Posted by ladyofthelamp on December 2, 2004, at 4:37:50
In reply to Re: The artificial nature of psychiatric diagnosis » Shalom34Israel, posted by Kristel on December 2, 2004, at 1:46:59
In my humble opinion,lots of people may be 'happy'with their diagnosis because it gets the right words on a form,either for sick benefit or in the USA for insurance,but what if you are given a label at a time in your life where things are difficult.I am thinking of the positively damning title of personality disorder in its many guises.In mt teen years that is 'probably' what i was thought to have as i was angry,depressed and very difficult.I now have reams of notes on me that are innapropriate to say the least but the stigma just wont go away.If you wanted to label me now i expect i would be Bipolar with the anxiety state that accompanies my somewhat odd behaviour from time to time.Yes i do have an anxious personality and mild agoraphobia when i am ill but i am also outgoing and overly social to the point of getting myself into 'scrapes'.But suprise suprise i can never shake off my past history which incidentaly was only in my mid teens.This information haunts me but it never goes away.I also believe 'personality disorder' is more often given to females, and men who exhibit similar symptoms are given a different and less damning diagnosis...Best wishes to everyone.
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