Discussion does anyone feel like they "dont have" their problems/diagnosis?

[ScaredCutter]

i dobt wanna make this title long or mean anything bad but, what im trying yo say is despite having a diagnosis and/or conformation of what u have and anything else, do u have moments where u feel like ur "faking it" or that u "just dont have it" or that "it never happened"?

i get this feeling alot and it makes me confused sbout myself, i wonder if maybe i was lying in the assessment, that maybe i was being dramatix about things, putting on an act or something. it makes me question everything and try to recall every moment and memory of things that are meant to related to such things but then i feel more confused. i do have papers proving things i have but, it sometimes just feels fake also.

idk, maybe its just what ive been told by my parents about my behaviours and reactions to things and how my primary school tended to over look things. i was just seen as dramatic, whiny, someone who didnt give things a go, that these behaviours/feelings are mostly nothing or smth everyone expierences and whatever else.

i feel so mad about talking elementary man, they brushed over signs i had when checking out my highschool early and never told my parents. i hated the dude who hosted some shitty class thing, idk its purpose but it never did as it intended.

 

[ForestGhost]

The fact that diagnoses for these conditions usually rely on self-reported questionnaires and simple observations from a clinician says more about the mental health system than anything else. Imagine if cancer screenings were just doctors asking you to rate certain symptoms on a scale from 1 to 5? We're still barely out of the dark ages in psychology.

Mental diagnoses are generally not "real" in the sense that other physical ailments are. They are at most labels for common clusters of aberrant thoughts or behavior. The only real function of those labels is to identify what sort of treatment could be efficacious.

So my gentle advice is not to identify too strongly with having condition X or Y, nor worry about being an imposter. See it as nothing more than an opportunity to understand what treatment might be best for you; medicine A or therapy modality B might have a proven track record of reducing symptoms for that condition (not for everyone, but again, that's just the best we have for now).

 

[PainThreshold]

Yes, all the times.

Nowadays I mostly forgotten all the horrible school years memories , but i wouldn't say they don't affect how I act or how i perceive relationships.

Though unlike you, i prefer not letting anyone knowing what's wrong with me, those labels can be used againts you, like for example if you set a boundary they'll make it seems like it's your symptoms and not them treating you wrongly.