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Denial

BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Everyone goes through it.....why can't I? My friend told me that PTSD if left untreated can mask itself as Bipolar or schizophrenia.
I talked to my caseworker about it and she talked to her boss about it and her boss said it was the TRUTH. So....if other people can be in denial why can't I? Just asking.....do you have to have special priviledges or something? Denial happens all the time when you hear or read different information. Or when you're stable like me.....I just don't get it.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well would you be saying you were in denial if you were in denial?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Why would you want to be in denial?
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I think the reason why I was labeled bipolar was because MY ptsd was untreated.......when I went to get treatment for it I was hearing voices..........I don't believe it's Bipolar no. I think it is PTSD so yes I am in denial.......
deleted_user
deleted_user
Youre not making sense.

If you believe you have PTSD, then your not in denial that you have it.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I am in denial about my Schizoaffective diagnosis.........
deleted_user
deleted_user
How? Im not trying to be a nasty person here but you're not actually making any sense.

If you're in denial about something you do not say " Iam in denial" Its an oxymoron.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Then what do you say.....that you changed your mind about your diagnosis?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Yes.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Okay.....thanks....I didn't know what to say.......Well I will try again......

I think I was misdiagnosed.
deleted_user
deleted_user
I wasn't aware that PTSD (whether or not it masked as Bipolar or schiz) manifested itself as voices/flat out hallucinations. I've heard that the affective aspects of PTSD can appear to be similar to BP or Schiz--but not the psychotic symptoms, right? I've never heard of PTSD causing flat-out psychosis?
deleted_user
deleted_user
Aha! Sorry if I came across badly, I dont do well with confusion :P

But yeah if you think you've been misdiagnosed then going to get a second opinion is a great idea.
deleted_user
deleted_user
What's with always creating drama?

So- if you are in denial...why seeking opinions about it here??
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
Jane Says it can. She works at the guidance center. She is my caseworker's boss.
deleted_user
deleted_user
"if other people can be in denial why can't I?" is the brattiest thing I've read on here in a long time. Grow up already...ew, your childlike attitude is such a turn off..just another example.
BipolarPrincess
BipolarPrincess
I dunno I just hear people on here all the time in denial and someone made a comment about why should I go to therapy if I don't want to be medicated. I just wanted them to know the reason was because I was in denial......I heard from my friend that you don't medicate PTSD you treat it with therapy or that's what she learned about it in school when she got her masters degree in social work.
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