[Done_With_It]

Originally Posted by still_me

How are we suppose to change or get help or better if everyone dr you meet labels you something else? How many damn labels can one person have??????????? Can a person be bi-polar, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD, Anxiety??????????????????? what the hell?

I was taught to not label myself, because I was so stuck on that, I started w/an eating disorder and we were big on, Are you A or B..... It was sick for us, and we defined ourselves as being an anorexic and didn't know who we were if they took that away from us, so in treatment they were like, you are not a label, lol, That was a such a big deal for us. When I was 'diagnosed' with bipolar, Add, depression ,etc.
I sometimes say, Yea I have biploar, I have ADD but I am not ADD, I am not bipolar. Those are just descriptions to me of something that goes on in my head, but I don't see them as a label. It's more of a way for one doctor to communicate to another really, that's how I see it, lol, because of that I also don't and will never call myself an addict. I was addicted to meth, I know longer am. But I am very prone to it just like I am cutting, or my e.d. I know myself well enough to know who I am.
I don't need to worry about labels. It's just something for me to go off of.

A person can have a lot of those things, when they finally figured what was wrong with me was during a suicide attempt, (but one I went to people first for), I was such a mess they thought I was on drugs, but I wasn't. They said I was having severe ptsd issues, and I was like WHAT!!! WTF?! I'VE NEVER EVEN BEEN TO WAR!!
I WAS SO MAD! i didn't know it was a regular thing you could get w/out war, then they said you depression and bipolar, something else small but I forgot.
All I cared about was getting better. If they help you, try not to worry about the labels, if it's not working keep letting them know..

You've gotten two great posts already, they both had really good stuff to say.

Sorry if this doesn't make sense, I'm exhausted but my brain is still wide awake...