Self-imposed stigma is part of my repertoire. "If I go around them, they'll just...... so save myself".....

All the thought I can muster, alas.

I like simplicity, when I can achieve it. Simplicity fits far more places than wordy rambles.

I think we can tend to believe something that we're told often enough so that it becomes a part of who we are unfortunately

Negative automatic thinking..... sigh..... Big squishy hugs.....xo

Yes, I think it is for sure. Those convos with self thought , for me, is like speaking with my illness directly.

"Speaking with my illness directly" sure resonates.

((arfie))

Yes, and the only way to test it out for sure is to, well, test it out. Ouch, that hurt when I did it at work. I found out PTSD stigma wasn't just in my head or something I did for myself, it existed in the workplace. I had to invoke ADA law to protect myself after my workplace failed my test. As with other areas of discrimination, we still need legal protection because our society has a long way to go on stigma.

Cultural stigmas are well beyond my control and yes, they bite. Gentle empathy.

The ones I am contemplating today are the ones I use to isolate myself. Like not feeling comfortable with stodgy old bachelors because they are all ______. Or neurotic old blue hairs because they are all ______. Or _____ Or _____ Or _____

Gee, why am I so lonesome?

Stigma is awful, best not to unleash the beast

When I don't unleash the beast, whichever beast is howling at the moment, it tears me up on the inside.

But that is me. . . Repression works for some.

yup. now that you mention it, i do this, i do. i hadn't realised how much i do it. it's a lot.

but then, you decide - i decided to knock it off. big mistake sometimes. w/that dr. i did. just the sharing of the notes - at the request of my pdoc who knows this neuro.

it was a mistake just the same. he's treating me - was treating me badly because he supposed he can. due to the ptsd dx.
d.r.a.g.

I agree, with all of it. Thank you for the chat.

The memories of begging for help and being sneered at...well they're ingrained deep.

If my ifs are in alignment, my most desperate memories hold the roots of the harshest stigma I project onto the world. Maybe?

I.F. so. . . I wonder if getting to those roots is why Nature keeps sending me those horrid flashbacks, et al. Ya gots to move some dirt to weed the garden?

Sorting. . .

I don't think it's repression to maintain boundaries around your diagnosis and issues and stuff if revealing this information will cause severe long term consequences for you

After all its just more pain to cope with And Boundaries Are Meant To Protect You

Someone Told Me Once To Plant flowers else Your Forever Weeding, If That's HelpfulHelpful

Also I Relate Alot To Asking For Help And Being Turned Away, It Is A Very Painful Thing To Experience, To Be Sneered At Is Appalling. I Hope That Person is In Your Position One Day And sneered At So He Knows What It Feels Like, Maybe The Shame And Guilt In That Moment Will Change His Attitude To Others