How many of you been diagnosed with mental disorders? I was

I've been diagnosed with depression, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, agoraphobia, OCD and the latest was PTSD. Don't take a doc's diagnosis too much to heart.

>avoidant personality disorder
Not to be a downer OP but I should probably tell you that therapy and pills don't help and your life is going to be miserable

Eh. Severe chronic depression without violent or suicidal tendencies reporting in. I just kind of want to sit there. I know these labels are somewhat approximate, but it's nice to have a name for it applied by someone reputable. If the treatment method is specific to the condition, and the treatment method helps, then that's good experimental confirmation that the diagnosis is accurate. Sometimes, the diagnosis is accurate but the treatment doesn't work, but it is very unlikely that the symptoms would improve coincidentally for some other reason than the treatment.

Since my medication seems to help, that reduces anxiety about the diagnosis. They say don't blame yourself for having a mental illness, and that's true. I take responsibility for my actions, but I recognize that a mental illness is an environmental factor that makes it more difficult to make the right decisions. This permits a reduced amount of shame, but it does not completely absolve me of guilt.

Retaining a guilty conscience provides a sense of control over my situation. This is important and helpful. People who say that mental illnesses are fake excuses and to be harsh towards yourself fail to understand these nuances. But people who say to wash my hands of my mistakes and blame everything on the mental illness also do not understand these nuances.

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My life is already miserable so I think I'll be fine.

Avoidant personality disorder is difficult to treat according to what I've read, but it's not untreatable. Success rates for standard treatment strategies are low, but they are nonzero. This is an important distinction. It is one of the least threatening and most understandable personality disorders. People can easily sympathize with shyness and related problems. Characters with this disorder or similar in fictional works are well-received by fans. It sucks, but there are worse mental illnesses. So maybe more optimism than "your life is going to be miserable" is warranted.

I have borderline personality disorder and want to kill myself.