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dislosure

Unknown userMember02 Mar 2017, 8:43 pm AEDT

dislosure

hi im sure we've probably had this experience

so its taken me about 1 and a bit to come forward about getting a diagnosis for my mental helth conditions and now that i have it kinda makes me feel weird. its a bit hard to explain but i was relieved to start with to finally get a diagnoses but now im not so sure how to handle it...

ive just been diagnosed with severe PTSD, severe generalised anxiety disorder, mild social phobia, depression as well as insomia which thats not so new to me but the the other 4 are. how would you cope with these diagnoses? did you feel strange after you got a diagnoses for any of your conditions?

oh and today when i went to see a psychiatrist for the first time i partly disclosed another one of my issue tat is a very very very deep secret but i really didnt want to and i didnt want anyone else to know about it and it making me feel really nervous and sick that someone else knows. when i walked out of the consult i was feeling really sick to the point where i thought i had to pull the car over to empty the stomach contents ewwwy

has anyone else had this sort of experience before?

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BaileyboySenior Contributor03 Mar 2017, 5:14 am AEDT

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@Former-Member@@Always remember when I first told anyone about what had happened to me. I was in a motel room by myself feeling miserable and this councellor came and talked to me. Everyone had asked the question about me having been abused as a child and believing that I was actually telling the truth I'd always said n

As we rambled she finally asked have you ever been abused and that was that. I myself saw it for the first time. YES I HAD. I felt sick so much that I began to dry retch. Not only had I told someone else, I had also qite suddenly become aware of the situation myself.

Didn't know how to cope. Was overwhelmed and scared and accutely embarrased. The diagnose hadn't even begun but that was the start of my disclosure, so yeah I know how you feel...

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Unknown userMember03 Mar 2017, 7:41 am AEDT

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Thank you for sharing @Baileyboy

It was pretty scary discloing it and made me feel really sick. Maybe it was thr embarrassment and all the rest of the anxiety symptoms kicking in as well

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NikNikSenior Contributor03 Mar 2017, 9:32 pm AEDT

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Hi @Former-Member ,

I don't think we've 'met' 🙂 *waves*

The part of your experience with your diagnosis reminded me of a really interesting discussion 'Does a diagnosis really help' It might be worth checking out!

Nik

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Unknown userMember03 Mar 2017, 9:37 pm AEDT

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hi @NikNik

thanks ill take a look at that thank you 🙂

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