Posted by orchid on June 13, 2006, at 20:54:18
In reply to This is so heavy for me, I feel so overwhelmed :(, posted by happyflower on June 13, 2006, at 19:43:07
Hi Hf,
I was about to post to you couple of hours before in reply to Tamar, but I felt too sleepy so I went to sleep.I had wanted to warn you about this. Don't get scared of labels and diagnosis etc. That is why your T didn't tell you the term *splitting*. It is too scary to think of ourselves as having this diagnosis of splitting.
Diagnosis doesn't mean anything, and for the most part it is irrelevant to our lives. Every diagnosis has with it a range from 1 - 100. And splitting for you could mean really 1 (all that you did was to block yourself from some disturbing emotions and nothing more). Whereas for people with MPD and other such things, it could be really 100. IT really shouldn't be termed as splitting and all the other complicated words. You just blocked yourself and found some good way to cope up with the abuse. That is all there is to it.
USually when people go to medical school and learn of all the diagnosis etc, they get really scared, because almsot all the folks think they have those symptoms. But really they don't have it. Please don't get scared of it. I think you are a very mentally health and happy person, and who doesn't have any major problems with her mental health issue. In fact, that is why even though I said to SV don't continue with psychology, I didn't say anything to you. I felt you were capable of handling the stress. You don't have any of the serious mental health issues from what I have observed here.
Since you are going to psychology classes, there will more and more of this coming up for you. Please remember for all those times, that they don't apply to you. (PArt of the reason why I didn't want to take up medicine or psychology was because of the same fear - taht I would end up thinking I have all the diseases myself).
poster:orchid
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