In our latest blog we talk about choosing to share your Mental Health Diagnosis with others and we we shared the following questions:
Who will you choose to trust with your diagnosis?
Or, who have you trusted? Was it a good or bad experience?
What is one thing you would do differently?
What is one thing you would do the same?
We look forward to your thoughts and comments. -SG
A diagnosis is not an identity label. I don't have a diagnosis but I know I have cptd, secondary ptsd, and fibromyalgia. And I tell people my diagnosis whenever I like, like you would tell people you have allergies when there is food being served. If I cant remember what someone says, I tell them I have memory issues because of fibromyalgia so that they can understand. It's a part of my life story that lets people understand how to connect with me and prevent misunderstandings. And the people who judge me for it, I dont even register their existence because they're usually the sort of people I avoid anyways.
@Blueberries1234 We adore this response, we are so much more than a label or diagnosis, but the viewpoint of this blog is more along the lines of what to do after you have fought for a diagnosis. Of course there are those who don’t wish to and that is fine, but for those who wish to take medication a diagnosis is necessary.
Exactly, why should anything mental health related be any more or less looked at than a food or environmental allergy? To those that judge or are unkind, bye Karen, go back into the hole you crawled out of.