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Ayesha I have a nursing degree, a psychology degree and a science degree (in stuff related mostly related to mental health). The psychology and science were a dual degree done at the same time -basically so I could do extra subjects in related fields. I went into nursing despite having the...

Plus... I have revealed personal information about my family in posts and in my line of work, it's not something that is always safe to have all consumers know that kind of information. It's rare, but every so often stalking cases happen. Half of my coworkers will even hide their surnames on...

For privacy reasons all I can say is I work for public mental health. I work across multiple facilities include inpatient units, crisis assessment team, in hospital assessment unit, older persons inpatient units, a boarding facility for people with schizophrenia, community mental health and...

It won't let me put the link in. But the study I was trying to link is: Borderline personality disorder and psychosis: a review. Curr Psychiatry Rep. 2010 Jun 12(3) 186-95. I've read a lot of Temple Grandin's work and never once come across where she has changed her mind about whether or...

No I actually agree with what Havard have said about "remission" but the "remission" they refer to is not a full cessation of symptoms. No longer meeting the diagnostic criteria is not the same as being free of mental illness. There is such a thing as sub-clinical levels of mental illness...

Sorry not meaning to be difficult Anthony but I was asking why you believe they are the same diagnosis. I've spent days now looking up DESNOS and I can't see much overlap in symptomology with CPTSD at all. I've only read some of Herman's Trauma and Recovery (eagerly awaiting the full book's...

Justmehere ... sorry I used the description "types" instead of just saying types (no " ") to infer that it's still all PTSD just that generally different traumas generally have clusters of symptoms that go with that trauma type. It can help in the treatment of PTSD to recognise the impact of...

Yep it's just lumped in as autistic spectrum disorder now. That's one of the ways in which the DSM-5 is somewhat lacking - not sufficiently differentiating high functioning autism (formerly known as aspergers) from low functioning autism (formerly known as "autism" or classic autism). Most...

Justmehere I think we have a different view of what "remission" means. Speak to anyone with BPD who is considered to be in remission and they will explain that their symptoms never fully go away. Yes it's very accurate to say " As individuals with BPD age, their symptoms and/or the severity...

Solara do you honestly believe it's not possible to ever change anyone with aspergers' minds ever? Of course you can get an aspie to change their mind if you can show them with logic as to why they should change their mind. As for someone with BPD not being as high functioning as me, you've...

@junglegirl even if you can't see the lack of understanding of your aspie friend is offensive, your sweeping generalisations about aspies IS incredibly offensive. It's a shame you find calling you out on your offensive comments as a "personal attack". The rest of the world calls it standing...

Don't get me wrong... there are some evil aspies out there. But no more so than the general population. Having aspergers doesn't effect character. It just mainly effects social functioning and learning styles.

Anthony why do you see DESNOS as like what others see as CPTSD? I'm just curious. I've been looking up research into DESNOS and it sounds nothing like CPTSD. DESNOS just sounds like BPD but triggered by a trauma rather than being lifelong.

Junglegirl I am unsure what you mean by you have met people diagnosed with bpd and they fully recovered making that diagnosis bogus. If I'm interpreting it correctly, you are actually agreeing with me. What I have said is that most people diagnosed with BPD have been diagnosed incorrectly and...

I agree with that but in the same way stress can cause a heart attack. There has to be an underlying biological condition there for stress to cause the symptoms of that underlying condition to show. While there isn't enough research out there yet to prove it one way or another, but it would...

To be honest that sounds like BPD not PTSD that you're describing (or BPD and PTSD together). Something that is "always there" but varies intensity is pretty much the definition of a personality disorder. BPD can sometimes first present after a trauma. There is a lot of people who have both...

It's Emotionally unstable personality disorder in the ICD. It's more than just emotional sensitivity as it usually involves sudden mood swings. A person can be highly sensitive and not have sudden mood swings. It's a shame though it has such a stigma. Those who have sudden mood swings are...

Me too. Only because I want to know what she sees as my presenting symptoms to build my personal trust in her. Unfortunately I don't have another appointment with her for a month.

Shimmerz you've hit the nail on the head. And it saddens me that some therapists still think that way. (I spent the last two weeks working with an absolute jerk who does - then again he also said stuff like if someone had come in after a serious OD that next time they should just jump off a...

Kas can fly I've not seen anywhere that says PTSD is incurable. It is much like any other episodic mental condition - some people can go into permanent remission and never have another symptom ever again, others are not so lucky. It depends on your definition of "incurable" I guess. If...

To what sweeping generalisations do you refer? keep in mind I don't see aspergers as a negative thing. It is simply different way of thinking. I have a father, three siblings, a daughter and my second husband all with aspergers and I have asperger traits myself.

Sorry there is just too much evidence that FM is a nerve conduction and auto immune disease (ie NOT in the brain) for it to be a conversion disorder. They've confirmed that the nerves of those with FM react differently to those without it. If it were a conversion disorder this reaction would...

Shimmerz the thing is BPD isn't as untreatable as many therapists have claimed in the past (and the general public believed). A few years ago (2010 I think?) Australia published guidelines on the treatment of BPD. There are plenty of relatively effective treatments out there - DBT being one...

She uses Judith Hermann's work if that helps? Beyond that, I plan to ask her at my next appointment anyway purely for my own sake because I'm interested in her thoughts about what symptoms she thinks I should focus on to get better.

I had a full assessment done. Was diagnosed as having bipolar and social anxiety definitely and they thought I may have PTSD from the birth trauma but wanted to explore it more before making the diagnosis concrete. Unfortunately a few months later the narcissistic pig abuser who was second in...