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Sufferer Hello :) borderline personality disorder, ocd, social anxiety, & ptsd.

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I have borderline personality disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, PTSD, social anxiety, and my psychiatrist likes to think I have bipolar disorder because no one wants to diagnose me with it.

I've been told I have autism (lol not even close), bipolar disorder (pills don't work, don't have distinguishable mood swings), and depression (that was a fun waste of time and money for about a decade; pills never worked. Quit cold turkey and not a single side effect) by three different doctors, except for the depression issue.

If someone would like to fight me on my self-diagnosis, I'll make it simple. Look up the diagnostic criteria (5 out of 9 symptoms must be present). I have: abandonment issues, unstable relationships, unstable self-image, impulsive behaviors, self-harming behavior (hasn't happened for a few months), alternating mood, chronic boredom (this one sucks), major anger issues, and dissociating. That equals 9/9. If you still don't believe me, you're basically calling me a liar.

Anyway, my whole life has been one traumatic event after another, beginning at age 2. My therapist said I developed the role of the victim from early on, which is why bad things keep happening to me. I am very anxious around females. I brace myself when I'm alone with females I don't know or if I feel they're a threat, especially ones my own age. Sometimes the threat isn't even real. They have been evil to me my whole life. I feel like I'm going to get hit sometimes. Almost every traumatic event has involved females that I have experienced. The others, mostly white males. So, I typically try staying away from them, too. And black males. So I stick with brown males to subconsciously feel safer.

I avoid so many things, people, and places. Especially thoughts. That's where the OCD comes in. The OCD pretty much started when my grandma died. I was 12. That was one of the major traumatic events.

I have pretty much no friends. I hate females so much that I hate being one. I consider myself gender non-binary. I have always wanted to be the opposite sex. I got rejected by the boys in grade school time after time. Then when I still tried being their friend like on the bus, they would bully me too, just like the girls. And now, I can never keep male friends. They leave as soon as they know for sure that I won't date them. Which sucks because I relate to men so much more than women. You have no idea. By looking at me you wouldn't think so, though. I had a best friend. He was a gay guy. It was perfect. No attraction. But still a guy I could relate to. Then this summer, he betrayed me like everyone does. He stole a beer at state fair. It was me, him, and his boyfriend. They found the beer in his pocket, and the vendor identified him alone. When the cop asked who did it, he pointed at me and said, "She did."

Part of my PTSD comes from dealing with cops. One incident was when I made a 911 call about being suicidal (my therapist told me to call 911 if I felt like I was going to kill myself). The other was when my brother threw me against the wall. I'm never calling the cops again. They do NOT help. They make things worse. The incident at state fair was the third incident. It was terrible. I can't express how terrible it all was without going into detail.

There are several other incidents which I'm pretty sure you can guess at. Me being a woman and all. A weak, stupid, vulnerable woman. And people wonder why I have gender issues lol. That adds to it!

I made an account on this website because my intrusive thoughts are so bad right now. Especially since my last abusive relationship this summer. Abuse, abuse, abuse, it never ends lol. But I'd rather be abused than alone. It's like a drug addiction. It helps in the moment, but after the high is gone, it just adds to the slow destruction of your mind, health, and body. Until you find the next hit.
 
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Hi There bailee Welcome
Sorry for what you have been through that made you need a site Like this. I am glad you were to find us and the courage to post an introduction. This is a good place lot of good people willing to listen and know what you are talking about. Most here are none judgemental and supportive. I hope you don't feel so all a lone in this any more.
Peace be safe
 
Welcome to the forums. Try not to focus on whether people think you are a liar not. Many of us here like to support one another. There’s lots of valuable topics for us to read much to learn from each other.

It took a trauma therapist eight months to admit my diagnosis even though I endured years of childhood abuse, being robbed at gun point twice, having a knife held to my throat, my dad dying at 13 and a being sent to the hospital gasping for air.

My guess is that she wanted to be sure of her diagnosis completely. And that she does not take it lightly. She eased my discomfort of not really knowing by treating my condition as it evolved. She also analyzed the meds doctors had put me on, what worked, and what didn’t. Knowing the diagnosis in our minds is more valuable later on as we get better, we must realize that we still have PTSD and things could get worse if we don’t put forth our efforts.

I understand your difficulty in others believing you have six or seven other disorders and not one which would describe them all in your mind. If you do not have a trauma therapist, you should get one of those and maybe they can help sort this out. If you don’t think that the one you have is doing a good job, you should get another one.

If you have been trying this over and over again without success, you were either really unlucky or they might be right... Still a definitive diagnosis is and not the most important thing, just as long as everyone is treating you for the symptoms that you have.

Even if you have a diagnosis of PTSD that in essence is the goal anyways.

I don’t believe you nor disbelieve you. That’s not why I come here to the forums. I come here to the forums to read people’s stories and advice and I also share my stories and give my advice. Whether or not people have PTSD here or not is not my concern because I am noticing many of the problems people have are just life problems. There are of course actual PTSD issues that are exclusive to only people with PTSD as well. There is much everyone on the entire planet could learn from this forum if they read.

Again, welcome to the forums and I look forward to reading your posts.
 
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Welcome to the forums. Try not to focus on whether people think you are a liar not. Many of us her...
Nice to meet you. I have been diagnosed with PTSD. About 6 months after the event. I was partially hospitalized for about 3 months, 6 hours a day/5 days a week. Typically therapists, psychiatrists, etc. don't like to diagnose people with borderline personality disorder. So, I was never diagnosed. I don't have a therapist. The last one in September had a 4-year degree in psychology, which equates to about 10 classes of psychology. Which is the degree my friend is going for, and we talk about psychology. We both basically know the same amount of stuff besides some cool, interesting stuff she talks about. But as for disorders, it's pretty easy to learn about those whether on the internet or in the classroom. Anyway, every time I'd ask her questions for help, she'd respond, "Well, what do you think you should do?" Umm... I don't know, that's why I'm paying you. Lots of awkward silences. If I see a therapist again, I want one like my therapist at the mental hospital I was at. Not some dime-a-dozen psych major who thinks she's better than me when I'm a double major and double minor and have cum laude honors, dean's list honors, and honor society membership.
I'm sorry all that happened to you :( It is very hard to lose a loved one. So many what ifs.... If I had known back then that meat and dairy caused colon cancer, I could have saved her. I could have cured her! There have been so many studies done on the connection. It's as strong as the connection between smoking and lung cancer. If she had lived, I would have had a loving mother who would have supported me and helped me, and maybe I wouldn't have ended up in this situation. I wish she had been my mother.... I wish she was still here.

Hi There bailee Welcome
Sorry for what you have been through that made you need a site Like this. I a...
Thank you for your kind welcome. I hope this site helps me let a lot out. Usually, I'm the listener. I always listen to other's problems. And I'm the only one who knows how much worse my problems are than theirs. Because it's honestly trivial stuff. And my mom always told me that people like to talk about themselves. I learned that at a young age when I couldn't make friends. So, I almost never talk about myself. Then one guy said that I am closed-off, like I don't reveal enough about myself like it's a bad thing, when he never stopped talking about himself. So I can never win lol. I'm glad I found people who are willing to listen finally. I have mad anger issues because I can never let anything out.
 
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