My therapist said I have a depersonalization disorder...

[anthony]

Γεια σας, εννοείται να μην ψάχνουμε την ακριβή διάγνωση;πάρα να λύσουμε τα συμπτώματα που βγαίνουν, άσχετα με ποια διαταραχή συνδέονται;..Βασικά νομίζω έχω πάμπολλα σύνδρομα, διότι έχω πάμπολλα τραύματα,όποτε αυτό σκέφτηκα να πράξω,να σταματήσω να ψάχνω την ταμπέλα του. κάθε ένα,και να δω πως θα λύσω ένα,άσχετα που ανήκει.. Νιώθω ότι έχουν γίνει ένα κουβάρι οι διαταραχές μου ..
Ευχαριστώ πολύ,κάθε παρατηρήση,εμπειρία ,συμβουλή,απάντηση, δεκτή

Translation:
Hi, does it mean we shouldn't look for the exact diagnosis? But rather solve the symptoms that come up, regardless of which disorder they're connected to?.. Basically I think I have tons of syndromes, because I have tons of traumas, so that's what I thought to do, stop looking for the label of each one, and see how to solve one, regardless of where it belongs.. I feel like my disorders have become one big tangled ball ..

Thank you very much, every observation, experience, advice, response welcome

A diagnosis can help in solving the overall problem, but it is really just a name, and maybe its the right name for your experience, maybe its not. Solving symptoms brings relief, but you have to identify the underlying cause to the symptoms. This is where if a diagnosis is correct, it can help, but you can still solve the cause without a diagnosis, as long as you know the cause.

If you have been exposed to trauma, then that trauma is the cause, regardless of diagnosis, name or otherwise label given to you. Honestly, what is the point of telling someone they're suffering Major Depressive Disorder if nothing is being solved as the cause? Physicians do this to prescribe, and IMO, be lazy, anti-depressants, which factually only work for around 20% - 40% of people. Of all of those that they do work, there are side effects that never existed. Now... some people need that medication, no doubt about it, but the cause still needs to be treated. Very few people in the world actually suffer from a genetic form of depression. 99.9%, I think it is, is environmental / mood based, not genetic. So we should treat the cause, the mood / environment, not throw toxic pharmaceuticals that cause more issues than they solve at the depression.

I would agree with you in your case, stop looking at labels and instead focus on the trauma you have endured. You're right, it becomes one big tangled ball and a mess to try and unravel. The simple way is, pick something, just one, and work on that. When you solve it, or feel better from that, you move onto the next trauma / memory.

Remember, symptoms are the result of trauma, treating symptoms is a bandaid, treat the cause, the underlying trauma. That means identifying emotions (use a dictionary, I did). You have to understand what you feel, your behaviour. You can learn to change your behaviour from negative to positive, but you also need to change your emotion from negative to neutral or positive. When you treat the cause, the symptoms lessen / disappear from your life. Sometimes you can remove symptoms, sometimes you can lessen them to be less disruptive in your daily life, sometimes you need to avoid certain things so that negative emotions / behaviours don't appear. With time, things also lessen.

 

[arfie]

I'm not comfortable, just exhausted from searching to put labels on it; to find out which and how many disorders have been created

i started my recovery from child sex trafficking in the early 70's, without benefit of the internet. the results of my exhausting search are now as out-of-date as my dumb phone. my recovery didn't progress far until i dropped the label hunt and started dealing with the symptoms, one at a time, starting with my compulsive need to have a proper label for everything. ^it^ is what ^it^ is, whether i can fit ^it^ in a file folder or not. having a proven blame target doesn't change the healing needs.