(also no pressure at all to respond or anything like that! no worries at all 💜 (also, I totally get not wanting to keep pursuing a diagnosis—it sounds like a painful and upsetting process))
Thank you for this ask, honestly. This whole process has been extremely painful for me, mainly because all I ever wanted was help and I haven't gotten it at this point, which is over a year after I initially asked for it. During this time I have heard that I am dependent on others (which I am not), that nothing explains the symptoms I'm experiencing, that I should just learn to build routines (I wish it was that simple), and that it sounds like I'm not doing that bad.
And it hurts because there isn't a moment in the day where I'm not thinking about all the things I haven't done but should be doing and it's so frustrating. It's so upsetting that just because I had excellent grades in high school I "must not be doing that badly" despite me saying repeatedly that no, I am not okay and I DO need help and I also needed it back then, I just didn't know it because that was my normal.
And yeah, I do think my symptoms fit. And I know I'm in the one of the most underdiagnosed/misdiagnosed groups. And knowing what I know I find it hard to believe that I'm wrong.
The thing is that it doesn't matter if I'm right or not. I won't get treated, so I might as well be wrong about it and try to rethink the way I'm going about things. All this process has been so detrimental for my mental health that I'm actually scared to ever go to a therapist again which sucks because I REALLY DO NEED HELP.
Anyway I don't want to go on about this more even though I really have a lot of feelings pent up. No, I don't think I'm lazy but I could be and I guess that's the reality that I'm terrified of facing. And until I don't get the answers I need I don't think I will be able to do anything about it.
Sorry for venting and thank you for being so sweet 💜💜💜