Guest guest Posted December 23, 2011 Report Share Posted December 23, 2011 I quite like that, Detlef, and I agree all these labels are BS. I have had nervous illness for over 30 years and a psychiatrist might say I have a depressed personality, but I don't believe it for one bit, because I know I am getting beter, even if it seems to take forever. But anyone who remains positive despite many years of suffering does not have a depressive temperment, okay! Psychiatry is BS. My girflriend might split from me soon, and as I have PSSD I doubt if I will get another relationship easily, especially as PSSD means I have lost interest in socialing as well. Could I be alone forever? But this is 'just a thought' and life has different many different twists and turns. Right now playing guitar and keyboards does me, but later on things might be different. All I know is that if I become pessimistic and scared it will delay my recovery even further. Sometimes things are scary and hard, which means things might be a little more unpleasant for a while, but who knows what's coming next. Anyway, I still believe in my eventual recovery, but as long as I don't flinch and panic too much. So steady goes, I'm on the right path. Now that's determination, which people like me (with chronic nervous illness) are not supposed to have, well that's according to psychiatry. More BS. Rot in hell, psychiatry! Kv > > Many months ago the psychiatrist I'm seeing suggested a site to me -- > http://www.mjtacc.com/frameset2.html?drecovered.html~mainFrame -- which > is about Borderline Personality Disorder, a seemingly catch-all phrase > for personal dysfunction. > > I looked at the site and readily identified with much of what I read > there. It didn't help me cope, but provided a name for whatever it is I > am going through: BPD! Woo-hoo, I'm a BPD! > > Perhaps some others here can identify with what's written there, but so > what? Classification is pretty useless as a remedy. That's not to deny > the truth of what any of us have suffered/are suffering. Might as well > call it Mojave Desert Complex (MDC). > > Doctor/therapist: " From my analysis of your 'condition', I have > ascertained that you have MDC. I prescribe migration to a more verdant > environment. " > > Patient/you/me: " Gee, thanks, Doc! " > > Later that night, in the pub with friends or total strangers, depending > on your social IQ: " Say, (insert preferred gender sobriquet here), do > you know I have MDC? " > > As the late, great Kurt Vonnegut put it: And so it goes. > > Which is all by way of saying, how easily are we swayed by what we are > told by so-called experts? (Disclosure: I seem to be easily swayed, more > so if the " diagnosis " , formal or informal -- mine was the latter, I > think -- offers something in the way of giving me hope that I'm not > tainted with that stain forever more.) > > BPD or MDC, it doesn't really matter in the long run. I feel combative, > but how do I fight if the " enemy " is within? Enigmas abound. > > Maybe someone can write a song about that sometime. > > > Cheers, from a slightly inebriated Detlef > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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