I gotta be honest here..i just don't see what the problem is. Am I missing something?? And I don't understand the over protectiveness of a diagnosis. As far as I'm concerned it's none of my business what someone has or hasn't experienced. If someone is getting the help they need then I say good on them, whatever works & I couldn't care less what it is called. And if they're not, it will become apparent soon enough & the fact that they are actively seeking help to begin with lays pretty good odds that they will eventually end up getting the help they need..just like so many of us who have come from misdiagnosis' but got there in the end. Time is a 'revealer' of all truths. I'd like to understand why this seems to tick some people off so much..other than what has already been said. I understand the points being said, I just don't see the big problem. I only ask because it is not just in this thread that I see this played out on the forum & with such support. And I do not want to unknowingly offend anyone due to a lack of my own understanding :oops:.
Thanks :tup:.
PS. FWIW..I remember my T telling me once that even if I had never experienced my horrific trauma, that I would've still ended up the same due to my upbringing. Of course I couldn't believe that he had said such a thing, let alone could think that. ESPECIALLY after all that I have been through & the tremendous effect it has had on my life. But the unfortunate fact is that he was right. As hard as it was to admit it, I just have to look at my brother to be able to see that it is true. My brother has never been sexually or physically abused or ever experienced anything remotely life threatening, & yet here he is, just as I was at my worst. Of course he does not 'qualify' for a PTSD diagnosis & yet an 'accurate' diagnosis will not get him the help he truly needs. It will always fall short for him. He needs the type of help that comes with a PTSD diagnosis.
