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Old Jun 23, 2008, 07:39 PM
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Thanks Kiya and Earthmama.

Yes, I'm OK with the diagnosis--it's not like I never knew I had experienced trauma. It just made it seem a bit clinical and impersonal to hear those words--PTSD--roll off of T's tongue. We usually don't talk clinical at all. It made me feel more like a "patient" than a "client," and less of a mutual partner in my therapy. It was subtle and not really bothersome, but yet something inside me sat up and took notice.
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