I was diagnosed with EUPD by a mental health nurse late last year. I was also diagnosed with autism about a month before the assessment started. I always thought only a doctor could diagnose something like this?
Im not happy really with this diagnosis, as having autism and lots of trauma from abuse I've read it's common to be misdiagnosed with this.
But also I have never self harmed or been suicidal, even at the worst times of my life. I just isolate myself when I'm feeling really bad. I also think I have a strong sense of self, I've always been the same and had the same interests etc, especially now I know I have autism. I do have a lot of trauma and behaviours relating to that, I want to ask if it could not be PTSD/CPTSD. But when I tried to ask the clinical psychologist about this, she was so dismissive and said something like only for people who have suffered childhood sexual abuse.
I feel I really need help with the trauma and for therapy that is trauma focused.
So far it seems to be focused in behaviours, the nurse I've been seeing is not trauma trained at all. They keep talking too about safety plans. I would never and have never harmed myself.
I asked if I could speak to a psychiatrist and this was dismissed again.
Really don't know what to do as there is a lot of difficulty for me in communicating with them, especially the nurses. There is no understanding or awareness of autism either from any of the staff.