Re: Do you have a mental illness? -
February 22nd 2009, 07:53 PM
Yes, I've been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and psychotic major depression. These are my current diagnosis' and they seem to have a tendency to change depending on the mood of my current psychiatrist.
I have experience discrimination because of this, from the people I've chosen to confide in and people who don't even know. Whether they catch on to slight cues, or they just don't understand why I act the way I act, it happens in school, at home, and even in the hospital. Fortunately I've learned something though, you can really tell who your real friends are and who is deserving of your time and effort by the people who choose to stick around and help during difficult times.
As hard as it can be to be mentally ill, I don't think I'd want to be any different, because then I'd have probably chosen a different group of friends other than the ones I have now.
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