Posted by madison88 on September 9, 2002, at 19:58:44
In reply to Re: Tired of illness » IsoM, posted by Squiggles on September 9, 2002, at 15:51:23
Does it matter so much if you actually are bipolar? I mean, getting labled can be good or bad for insurance purposess, depending on what they want to cover. But screw them, and drs who throw out labels and pyschiatrists who have a formula they follow (bipolar = one part this and one part that, etc). they are suppose to listen to you, try to understand how you are doing and to go from there. don't you fall into the trap of thinking that the label is what your health depends on. you are how you are, don't make apologies for deviating from the norm, please. please see a psychologist. from my experience they are more willing to spend an hour talking with you about you and not how you are or are not fitting the mold of a particular diagnoses. Counseling psychologists, vs clinical psychologists, are even better, are more sensitive, to treating you as the holistic entity you are.
Your post got me going b/c i see the same tendency in myself, to take the ill part of me and have it be all i see in myself. i forget that my problems are just one aspect of who i am. i hope you see somebody in the mirror who is more than just a bipolar, or a depressive, or whatever else you deal with. It is there, if you can't see it--that's what therapy is for.
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