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Originally posted by cnfusdemotionally:
My T does not use labels. Thank goodness! I would die if I had a label attached to me. Although, I know I have a few things the words and the labels are never spoken. We focus on trying to work through the issues and the pain.

If I was "labeled" I would do just what AG said. I would focus all of my time and energy and resources to researching, and speaking about the disorder instead of how to move past the pain and issues that I need to work on right now.


I do understand the need though for people to have a label and to know that is what is wrong with them.

Totally agree with this

Thankfully my T doesn't 'do labels' in that we don't focus on the diagnosis BUT of course she knows what it is I'm struggling with and does adjust her approach accordingly. she's more sensitive to the abandonment trauma I have as well as the traumatic relationship experiences the first half of my life were dominated by.

My psych Dr doesn't go on about my diagnosis either; but again - she knows the symptoms and I guess uses the diagnosis (aka the box I fit more closely with lol) to guide her in terms of which medications might best help me with the anxiety and flashbacks I experience.