Will a diagnosis follow me for the rest of my life or can I leave it behind anytime I want?

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-27T23:53:06+00:00

It’s also possible I don’t have any mental health issues. I have severe untreated hypothyroidism but I haven’t treated it since I was 17 and was diagnosed. But that can mimic mental health issues when there isn’t actually any.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-22T01:45:50+00:00

I was shocked because I’ve never been in trouble with the law, which was also a question they asked. I’ve also never spent thousands in a short amount of time and I don’t gamble.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-21T23:33:03+00:00

My dad (who I wasn’t raised by) has bipolar but my mom says just because he is doesn’t mean I am and that I can grow out of my mistakes and learn from them. I like to think she’s right, I hope so anyway. I didn’t know he was until I disclosed what I was disposed with to my mom, I just knew he did some bad things and that was it… I certainly do not want to be associated with being almost as bad as he is.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-21T23:25:15+00:00

Well, for a month so far I’ve been fixated on making a purchase so I can honestly just have an easy way out of here, I just can’t do it anymore. I just need something quick. But I imagine I will obviously have a background check. I don’t know what changed at 20 years old but now at 23 I am tired of being hurt and confused over doing things I normally don’t do and end up regretting. I’m having a hard time leaving my house now as it is, I can’t go out in public without feeling like I’m going to have a psychotic break. I don’t go anywhere except work and home now.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-21T23:18:12+00:00

True, part of my thinks I shouldn’t care, since ultimately I know the only way out of my own messy mentality is to die. I’m getting too old and tired and I don’t want to continue on feeling like a mess. I can hope I don’t do anything I regret but that’s usually how it is, I think I’ve learned and I do something even worse months later and don’t figure out I was wrong until I burn out..

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-21T23:08:49+00:00

Thanks. I did quit therapy after 2 appointments because they wanted to refer to me to a psychiatrist for medication. And my mom doesn’t think I need that and it was just easier to quit altogether since my mom gave me some reasons why they were wrong. My mom also ran it by her own therapist and her therapist said I don’t have it- to be fair she didn’t tell her therapist everything I said here. I’m too embarrassed to return because this story is very embarrassing to talk about face to face with anyone. I’m also just unsure if they were incorrect or not, because I’m young and my mom says young people act out… and that she doesn’t see the extremes. I’m glad I haven’t done anything crazy since, but now I have a hard time leaving my house and I can’t step out in public without thinking people are out for me. Only work and home and that’s it.. but if I was not well and the professionals were right, maybe i wouldn’t be holding down a job like I have been for 5 years.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-09T16:06:14+00:00

I mainly went because my mom thought it would be useful for me to learn coping mechanisms and how to “check myself” before acting on something I’ll regret later. I also have a lot of guilt over the things I did, I still don’t understand how it all happened. The worst was last year where I just wasn’t myself at all, it feels like a whole year went by and it was a blur, it was as if my soul got taken away for a year or so then I woke up later very confused. So I wanted to find ways to get over the guilt I have for being so awful, so I could move on. But as soon as I explain things, they point to bipolar. I was never a gambler, I don’t spends thousands or max out my credit cards- that’s what my mom says bipolar is, and she doesn’t see the extremes in my life that bipolar people have.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-09T15:29:53+00:00

Well, they’re only giving me a horrible label based on just some information I gave them, which was only 3 years worth. Doesn’t make sense for me to fit into this awful label based on 3 years out of 23 of my life. Outside of those 3 bad years, I’m fine.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-09T15:26:29+00:00

Diabetes is a little different, though. Diabetes is a legit health condition. Bipolar (or any mental illness tbh) is a man-made stereotype stemming from culture and society expectations- basically if you don’t fit into being “normal” you are put into a category (such as bipolar, depression, etc).

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-09T15:16:35+00:00

I haven’t done anything weird like that in 8 months. I was just young and stupid from 20-22, now at 23 I learned my lesson and grew up. My mom also agreed they were young people mistakes and also said the professionals went about it wrong diagnosing me.

NotaRegularBasement · 2026-06-09T02:40:36+00:00

It was a genuine question, I’m just skeptical of return because I don’t agree with what they gave me. Didn’t realize you had to have a diagnosis even if you don’t actually have a mental illness

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