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Edgar8
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PathStep 8 Compassion hearts26 Forum posts84 Forum upvotes118 Current upvotes118 Age GroupAdult Last activeMarch, 2022 Member sinceJune 4, 2020
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Hello I'm 23 y/o and I've Schizoaffective psychosis and PTSD. I love writing, listening to music and sloths :D

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Can I call myself disabled?
Disability Support / by Edgar8
Last post
 January 7th, 2022
...See more Hello there! Im Edgar, 23 y/o and I live in an institution for people with all kinds of disabilty, learning, physical and mentally. Im living there because I've mixed personality disorder and schizoaffective psychosis (at least my psychiatrist once told me Ive psychosis but it's not written down so Im unsure). Im also a trans man, have asthma, PTSD, chronic pain, back problems and Im sick every month (literally). Most times, I just have some sort of flu or cold but it always hits hard. Here in Germany, we have some sort of a handicap ID. A handicap ID is like an ID what tells you your grade of disablity. I don't have an ID yet I got a grade, 30%. The 30% are just from my mixed personaltiy disorder. That's probably because they didnt take my other issues serious or dont know of them because I have struggles talking to doctors. And I was wondering if I could call myself still disabled, even if I have a lower grade and am not completely diagnosed? What is needed to be allowed to call oneself disabled? Are there rules? I dont want to sound disrespectful so Im asking all of that. Every kind answer is welcomed and I would love to know more about the right description of my situtation :) Thank you for listening!
Mixed personality disorder + psychosis??
Personality Disorders Support / by Edgar8
Last post
 December 30th, 2021
...See more Hello there, Im Ed, a young trans man who happens to have mixed personality disorder. Im right now accpting that I have this disorder instead of BPD or something else. Its really hard for me to accept it because I dont quiet understand everything of it. And because I couldnt find a place to talk about it, I do it here. I hope thats okay and if not, please tell me and delete this post :) But lets start easy, what is mixed personality disorder: "Mixed personality disorder refers to a type of personality disorder that does not fall into the 10 recognized personality disorders. It is possible for people to have traits or symptoms of more than one personality disorder at the same time, while not meeting the criteria for any single one of them." ( https://www.verywellmind.com/personality-disorder-1067103 ) First time I got the diagnosis, this didnt make sense but now it does and Im glad it does. But there is this one thing I have struggles to understand. I dont have only symptoms of various personality disorders such as BPD or STPD or else but also psychosis. I hear voices, see things that arent there, have delusions and thinking problems (Im on meds so Im aware of that but not recovered). And I learned from somewhere that some personality disorders (BPD for example) go hand and hand with psychosis. My question is, is that true? Is it possible that I have mixed personality disorder and that my psychosis is part of that? It makes sense to me but Im still unsure... Thank you for listening ! I hope you have a lovely day and that you might can give me some answers. And if not, thats okay too :D - Ed
Always ending up at the hospital?
Safety & Knowledge at 7 Cups / by Edgar8
Last post
 May 21st, 2021
...See more First of all, hello :D I've a question I'd like to ask if that's ok. If not, please feel free to tell me so that I can be better in the future. My question is, does a su!c!de attempt always have to end up at the hospital or is it still an attempt when youre being stopped by someone else, or even yourself? Asking for myself to understand my past situations better and to have a better understanding for my friends. Have a lovely day
Triggers and flashbacks
Trauma Support / by Edgar8
Last post
 December 10th, 2020
...See more Hey ho! Yesterday was a real bad mental health day and I got triggered by a just talking about protection and had a flashback of when I was 12 when "it" happened. Is that okay? Am I just looking for attention or am I just being weak for not being able to talk about these things? I feel so bad because of the flashback and that I didn't want to be triggered.... Thank you for your answers
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