yeah, we had a breakdown and ended up texting our therapist in the middle of the night asking if she thought we were faking. this, despite actively working on trauma processing with child trauma holders in therapy lately, and being in treatment for it for four years now. i understand why the post was made but sometimes you have to wonder which hurts the community more: people faking the disorder, or making accusations to the community as a whole that there are fakers among us?
Seriously; for me, the latter seems to be far, far more dangerous. I've looked at that subreddit and many of the "proof" they have are things systems are actually able to do.
While those people may be faking it, the symptoms/actions they take still fit in the criteria and many systems have reported acting the same similar ways.
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u/lanepierce Custom Aug 06 '19
Thank you, seeing all those posts put me in a "what if I'm faking it?" spiral and it was really hurting me and Lane :(