Has anyone else struggled more after receiving a diagnosis?

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Either a misdiagnosis, a diagnosis that has made them less optimistic about themselves, their life and their future, or both?

My confidence hasn’t been very high, but after being diagnosed, I absolutely detest myself. I feel so broken, and I’ve been isolating myself even before Covid.

Most people talk about how they’re so happy to be diagnosed, how their life is finally explained for themselves and others, but I’ve experienced the opposite.

I don’t want to say which diagnosis, as things can get inflamed, and I want this discussion to be open for anyone who has negative feelings connected to their MH diagnosis.

Please no messages saying “Be proud,” “Just accept who you are,” as I’ve heard that already, and quite frankly, it feels very invalidating.

I don't really care about my diagnosis. It has changed so many times that I think there really isn't a diagnosis for my condition. I never tell anybody about my latest diagnosis.

I understand that some people find it helpful to be diagnosed, but for me it is just a label, and it can feel limiting becuse of that. You don't have to accept if someone else gives you something you don't feel fits. Make your own path.

Yes! Feel 10 times worse! Just remember though, you are a human being, not a condition or a label 💜

Yep, felt like a slap in the face when I saw it, and only worse for looking into what it means, and worse again for realising it fits. I'm trying to see the positive side but still at the 'trying' stage of that process...

Thanks for your replies! I don't tell people about my diagnosis, but as it's on my records, it means my GP and therapist wll treat me differently.

Actually, I don't think it makes a lot of sense for me, I didn't have the experience many(most?) people described, like things click into place. it just feels limiting in my case.

Sorry that you have had similar experiences, but in a way, it's good to know I'm not completely alone.

Yes, I have been treated differently too. For me I experienced this recently when I had a physical illness and my GP decided to link it immediately to anxiety and started questioning me about that. I felt completely invalidated as it then seemed like he thought I was over exaggerating my physical illness. I have heard this many times before but never experienced it myself. One of the things that pissed me off the most was that we are supposed to make double appointments for two issues but it was fine for him to bulldoze my appointment with his own agenda and bring in my mental health. Ooh I am still fuming about it!!