I tend to not think too much about my Dx's. In part becasue I don't feel entirely comfortable with cptsd. I have no problem telling people that I've suffered from major depressive episodes and that I'm undergoing treatment for depression - it's a manageable part of life that doesn't define me as a person.

I do however think some Dx's carry a lot more weight and have definite negative connotations associated with them. For example I fought tooth and nail to get the label borderline removed from my records after a temporary pdoc Dx'd me with that simply on the basis that I used to cut.

I also feel pretty strongly about the label alcoholic, and am very careful about who I share that with. i'm comfortable sharing it with close friends, but with strangers / work there's no way I'd want them to know becasue of the stigma attached.

--splitimage