Posted by kpo2002 on May 27, 2002, at 20:14:29
In reply to wanting to have a diagnosis, posted by katekite on May 27, 2002, at 11:49:26
Some good advice here, better than you would get at most doctors. I agree that you have to research yourself very well to get a diagnosis, but in reality you probably have characteristics in more than one disorder so you wouldn't know what meds to take and in the end you are trying one thing after another. Looking into your past is so very helpful because what appears to be the symptoms may actually be a functional crutch to get you through life and may actually be masking the real problem. I was bulimic for 20 years because I could not get my parent's love and affection. Once I quit trying to get what was the impossible and told them off to no end (especially my father) I was able to get stabilized and off meds. They say depression is anger turned inwards. It took me 20 years to get up the guts and courage to tell my parents to fuck off! (whole new set of problems now, but at least I'm not a slave to the refrigerator and the toilet anymore) I found it most helpful to read books on personality (like 10 chapters, one devoted each to a different theory) and especially Existential Phenomenology. I have a degree in Psychology from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and they have a different course of study. The personality class was at Chatham. When no one could fix me I fixed myself. So here we are fixing ourselves...
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