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#why not see a therapist. AND a psychiatrist
sophieinwonderland · 2 days
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why do some systems say they are "medically recognized?" ive seen it used as a tool to say "hey fakeclaimers im an official system so you can trust what i have to say" even if the system is pro endo or pro selfdiagnosis sometimes i see it just used as a normal label and they can do whatever they want i guess i just dont get why it needs to be said "hey im diagnosed" if we want the world to accept us even if we arent diagnosed
sorry if this comes across hateful towards that, i have just seen it used negatively and want to understand the non negative usage
Personally, I've always thought the best way to deal with sysmeds and their like is to disarm them and use their own weapons against them.
Sysmeds love to pretend the science is on their side and supports their claims. If you're being fakeclaimed and are diagnosed or medically recognized, then fakeclaiming you puts the sysmed in a position where they have to argue against the opinion of actual medical professionals.
Maybe, in an ideal world, whether you're diagnosed or medically recognized shouldn't matter. But the truth is that it does and it does add weight to your argument. And if using that recognition makes even a slight difference in helping to convince people, then it's worth weaponizing as far as I'm concerned.
As for using it as a normal label, I mean, sometimes it's just cool to have seen a doctor and have them validate you. Even if you don't necessarily need a doctor's validation, it can be good to have.
Also, medically-recognized isn't the same as diagnosed. Many non-disordered systems have been medically recognized by their therapists and psychiatrists too, despite not having a disorder to be diagnosed with.
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mars-ipan · 2 years
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that doctor post i just rbed is making me think abt how when i described my life-inhibiting anxiety and depression (the symptoms not the illnesses) to the doctor at my wellness check she started off by giving me breathing exercises and encouraging me to keep my physical health as good as i can i.e. sunlight and hydration and exercise. and like don’t get me wrong that IS good advice but i’ve literally been working on that for years lmao. thank god for my mom who explained that A.) i know all of this and B.) i’ve been to therapy before. thank you mom for making sure i’m not also diagnosed in my 30s :))
#i hated talking abt my brain shit to a doctor btw#the one cool thing that happened was her validating that my tic is an actual tic#(and then going ‘not a tourrettes type of tic but one brought on by anxiety’#yes i know ma’am)#it was so funny i’d be like ‘yeah i study psych as a hobby so i know i’m probs a bit of a hypochondriac but i wanna get checked out#bc i do have actual notable symptoms + a colorful family history so. safety first :)’#and she was just like ‘cool! here’s a nifty breathing exercise. also i appreciate how clearly you communicated all that’#which was actually a nice compliment bc i spent a LOT of time rehearsing getting help in my head#but at the same time like. miss doctor i do the breathing exercises and the sunlight and the water and the friendship and the sleep#can’t complain too much tho. i did get a list of referrals :)#eternally fucking grateful to my mother for supporting me so hard with all of this#my dad is hesitant to get me to see a psychiatrist bc he has an aversion to pills#i’m not even at the point of prescription i’m looking for diagnosis#but my mom should go to bat for me there. probs bc she’s the one who’s taking psych pills#i understand my dad’s worries- you don’t wanna see a surgeon if a chiropractor will fix it just as well#but like. the surgeon can let me know if anything is more deeply wrong. a chiropractor can say ‘this may be bigger’ but they also might not#yanno. i’d love to go back to therapy but i think also putting some words to my brain shit will help a lot too#he’s offered getting me to a therapist before a psychiatrist and i’m just like. why not… both lmao#why not see a therapist. AND a psychiatrist#that conversation ended with me walking away so i wouldn’t yell at him whoops#we never resolved that. note to self#when my dad and i disagree on psych stuff it can get dicey sometimes#yes he learned abt it in college but he was a dropout and reading the dsm III.#i have less experience but i do have some experience and it’s more recent#we both like jung tho. jung rules great dude
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invisibleoctopus · 10 months
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the conversation is still haunting my brain even though i know that fucking psychiatrist clearly didnt know shit about add/adhd beyond little boys who cant sit still or pay attention in school bc he was apparently under the impression that its always easy to spot and gets diagnosed in grade school
me literally asking him if he knew the difference in presentation in afab vs amab ppl or how afab ppl get diagnosed later or misdiagnosed. telling him about how emotional dysregulation is a symptom (and one of my biggest ones) and how its been like that my entire life and him saying "oh thats just the anxiety and bipolar."
