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Originally Posted by kim_johnson
i guess i wonder though why one needs dx labels in order to work towards making the changes in ones life that one wants to make. i mean... aside from the whole health insurance thing...
so basically... dx may be necessary in our society because of the way 'help' is set up. it is unfortunate that we need to medicalize distress in order to do that, however. it is certainly conceivable that there be societies that don't medicalize distress but who assist with it never theless.
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hi kim, saw your post regarding this. thought i'd reply since i too had posted at this topic before. for me personally to explain the dx thing, i didn't know what was "wrong' with me in both cases until i got a dx due to totally meliting down and on "self-destruct." just thought i was born to be miserable and so out of touch with the "world". so being "medically distressed" helped me. at the time of the 2 dx's i had no health insurance or means to pay. i was fortunate to receive the help nevertheless. so at least for me i could have gone through my entire life not knowing there was available help to improve my quality of life cause i didn't know what was out of whack with me..just instinctively knew i was different from my friends and family.
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