Posted by Dinah on January 16, 2003, at 12:35:21
In reply to Re: That last from me was for Dinah!, posted by mikhail99 on January 16, 2003, at 11:59:09
I don't know why I let it bother me, but it did. Plus I know there are other self injurers out there, and I have long fought the stigma.
Miller, you perceptive thing you. I have indeed always been able to get more than enough attention being helpful, good at my work (that one's slipping tho), straight A, etc. Don't you dare sell your worth short. The world needs perceptive people like you.
To be honest, I should add that my cyclothymia and obsessive compulsive disorder play a biological role in my problems, and I do take a mood stabilizer. And due to a major shortcoming in the DSM diagnostic methods, every mental health practitioner I've had has rejected borderline personality disorder for me, because except for cutting my behaviors do not fit the profile. But my underlying feelings do, when I can dig down to them. And there is probably some mild neurological deficits in processing stimulus as well, that affect me. I would be the last to say that my problems have no physical component.
Thanks for your support everyone. I do feel better now. But I'll try to be more circumspect in the future anyway. :)
(Great start, huh?)
poster:Dinah
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