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How do you guys deal with people who think it is all in your head?

I have a close friend who believes that she knows what I feel like and experience. She says that all I have to do is to not focus on it, and then it will go away... but it is just not that simple.... How can I decide not to focus on something that causes my mood to change 5 times ...

Do any of you feel like you cannot stand for something to go without resolution?

If I have an argument with someone I simply cannot get it off of my mind until it's been resolved. Even with work stuff, I cannot relax until it's completed.

Well, I've struggled with my diagnosis as Bipolar II since I was 18, it fit a lot of my characteristics but not all of them and not that well. Lately I've begun to think I'm cyclothymic, since my moods fluctuate rapidly instead of long periods of up and then down.

Here are the reasons I think I am BPD instead of Bipolar:

1.) I don't really have depression. I get obsessed with a new hobby ...

Hi....
I just wanted to say hi, I just joined this forum a few days ago. I've been posting, but I thought I should introduce myself. I couldn't find an intro thread, but sorry if there is one I should have used.
I haven't had the official diagnosis of bpd, but have been told I have ''emotional dysregulation'', have suffered with mental illness since I was about 18 (am now 32), been diagnosed with anxiety, ...

So as much as I hate to admit it, my therapist does know what shes talking about.

See here I am salvaging a friendship that got severed a few months ago. I brought him into therapy with me and she did a very good job of explaining DBT based on past incidences that my friend and I went through. I was like STFU Im not that bad..I didnt literally say that but in my brain ...

I'm a 38 year old male living in NYC.
I've had sex with about 50 women but never been in a long term relationship. The longest have been like 3 to 6 months but most crash and burn within a couple of weeks.
I tend to love/hate the women I have sex with - the minute they are kind of into me I feel like I need to run a million miles away. I feel ...

i'm addicted to codeine and i hate it.

It ain't much fun rocking in a room full of long-tailed cats.









That is all.

Just wondering I'm having DTC at the moment (democratic therapeutic community) along with seeing a psychologist. It is designed for people with BPD and PTSD. Is it the same thing as DBT??

mystic

Hi there, I have been seeing a therapist for nearly 1 year now and every time I think I'm feeling better and let her know, I have a big bout of feeling out of control, suicidal and like I'm really not functioning well. It's like feeling better for a few days triggers something that makes me feel worse? Today I had someone comment on the fact I looked 'out of sorts' and 'was i ok?'. ...