Does it really matter? OCD, anxiety, it's all one
when it's in you. Doctors like to label and
catagorize things; I guess they need to for
"scientific method". But, for all that, any good
Doctor will tell you medicine is still an art as much
as a science.
My family doctor prefers not to heap too many
labels on me. When I'm bad with my nerves, he
describes it as my have a "severe loss of
confidence" in myself.
Somehow, that seems to make the thought of
recovery a bit less daunting. This will be my fifth
battle out from under panic, agoraphobia, OCD,
whatever it might be called...but , in the long run, it
will be the regaining of my self-confidence which
will ultimately cure me.
Have faith. Life is good. On the bright side, how
many people go through there entire lives taking
for granted the joyful freedom of walking down the
street, going to a movie, buying groceries. For us,
these aren't just everyday: they are precious
moments of our own strength.
I'm so glad to have found this site, and so many
wonderful people. We're special because we
think. We think too much, mind you, but it would be
so much worse to be insensitive and unfeeling
IMHO. :)
ttfn
Lauralai
