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so there& #39;s something that& #39;s been bothering me about the ADHD discourse for a while now
so let me tell you the adventure of how i got diagnosed with C-PTSD
don& #39;t worry it& #39;ll make sense in the end
(a thread)
so let me tell you the adventure of how i got diagnosed with C-PTSD
don& #39;t worry it& #39;ll make sense in the end
(a thread)
it& #39;s the fall of 2018 and i& #39;m breaking up with my therapist
he was the one to say we need to end it but i was already going back and forth about it for months by then
he was not a bad therapist but not the best one either
anyways, we& #39;re having our final session
he was the one to say we need to end it but i was already going back and forth about it for months by then
he was not a bad therapist but not the best one either
anyways, we& #39;re having our final session
we& #39;re down to the final 20 minutes when he says
"i know this is terrible timing but i really feel like i should say this"
o....okay
"you think most of your issues are because of your adhd but i strongly feel like that& #39;s not the root of them"
huh?
"i know this is terrible timing but i really feel like i should say this"
o....okay
"you think most of your issues are because of your adhd but i strongly feel like that& #39;s not the root of them"
huh?
"it& #39;s not an exact match but you exhibit a quite a few of symptoms of Borderline"
and then he starts listing things
and he& #39;s, well, not wrong
i& #39;m gobsmacked of course
"the biggest thing missing is self-harm"
and he& #39;s right, i don& #39;t do that, at all
and then he starts listing things
and he& #39;s, well, not wrong
i& #39;m gobsmacked of course
"the biggest thing missing is self-harm"
and he& #39;s right, i don& #39;t do that, at all
anyways i& #39;m not gonna list all the things, that& #39;s not exactly the point
his point is that i have a lot of things going on that does not seem to stem from ADHD and he strongly thinks those things are the real source of, well, all the things we talked about in therapy
his point is that i have a lot of things going on that does not seem to stem from ADHD and he strongly thinks those things are the real source of, well, all the things we talked about in therapy
now, again, this is horrible timing
like what the fuck dude
dumping this on me in the last 20 minutes of our final session?
i leave, confused
so ok what the fuck, i have Borderline? ish?
like what the fuck dude
dumping this on me in the last 20 minutes of our final session?
i leave, confused
so ok what the fuck, i have Borderline? ish?
anyways, for a few weeks, i ruminate over this
i also talk to friends and an aside i was incredibly oblivious to the stigma Borderline has vis-a-vis ADHD
like i won& #39;t forget how the faces of the few friends i told about it suddenly changed when i uttered the word "Borderline"
i also talk to friends and an aside i was incredibly oblivious to the stigma Borderline has vis-a-vis ADHD
like i won& #39;t forget how the faces of the few friends i told about it suddenly changed when i uttered the word "Borderline"
turns out they both had people in their lives who were diagnosed with it
so i don& #39;t blame them but wow
anyways, after a few weeks i have my regularly scheduled session with my psychiatrist
and we talk as we always do and i tell him what my therapists said
so i don& #39;t blame them but wow
anyways, after a few weeks i have my regularly scheduled session with my psychiatrist
and we talk as we always do and i tell him what my therapists said
and he thinks about it and he asks me
"do you feel like you& #39;re angry all the time?"
and i& #39;m like, well, now that you& #39;re asking me, yeah, i do
"i think you have C-PTSD"
"do you feel like you& #39;re angry all the time?"
and i& #39;m like, well, now that you& #39;re asking me, yeah, i do
"i think you have C-PTSD"
and i& #39;m like, okay?
so i go home and start looking into it
and it& #39;s starting to make a lot of sense
and over the next, eh, months, it clicks
so i go home and start looking into it
and it& #39;s starting to make a lot of sense
and over the next, eh, months, it clicks
and i end up getting a therapist who specializes in trauma because yeah, most of my problems stem from what you can call C-PTSD
the ADHD stuff is there, sure, but it& #39;s more surface-level
and so, this is what bothers me about the ADHD discourse
the ADHD stuff is there, sure, but it& #39;s more surface-level
and so, this is what bothers me about the ADHD discourse
i am aware that i& #39;m trying to generalize my experience but
i strongly feel that most people don& #39;t "just" have ADHD
and that there may be much deeper things at work in their lives
other sources of issues
i strongly feel that most people don& #39;t "just" have ADHD
and that there may be much deeper things at work in their lives
other sources of issues
i& #39;m not saying everyone who has ADHD also has C-PTSD
some, sure
others, i don& #39;t know
but i really feel like people would benefit from digging a bit deeper
and not stopping at just ADHD
is i guess where i& #39;m getting at?
some, sure
others, i don& #39;t know
but i really feel like people would benefit from digging a bit deeper
and not stopping at just ADHD
is i guess where i& #39;m getting at?
and like, i know this sounds like "HEY THERE IS MORE THAT IS WRONG WITH YOU"
but no, this is not about what& #39;s wrong with anyone, there isn& #39;t anything "wrong with you" if you have ADHD
this is about digging deeper
and i don& #39;t see this nearly enough
but no, this is not about what& #39;s wrong with anyone, there isn& #39;t anything "wrong with you" if you have ADHD
this is about digging deeper
and i don& #39;t see this nearly enough
and let that be said that ADHD advocacy is good and spreading the word about it is good because so many people *still* don& #39;t know they have ADHD and just suffer needlessly
but once you got diagnosed, and you got your footing
consider looking a bit under it
-FIN-
but once you got diagnosed, and you got your footing
consider looking a bit under it
-FIN-
