Posted by sar on June 22, 2001, at 17:02:50
In reply to Re: To Sar - re: Borderline Personality, posted by Kingfish on June 21, 2001, at 21:21:25
Kingfish,
Glad you brought up the sidetrack...most of my doctors have said "Are you sure?" when I say no, that I've not been sexually abused. 3 of my male aquaintances have recalled "repressed" memories in the past few years; their siblings/parents confirmed that the abuse had indeed happened. Controversial topic, for sure.
How would you describe your brother's "fits of extreme paranoia"? Do you consider yourself borderline too? I just finished Susanna Kaysen's memoir of her stay at McLean hospital in Belmont, 1967, dx'd "borderline"--very good, so good I polished it off in one sitting even mildly hungover & cognition poor.
I'm glad that you got yourself to the pdoc. It's difficult--Admittance. If you held out 'til you were having hallucinations, you're a pretty tough cookie in my book.
Prozac and time have helped some. I don't know. I feel better but my friends and family seem to think I've turned into an alcoholic bitch. But I feel better. This is all very confusing.
"What Mentally Healthy people are like"--?? I didn't see that on Dr. Heller's site, I'll have to check again...
What do you mean that you had to fight your pdoc for a diagnosis? He didn't want to give you one? Do you feel that a diagnosis has helped you resolve or work on any of your problems? My psychoanalyst did not want to give me a diagnosis either, but I checked her bill for a code number and matched it up in the DSM-IV to avoid debating with her.
sar
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