Posted by Mr. SadPuppyDog on September 27, 2002, at 14:26:22
In reply to therapist is digging...I'm terrified, posted by madison88 on September 24, 2002, at 19:29:30
> My therapist, who I am planning on replacing, is finally wising up to the fact that I most definitely qualify for borderline personality disorder. i have known I probably am for the past few months, and i have been careful to keep certain details out of the conversation. i am try to prepare myself for it, but i have been so upset the last couple days about it i haven't slept or eaten and have been dissociating like mad and have been doing a lot of things i would rather not mention.
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> some part of me must want her to figure it out b/c today i really shocked her and told her some of it. she proceded to go through the list as dictated in the DSM, asking me questions about symptoms straight from that damn book.
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> I can't handle this diagnosis. I am not sure it fits with OCD anyway, which I have already been diagnosed with by a former therapist. I consider the BPD the worst there is, besides schizophrena. I feel like I will be doomed the rest of my life if this happens. Any encouragement would be greatly appreciated. Is BPD as hard to treat as I think it is? Do therapists treat you differently w/ the diagnosis?The reason borderline personality disorder is considered to be basically "untreatable" is because it doesnt exist. How can you treat something that doesnt exist? You cant. BPD is not an Axis I disorder, its not a major mental illness like say, OCD or schizophrenia are. Axis I disorders such as major depression, manic depression, OCD, etc. are well defined disorders with physical manifestations as well as the "mental" or emotional aspects.
BPD is a bullshit psychology label, it was invented by psychologists and is a PURE label. Its not treatable. It is given mostly to patients whom the psychiatrist or therapist does not like personally, patients whom are considered rebellious or hard to work with. BPD is oftentimes a nice, slick psychiatric way of the mental health professional saying to you "I dont like you I wish you'd go away, my life would be easier if I didnt have to treat you."
And yes, once you get this "label" mental health professionals will treat you differently and try to avoid you when possible.
I must ask, why must you use a therapist in the first place? Cant you just stick to a psychiatrist? If you stick to your meds and avoid attempts at suicide or hurting yourself, you most likely will avoid this label of BPD. Like I said, its given mostly to "pain in the ass" patients who dont take their drugs as ordered, who repeatedly attempt suicide or repeatedly make verbal threats of suicide...it drives mental health people crazy.
BPD is nothing but the psychology equivalent of the "I dont like on a personal level" label. Sounds slick, but in the end its all BS.
Mr. Sad PuppyDog
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