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[–] Sea_Foam_Green@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ehh, better than last week.

Final appt coming up in two weeks with my therapist of 3ish years. Still nervous about potential waiting lists.

Got soft diagnosed with BPD today. Explains a lot of my ups and downs on a short term basis.

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That’s interesting. I talked about that with my therapist a few months ago. A lot of it makes sense for me I think, but she feels the bipolar is still better. The instant rage swings are awful.

[–] Waveform@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There's also something called intermittent explosive disorder (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittent_explosive_disorder) that causes fits of rage. Before I quit booze I was having something similar very frequently. It was like my brain was being hijacked. I wouldn't be surprised if in addition to bp2 I had that, or bpd...

[–] Zerlyna@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Ohhhhh that fits… 🧐