[Slick399]

I feel like I have so many disorders to contend with. There is being molested, having bipolar, dissociative identity disorder, an eating disorder and an addiction at one time. And I am pretty certain that all of them stem from being molested. Does this hold true for anyone else???

Thanks much.
Slick399

[wenwenari]

I'm not sure. I seem to be having the same kind of problems. Plus maybe a few more.

[Pup]

I have multiple illnesses/disorders/difficulties (whatever you wanna call 'em) too. I won't go on about that though.

So, yes. I think many here can relate with multiple difficulties going on in their life hun. Not alone with that. But some things can stem from something such as abuse, and if so, then you need to work closely on that and heal from it.

[Rapunzel]

All those disorders are just various ways that professionals have tried to describe your symptoms. Lots of people have symptoms that can be consistent with a lot of disorders, but in reality it's probably all or mostly how you continue to be affected by the abuse, or maybe how your life experiences resulted in whatever susceptibilities you were born with being expressed. Having more diagnoses doesn't mean that you are more, or less, mentally ill - it just means that when professionals have tried to describe the problems you are dealing with, that was what they came up with and decided to treat.

[Miri]

Oh, yes ... it all feels a bit redundant after awhile, at least that's the way i feel about it. I try to spend my energy on issues rather than diagnoses, but that doesn't mean you should. Your feelings are valid. I hope, in time, you will find a way to put it into a perspective that is meaningful just to you. But please know that you are not alone in this at all.

[Rapunzel]

An idea that I've seen brought up here before, and that has some appeal to me at times, is that listing our string of diagnoses after our names would be pretty impressive - maybe would even look more impressive than a strong of academic credentials. Why not get as much mileage out of it as we can!

Rapunzel, AvPD, DPD, MDD, DD, SAD, SAD, BPD, DD NOS, GAD (seems like I could probably could add a few more but I can't remember all of them at the moment - and sometimes the same initials represent more than one, such as dysthymic disorder and dissociative disorder, or social anxiety disorder and seasonal affective disorder).

[Pup]

Pupp, AN, BN, OCD, GAD, ADHD, SH, Emotional Dysregulation, Receptive Language Difficulties, Severe and Complex Emotional Needs.
Possibles: DPD and/or SAD & CFS.

Interesting.
Thing is... we are not our illnesses/disorders. They are just a PART of us. They don't define who we are. Remember that.

Originally Posted by Slick399

I feel like I have so many disorders to contend with. There is being molested, having bipolar, dissociative identity disorder, an eating disorder and an addiction at one time. And I am pretty certain that all of them stem from being molested. Does this hold true for anyone else???

Thanks much.
Slick399

Just my opinion

You know I've thought about a few things: (My family)
Back in the day when there were all these chemical imbalances most people were locked up in mental hospital because there were treatments.

With that we have acoholics - acoholics as I've known them are not nice people.

My abuser was one. He got his abuse and meaniness from his father who probally abused their mother.

He was my step father - He also was a molster.

My mother was beat by him. She abused us an emotional and physical - Which she passed down from her part of the family.

I do believe the chemical imbalance has A Lot to do with chemical imbalances of the brain.

As there being so many - I belive by breaking them down the doctors are more apt to treat each (one by one if necessary) with medication.

Then Most important of all a Therapist is need ed - at least to keep a Base Line.