Posted by Starlight on August 18, 2004, at 15:23:52
In reply to Re: Worst moments in therapy, posted by Susan47 on August 15, 2004, at 14:58:09
Susan,
I agree completely. The worst thing about being labeled is that then you walk around thinking, 'do I really meet that criteria','am I really selfish','do I really have a personality disorder?' It's a hard cross to bear. My doc put some just horrible things in my chart and when I read them I was devastated. It just worked me to no end. And even worse, then I start thinking, "what does this mean?" does it mean that I'm on the verge of a breakdown and falling out of society because this person labels me this way. Then when they call you a high functioning person - does that mean they're just waiting for the other shoe to drop?It's endless mental torture as long as we engage in that neurosis that these docs start. I thank god that I found out about what this therapist had to say about me - as it was the end of that relationship, and it makes it harder to trust any other doc. Even now that I have a new doc, I wonder what she's labeling me as now. It's a terrible profession that I guess we need.
starlight
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