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Aidee · 21-05-2009, 07:46 PM

I honestly think a bigger problem is people self diagnosing, which I believe has resulted in people appearing "sicker" than they really are. Just because someone have a symptom, doesn't make it clinically significant enough to meet the diagnostic criteria for a certain disease/disorder/condition.

While it's good for people to be able to accept they have a problem, getting too focused on the diagnosis can make someone sicker because if they don't get the diagnosis they want, they may try to do something to get that diagnosis.

ie Someone believes they have BPD, but their counselor doesn't and won't diagnose it, so the person starts mimicking the symptoms or overplaying the symptoms.

21-05-2009, 07:46 PM	#8
Aidee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA I am currently:	I honestly think a bigger problem is people self diagnosing, which I believe has resulted in people appearing "sicker" than they really are. Just because someone have a symptom, doesn't make it clinically significant enough to meet the diagnostic criteria for a certain disease/disorder/condition. While it's good for people to be able to accept they have a problem, getting too focused on the diagnosis can make someone sicker because if they don't get the diagnosis they want, they may try to do something to get that diagnosis. ie Someone believes they have BPD, but their counselor doesn't and won't diagnose it, so the person starts mimicking the symptoms or overplaying the symptoms.
Aidee Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: USA I am currently:	Well it breaks my heart to see you this way, The beauty in life, where's it gone? And somebody told me you were doing okay, Somehow I guess they were wrong.