[OliverB]

I felt into Wonderland.

I am worried he won't believe me and he would think I am faking it to get attention or because Wonderland is cool, but not, seriously, I felt there.

Even if you are 'faking' something, therapy is the best place to have that looked at.

[OliverB]

Originally Posted by _Mouse

Even if you are 'faking' something, therapy is the best place to have that looked at.

Do you think I am faking?

I want to know if I am.

[Yoda]

I think that many people sometimes think they are faking; abilities as well as mental issues.

From what I have read many successful, intelligent people sometimes wonder if others' perceptions of their abilities are inaccurate and they worry that they are not truly as bright or high achieving to the level which they are regarded.

Mental illness/related is a different variety of insecurity/feelings of faking but I do believe it is relatively common.

I have experienced it both in doubting my abilities and wondering if my mental disorder is real or attention seeking.

I don't know you so cannot say for certain that you are not faking but I hope you find some solace that your uncertainity is not unusual.

Originally Posted by Nocter

Do you think I am faking?

I want to know if I am.

Ain't got a clue. But faking needs just as much attention as anything else.

I mean. What is we are communicating by faking?

Dunno.

Since you are talking about a psychiatrist and not a therapist... do you mean perhaps faking symptoms of mental illness in order to get meds prescribed? If not that, I personally don't see how else "faking" might have much meaning in the context of mental health treatment... If you have a tendency to fake things in order to receive attention, that is a perfectly valid and genuine factor to be addressed but more in therapy than with medication.

[OliverB]

Originally Posted by _Mouse

I mean. What is we are communicating by faking?

How that could be?

Maybe everything is fake and that's it

Originally Posted by Xynesthesia

Since you are talking about a psychiatrist and not a therapist... do you mean perhaps faking symptoms of mental illness in order to get meds prescribed? If not that, I personally don't see how else "faking" might have much meaning in the context of mental health treatment... If you have a tendency to fake things in order to receive attention, that is a perfectly valid and genuine factor to be addressed but more in therapy than with medication.

I am sorry, my psychiatrist is also my therapist.

I don't fake to get attention, but I am worried my mind might be so confused it does and makes me believe it's true, because I am not faking.

[kecanoe]

Originally Posted by Nocter

How that could be?

Maybe everything is fake and that's it


I am sorry, my psychiatrist is also my therapist.

I don't fake to get attention, but I am worried my mind might be so confused it does and makes me believe it's true, because I am not faking.

Well, that sounds to me like something to discuss with your psychiatrist. It would be very unusual for your mind to be that confused. And regardless of the other things going on, your fear of being confused like that is probably something you can address in therapy.

I doubt that you are faking. Fakers know what they are doing and act that way anyway. It sounds like you truly don't know.

[OliverB]

I am sorry, I was really anxious.

I think the problem is I was disbelieved in the past, and sometimes, when I feel guilty for exisiting, I wonder if they were right and begin to think I am a fake.

[QueenCopper]

Yes!! No one else believed me, not my parents and then not the cops. Why should the therapist? ��

[divine1966]

Please do tell your Pdoc that you fell into wonderland. It's no matter if he believes but trust me, he needs to know that

[UglyDucky]

Originally Posted by Nocter

I am sorry, I was really anxious.

I think the problem is I was disbelieved in the past, and sometimes, when I feel guilty for exisiting, I wonder if they were right and begin to think I am a fake.

I am sorry that you have ever felt guilty for existing, which seems much more serious than worrying about others thinking you are faking something. I agree w/the others that you should talk to your therapist about this. In my opinion, it's highly unlikely you're faking if your therapist has not brought the subject to your attention.