When you were diagnosed, did it bring you relief or more anxiety?
For me, it came as no surprise. l was kind of depressed by it (don't mind the pun ), but it relieved me that l was getting the proper help l needed to get better. Though, in the beginning, l was fighting the system every way. l kept thinking they were doing nothing to help me.
After l stopped hating the medical system and learned to love it, it was all easy street for me (for the most part).
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Wed Jun 16, 2010 1:38 pm
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Re: Diagnosis a relief?
I always thought having a label would help, but it didn't. It just made it seem like an excuse for my behaviour, rather than a reason. And that's exactly what i wanted to avoid.
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Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:23 pm
FONEternal
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Re: Diagnosis a relief?
RobbyBobson wrote:
I always thought having a label would help, but it didn't. It just made it seem like an excuse for my behaviour, rather than a reason. And that's exactly what i wanted to avoid.
That, and that it makes it sound like something is "wrong" with you rather than that you are just different.
Wed Jun 16, 2010 2:32 pm
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Re: Diagnosis a relief?
I agree with Rob and FONEternal. I think diagnosis could be helpful to proffessionals to compare somebody with people who hold the same symptoms but it just causes problems if the diagnosed person holds onto the lable.
I always thought having a label would help, but it didn't. It just made it seem like an excuse for my behaviour, rather than a reason. And that's exactly what i wanted to avoid.
You said it well. Especially since there's no exact cure for mental illnesses or any estimate of when it'll end, it just makes me feel like l'll be stuck with it forever, so why bother?
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), but it relieved me that l was getting the proper help l needed to get better. Though, in the beginning, l was fighting the system every way. l kept thinking they were doing nothing to help me.
