[HD7970GHZ]

Hi Community,

Tables have turned fellow survivors and sufferers. Now you are the therapist with all the power to diagnose with impunity. So - what diagnosis does your current and or former therapist have and why? What about abusive therapists?

My abusive therapists meet nearly all criteria for Antisocial Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Personality Disorder. They performed coverups, smear campaigns, altered legal health records, threatened me to stay silent, false misdiagnosis, confidentiality breaches - among other things.

Have fun with this.

Thanks,
HD7970ghz

[TunedOut]

She is seeing me for free. Perhaps wants to help me for no compensation because she sees that there is something about my problems that she can relate to? When I googled her once, her husband and her gave money to a good cause (don't remember what it was). Someone I know is an astrologist. She says that based on my birthdate, my ascendent sign is Pisces rising and that is where I get a bit of a savior complex from (and I have a lot of anxiety). Perhaps my T can relate to some of these traits? She also came on with all these boundaries at first but really, as time went on is very flexible/has loose boundaries. I am that way too.

[nottrustin]

Definitely a lot of anxiety and according to her today some OCD tendancies that her mom passed down to her.

[Lemoncake]

T told me that he had been in therapy longer than i had (at that point 2.5 years) he looks like someone who gets my depression.

[toomanycats]

My past therapist is 100% a narcissist.

[pachyderm]

If a therapist fits one of these diagnoses, does that mean that he or she is a BAD PERSON or that he/she is wrong? Do you ever continue with the diagnosis and wonder WHY they are that way?

This may be too hard to do...

[Lemoncake]

If a therapist fits one of these diagnoses, does that mean that he or she is a BAD PERSON or that he/she is wrong? Do you ever continue with the diagnosis and wonder WHY they are that way?

This may be too hard to do...

For me it isn't about saying he is wrong or bad. Just that he seems to understand and has never told me to just stop it already.I feel like I don't have to explain and give a million reasons why when I say that I just feel really down and low.

[Xynesthesia2]

First T definitely a strong case of Narcissistic Personality Disorder and he self-discloses Major Depressive episodes online. Second T I don't know, he did not strike me as someone having enough of anything to meet a diagnosis, he appeared as one of the mentally healthier/balanced people to me. He had some anxiety and claustrophobia, maybe some mild OCD traits.

[Out There]

Narcissistic personality disorder and a large dose of egomania I think.

[SlumberKitty]

Both current T and former T would have met the definition of PTSD at some point in their lives. But it seems like they both went through their own therapy and dealt with it and wouldn't have that diagnosis today. Former T was because she was in a natural disaster where a lot of people died. Current T was because her mom abused her when she was a child.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Probably anxiety or depression. He's said before that he struggles with some issues that are more on the mood disorder side, and from the way he talks about certain situations or thoughts he has, both of these would kind of match.

[ChickenNoodleSoup]

Originally Posted by pachyderm

If a therapist fits one of these diagnoses, does that mean that he or she is a BAD PERSON or that he/she is wrong? Do you ever continue with the diagnosis and wonder WHY they are that way?

This may be too hard to do...

Does it really make anyone bad to be ill? Some people don't smoke their whole life and die of lung cancer, some smoke heavily and live to be 110.
As long as this job is what they want to do and as long as they do not take out their issues on the clients they have, it's fine to struggle with whatever you can think of.

[Salmon77]

I wouldn't be surprised if my T had dealt with depression in some way. I know he's been in therapy for a long time. I don't need to know where it comes from, I don't think that's any of my business really. Definitely doesn't make him a bad person or a bad therapist.

[Lonelyinmyheart]

My T has gone through some difficult stuff, but she is an amazing caring T because of it. Working through it, is key.

[Xynesthesia2]

I actually shared my "diagnosis" of NPD with my first T, in a session. He displayed what seemed like an uncomfortable (almost 'get out of here') reaction at first, but proceeded to ask me things like do I think narcissistic people are bad, deserve no compassion, do I think they don't need help? (He must be aware of it on many levels because he chose a whole psychoanalytic modality dealing with it!) I said I do not think any of those things and I fully recognize it as an issue like any other that deserves help. But if it gets in the ways of my so-called therapy and treatment, I will definitely recognize it, will not accept it and will voice it.

[LonesomeTonight]

I've been getting kind of a depression vibe from my T lately, just from some comments he's made, and he just seems a bit down. And something in his eyes. And I swear I've seen him wipe away tears a couple times when I've been talking about certain things, and he's never done that before. He's also seemed more compassionate lately regarding things I'm dealing with as well as my attachment to him. Maybe it's all in my head, but I tend to be good at reading people.

With ex-MC, I know he had anxiety issues because he told us very early on. I also got a sort of co-dependency vibe from him. He needed to have people (whether clients, family, friends) need him.

[SummerTime12]

Honestly I don’t think my t would be diagnosed with anything. He’s never been in therapy and seems pretty healthy? Idk. He’s also disclosed that he has no trauma history. I don’t think he’d meet criteria for a diagnosis, at least not that I’m aware of. Maybe generalized anxiety when he was younger, but I don’t think anymore.

[Echos Myron redux]

He once said to me if he ever had anything it would be paranoia. He's not paranoid to the extent that he would be given a diagnosis, but sometimes in the past paranoia has creeped out in the way he responds to me (particularly in the way I Google him), and he said that as he was apologising to me for it. He hasn't shown any signs of it for a long long time.

[junkDNA]

He's told me he's been diagnosed with bipolar disorder

[WishfulThinker66]

Interesting thread.

My psychologist is probably the most down to earth well-rounded person I have ever met. If she does have issues in her personal life she does just that - she keeps it personal and underwraps. This doesn't mean though she is cold and stone-faced but I haven't figured her out entirely. I don't even know if she has a family.

My (former) psychiatrist I am sure lived with a Mood Disorder. He at times seemed rather frazzled and anxious. At other times I wondered if he was depressed. The only fissure in his professionalism seemed to revolve around his son. I sensed this was a struggle. Call it the case of the cobbler's kid going barefoot. Despite him being the professional psychiatrist he was, he was not able to deal with his own son's behaviour. When this did come up it was clearly quite a source of angst and difficulty for him. I could tell this was an emotional trigger for him and he seemed unable, despite his training in coaching others to do the same, to deal with the anxiety and depression that resulted.

Usually this came up when we discussed my own children especially my son. My psychiatrist would then compare his own son to mine and infer his just wasn't making the most of himself. I got the impression he was real trouble. I felt myself feeling sorry for my doctor and yes the tables would turn as at some instances I would offer advice.

For reasons not of his choosing, the man had to alter and reduce his practise leaving me out in the cold. Yes, I have some resentment for the manner in which things came to an end but I could feel that he was tormented about doing so.

My psychiatrist was in every way a fallible human.

[SalingerEsme]

My T has Dismissive Attatchment, GAD, and is a bit of compulsive liar. However, he is very insightful, creative, brilliant, and boundaried.

[Spirit of Trees]

I'm not sure if my T has any sort of mental illness. She doesn't give much away at all and seems to have it together. Previous T didn't give anything away either, he was chill, friendly and calm.