Posted by Looney Tunes on October 8, 2008, at 18:28:21
In reply to Re: What's up with....., posted by lucie lu on October 8, 2008, at 12:12:17
I agree with everyone!
Labels suck. They do not define you as a person. They give some "characteristic behaviors" that may be indicative of a way a person relates, but everyone can have days when behavior differs. If you read the DSM, you could probably put yourself into alot of labels.
I personally think that the only purpose of a label is to use it to get insurance benfits. For example, it is "better" to give someone a PTSD or Bipolar label than a Borderline label, because there is bias in insurance companies because they feel that Borderline requires lengthy treatment and is hopeless, so instead give someone a Bipolar 2 label. Ironically Bipolar 2 or Bipolar 1 or PTSD can also require long and lengthy treatment as well.
(Insurance sucking is another topic of discussion)Guess what, many of the symptoms of PTSD/Bipolar/Borderline overlap. Can people really separate these diagnosis?
The mind is too complex to simplify it into "categories" or labels.
Just my 2 cents...
poster:Looney Tunes
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