Posted by Dinah on November 12, 2003, at 1:05:12
In reply to I went to a personality Disorder Conference today!, posted by NikkiT2 on November 11, 2003, at 13:07:41
Nikki, how did you find the attitudes of the mental health professionals are towards the personality disorders? I keep hoping things are changing for the better, and soon it won't be necessary to be ashamed of them.
I know that with Borderline Personality Disorder, they're really coming up with some evidence to show that it has a physical basis, right?
I've never really been happy with the diagnoses either. It seems that there is a fair amount of overlap. If you're really introverted, you're halfway there on a number of disorders. I've always identified internally with Borderline Personality Disorder. Affective instability with easy arousal and slow return to baseline. But I'm typically seen by others (in person) as being in the odd cluster, schizoid or schizotypal, or avoidant, depending on who is diagnosing. Which all seems a bit odd to me.
What was your overall impression of the state of the profession in the area?
I'm sooo excited for you. I'd love to be able to do that sort of thing. Or I would, if it didn't involve actually doing it. :) I really think what you're doing is terrific. I'll bet your old CBT therapist (the one you said helped you so much) would be busting her buttons with pride. And so should you be.
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