Yeah, but the criteria are super vague. I too meet all of them, and I’m not even surprised; that’s usual for most personality disorders. I think the diagnosis criteria are just trying to point in the vague direction of a cluster so that people with experience with it (psychiatrists or patients, for example) may recognize it.
Edit to add: I’m not criticizing self-diagnosis. I’m criticizing diagnosis on the basis of DSM criteria alone, as opposed to comparison with other people with the disorder.
Upvoted for making an extremely valid point. I begrudgingly have to admit the possibility that I personally engaged in gross acts of confirmation bias and that all the evidence I have to support my argument is invalid. I’m not quite sure where that leaves me.....
Yeah, but the criteria are super vague. I too meet all of them, and I’m not even surprised; that’s usual for most personality disorders. I think the diagnosis criteria are just trying to point in the vague direction of a cluster so that people with experience with it (psychiatrists or patients, for example) may recognize it.
Edit to add: I’m not criticizing self-diagnosis. I’m criticizing diagnosis on the basis of DSM criteria alone, as opposed to comparison with other people with the disorder.
Upvoted for making an extremely valid point. I begrudgingly have to admit the possibility that I personally engaged in gross acts of confirmation bias and that all the evidence I have to support my argument is invalid. I’m not quite sure where that leaves me.....
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