
So I'm actually just a teen here, I'm just curious.So I've been doing a load of research lately on my new interest (phycology and mental disorders) and reading through the DSM-5 (diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders) and some websites, I discovered I may have up to 6 mental disorders (but not severe because otherwise I would have discovered them earlier). I then spent several hours researching each one of them because the idea of have 6 mental disorders sounded kinda crazy, but to my surprise, I only becane more sure.Then one day I decided to start slow and tell my parents that I probably had high-functioning OCD. I was really surprised by their reaction.They basically just said "No definetly not" and started laughing in my face (they don't even know the common symptoms of ocd, they just know the checking doors too much and perfectionism parts) , they didn't even ask why I thought that. So I started explaining why I thought that, and they completely ignored me.Since then they've constantly been lecturing me on how labeling yourself is bad unless god has told you that you are that (our family is christian) and have stopped me reading the DSM-5 because they seem to think that the authors are planting unchristian views in my head (althought the book is basically just a bunch of symptom lists, decriptions, and co-morbidities).But like... ITS A LITTERAL MENTAL DISORDER and they're treating it as some kind of joke!? Its like cancer, you cant just refuse to acknowledge that you have it because god didn't say so, you still have cancer and if you don't do anything about it you'll probably die.Also if you're wondering why they have the anti-labeling view its because in the bible it says that what ever you say will probably come true (bad things included) and to some extent i've actually seen it happening.But notice how "I have ocd" is NOW and could even end next second, and is quite different from "I will always have ocd"What are your thoughts on this and do you have any advice?Thanks, enjoy your day! via /r/Parenting https://ift.tt/3y4ShGA
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