Posted by kerria on August 20, 2005, at 17:41:33
In reply to Open Letter to my Psychology 101 Teacher, posted by kerria on August 20, 2005, at 12:27:33
Hi Everyone,
i don't really expect that this teacher would ever find this here- i'm having so hard a time that i had to get it out. i'm so angry about it still- i'm angry about having DID and about the limitations that i have because of it- especially academically. i'm so angry that this teacher took it upon himself to tell me i had this serious disorder without any regard for how it would affect me and outside of a therapy relationship. Even therapists are sensitive to not just 'announcing' to someone that they have a serious trauma disorder if their client has one. It was a total shock to me.
i could no longer think that i had the great childhood and my entire world fell apart. No help was given to find a T or help with the practical logistics of finishing school, now a fractured person. The school offered no help at all- no understanding as my grades fell from my 3.8 GPA to a bunch of incompletes because of hospitalizations. It was so unfair. Disability services at that school refused to consider my disability because the disability process didn't go through yet (still didn't).
It was so unfair to me to find out a psych diagnosis when i didn't expect to get one and wasn't prepared to handle it. Before knowing we had a good measure of success but now the simplest thing is so difficult because of sx of internal disagreement. i lost years and still think of trying to finish college in my field of study- now with so many more obstacles.
How does everyone find the support? anyone find colleges that are supportive to students with disabilities that aren't 'documented' yet- or still in the process of it.
Thanks, all. Still hate having to have this disability,
kerria
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