have sort of shut down and feel like maybe I am a liar and if I wasn’t, then I should have just been able to answer like a normal person.
I’m kind of just numb and feel like a stupid liar because I don’t even feel anything at all. I have avoided this topic with T since I blurted it out early on in our sessions, and had some scarily strong fearful feelings afterwards. I never got past that it happened and have avoided it ever since. I tend to share with her how things go with the pdocs and psychologist as she is my only support but I don’t think I can talk about this particular part of the assessment with her.
Is the psychologist out of order or is this a normal thing to ask someone? And how the heck could it even affect my diagnosis ? Do you think she thinks I am lying? I sort of do, and I thought I had got past that.
Posting a lot recently, I am sorry. I just feel like I can’t do any of this
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no they are not out of line for asking you for personal details about things you yourself have reported to them have happened to you.
it can affect your diagnosis because there are many mental disorders that include trauma and abuse, and how a person is affected by their experiences.
just relax, breath and tell the truth. when they ask these yes and no questions just say yes or no. if they ask you to elaborate, just answer their questions as honestly as you can.