Posted by sleepygirl on October 15, 2005, at 20:48:33
In reply to Re: Am I a bad person..... » sleepygirl, posted by gardenergirl on October 15, 2005, at 20:36:59
Thanks gg,
I just know that I've always had "problems" and have always done the best I could I guess. I guess I'm getting tired though hearing everyone with interpersonal difficulties, impulsiveness, moodiness referred to dismissively as 'personality disordered', like no spectrum exists.
I don't even know if one of these labels has ever been applied to me. I just hear them all the time, I think of my problems, and think, Uh oh, they better not find out about me! This world does a lot to encourage not sharing much. I've got a whole past I can't even talk about,
1) because it's painful of course
2) because of assumptions that may be made about me
I think mental illness stigma found a politically correct way of staying alive with regard to this issue and/or maybe PD's are just overdiagnosed.
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