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Jun 14, 2011 at 10:54 AM
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i have just been diagnosed, really i meen like ten minutes ago and i am scared! Don't know why i am scared because i doesn't change anything....just lables me and gets me into treatment for another stupid mental health problem, right?
Don't really know what to say or how i feel at that matter.... i need wine and to isolate myself for a good 48hours. This bored looks pretty empty so i figure it's not so popular on here, A? |
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Jun 15, 2011 at 06:10 AM
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Jun 19, 2011 at 03:21 PM
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Thank you
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Jun 21, 2011 at 02:42 PM
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When I was diagnosed, I went in order to be evaluated for possible Asperger's. The psychologist decided it was schizoid personality disorder (though he downplayed the disorder part). From what I understand, it isn't even going to be listed in the DSM-V as a personality disorder. For me, it's just an explanation for why I perfer my own company, don't have a particularly wide range of emotions, and tolerate being around others only in short spurts (though I can easily stand up and teach a class or give a lecture; but those don't involve any particular degree of socialization). It really doesn't change anything and I see no reason for me to do anything about it. |
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Jul 03, 2011 at 08:12 PM
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__________________ Ellsworth Toohey: Mr. Roark, we're alone here. Why don't you tell me what you think of me in any words you wish. Howard Roark: But I don't think of you! From the 1949 movie version of Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead Loners are not lonely people. Lonely people are not loners. Normal is over-rated! |
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Jul 19, 2011 at 07:28 AM
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I've just been diagnosed myself. I think 'schizo' in front of any word can be frightening. But for me, after having these symptoms for over a year, I was so grateful to at least know what I was dealing with and I wasn't alone. I found lots of support here, at this site. So glad I found it.
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Aug 27, 2011 at 06:07 PM
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Yes you may need to work on certain parts of yourself but that's true of most people (doesn't mean they do it of course). (For me reminding myself that diagnoses were invented as a way to help facilitate treatment standards among doctors is helpful because it reminds me that they were created for a specific purpose [to help professionals], and they are *not* descriptions of some underlying "objective reality". __________________ "Psychiatric diagnoses are very useful metaphors." |
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Sep 10, 2011 at 03:04 AM
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But I diagnosed myself, and a T fine-tuned it more accurately for me, and she was right. Theres more info here: www.selfinexile.com __________________ "Strong passions are the precious raw materials of sanctity" Fulton Sheen |
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Sep 20, 2011 at 08:42 AM
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