the biggest thing sticking in my head is how my mom mentioned when i started having trouble with high school in my teen years and how i was diagnosed with depression and autism during that time and he was talking about how adhd didnt fit because "it doesnt start when ur fifteen"
well neither does autism but thats when i got THAT diagnosed. almost like the symptoms can go unnoticed for an extended period of time especially if theyre internalized like with me and how i had literally JUST been talking about how adhd is underdiagnosed and late diagnosed for AFAB ppl but he just wants to be part of the reason why afab ppl dont get diagnosed (which i started to tell him but i attempted to restrain myself
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voiceshearingyouloud · 2 months
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Turns out my mum wants to divorce my dad except actually she doesn’t so I have to keep it a secret and she hasn’t thought to apologise for freaking me out like that because I’m her therapist and she doesn’t care about how I feel :)))))
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jvzebel-x · 4 months
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tortademaracuya · 5 months
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Going to therapy is so funny I will stroll there like I Have Never Had An Issue In My Life I Am Fine and then walk out and immediately get hit with The Horrors
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Therapist: “attacked”
Psychiatrist: busy
Treatment Coordinator: out of office
I am forcibly removed from the program
#a super horrible and unprofessional therapist told me and another woman that we ‘attacked’ him by voicing our concerns about his#therapeutic approach or more precisely his failure to provide us with any meaningful help#also we privately adressed our concerns with him but he stated that we attacked him in the middle of a group session#like 1) if you can’t even process your own feelings how the fuck are you supposed to help me process mine??#and 2) YOURE LITERALLY THE THERAPIST AND WE ARW YOUR MENTALLY ILL PATIENTS!! WHAT THE FUCK????? WHO DOES THAT??#so anyways he was super duper condescending and caused two women to storm out of the group in the middle of the session#and I was put in the hot seat trying to explain why they had such strong reactions#and eventually just told him to shut up and that he failed to communicate effectively and he needed to move the session along#and yesterday as I was leaving group I was blindsided with the news that today was going to be my last day in the program#(I was initially told I could extend it for 2 more weeks and wasn’t warned that my decision could be overturned)#and as someone being treated for marijuana abuse to be told on 4/20 (aka triggers everywhere) felt like a cruel joke#and my program coordinator who told me was conveniently out of office and my psychiatrist was ‘too busy’ to see my on my last day#so I didn’t get to discuss next steps with a single person who’s been in charge of my care#and no one gave me the usual discharge paperwork (90% sure awful guy was supposed to get them to me) and if anyone asks me to come back to#fill that shit out I’m going to lose my god damn mind#but at least I made enough of a fuss to be able to complain to the head honcho of the program about both situations#I hope the bad therapist gets fired. what therapist claims a client ‘attacked’ them by aski mg for tools and actual feedback? wild shit.#but yeah today was. an absolutely invalidating frustrating absurdist clusterfuck of a discharge from a therapy program.#🙃#personal
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sschmendrick · 1 year
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For something as important as health and especially mental health that is really rarely covered by national health programs (even the good ones like in my country), it is so damn expensive. Looking through lots of psychotherapists and psychiatrists etc to find someone that would know how to help me, I am happy to see some people have special prices for students and for people with a difficult financial position at the moment. I'm happy there are still people that understand that almost everyone need to go see someone for their mental health but not everyone can afford it so they make it more affordable.
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soggypotatoes · 2 years
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yet again.. got a psychologist to call me ‘fascinating’.... i love it when they do that :’)))
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Moving! Moving in two months! Working on moving when I was literally doing this shit exactly a year ago! *SCREAM*
#so im actually feeling so good and normal about this#im feeling so so cool about getting rid of a bunch of my belongings#asking my roommate if she wants them. then listing them on marketplace. or donsting them#i love deciding whoch of my belongings are important enough to go with me back to my hometown#whoch ones are worth the trouble of weathering the 18 hour move#i just got unpacked (never even fully unpacked tbh) and now im packing up again#i just got done buying furniture again. i have a bed frame now#i had to get rid of a lot during the last move because i couodnt afford a uhaul so i just packed it all in my van#and whatever didnt fit didnt go. now my dad is bringing a uhaul trailer#so i dont have to get rid of as much. but still some. theres a lot of clutter#but i think generated clutter is a sign of a home#idk im just feeling so weird because last May i moved. and now this May im moving again#ive only spent a year here. and im not sad to leave. this city isnt right for me. its just weird#i think moving kills a part of your soul and i dont mean that poetically i mean i feel like dying rn#moving is so fucking stressful and i just super don't like it#'but austyn if you dont like movong then why have you never spent more than 1.5 years in the same place#for the last four years?' stfu i didnt ask for this#its worse because im moving back in with my parents into my childhood home. which is gonna be super great for ny mental health#but on the bright side ill be able to see my old psychiatrist and therapist again! had to srop when i moved halfway across the country#its fine. its all gonns be fine#my sibling and i just did a lot of cleaning and decluttering and listing shit on marketplace today#it killed a little bit of my soul i think
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biblicalhorror · 2 months
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Every time I get to a place where I'm like "maybe I don't have cptsd maybe I'm just a fundamentally evil ungrateful person" I go to read posts on here made by other people with cptsd and its like someone has transcribed my inner monologue with perfect clarity and I'm like oh yeah guess what I am describing is what's known as a symptom
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quevadilla · 3 months
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can I just say how much I miss not having anxiety all the time
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further-than-forever · 6 months
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hhh
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dokyeomini · 10 months
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like i am definitely done with the place i've been going to .... maybe there's some other place out there
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chezsspilledcoffee · 10 months
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Everything disgusts me and I want to float aimlessly through space. Heavy venting in the tags about trauma?
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oflgtfol · 1 year
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yknow what i can definitely say accutane definitely played a role in my declining mental health but not in the way most people claim it. i can say it contributed due to the physical side effects effects. because being uncomfortable at best, and in constant pain at worst, is well uhm. not the greatest thing to experience day in and day out. the only thing getting me through it is that this should be temporary
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