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Reactive Attachment Disorder
I am 18 years old and was recently diagnosed with this disorder. I have gone through intensive therapy but I was wondering if there are others on this site that are willing to share their experiences and chat with me about it so I don't feel like I'm alone in this. Please feel free to friend me or just message me. Thank you so much.
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While my dx is different, I do struggle with my own mind turning against me. I just wanted to give ya a cyber hug and check in on you.
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My name is Jeanette,
I do not have this disorder, but were you abused as a child. This I would have in common with you and may be able to help or shed some insight. My email is Jeanette923@gmail.com. Put mayo clinic in all caps so I will see it, as sometimes I may miss an email. I just looked up what you were diagnosed with and it stems from child abuse. If you would like to talk, please send me an email.
Sincerely and with love,
Jeanette
I am the guardian of a ten year old. We have been struggling with this since she moved in with me five years ago. On mothers day she broke three of my ribs. I am so frustrated that I am almost ready to just throw in the towel.
research what is called "the false self" - a life changing ah-ha moment for me, an answer to that nagging inner voice asking "what is wrong with me" !
Hey, I get that. I myself have RAD, and it was never properly treated. To be honest, I'm not really sure it has ever been treated properly. I may be female, but I actually get it.
Hi, well I am not quite sure if I have this or not. All I know is what I have been through and experienced. I have been through 6-7 years of Mental Health Therapy. The problem is that even though the therapy and the classes I took completely changed my life, I was never fully diagnosed properly. I was at first under the impression that I had Aspergers Syndrome (that couldn't be diagnosed as to being no childhood documentation), and in the mental health facility that I went to I was diagnosed with with some type of anxiety disorder. But then they started a program of different classes one could take. To Kickstart the new program they had a big event at our convention center in which you could attend sample classes of all the classes they were offering. I checked out the stress management class and the PTSD classes. I took both of the 4 month classes 3 times, getting all I could out of them. But after I finished with that facility, I knew that my diagnoses at the time was alot more than what they were knowledgeable about. I then got ahold of some diagnostic books thru the library and I learned about every aspect of PTSD. I then was under the assumption that I had Borderline DID. I believed that as a child, when I 'Split', I didn't developed an alter personality, that I just went away. I didn't come out of wherever I was until I was 22 yrs old, about 6 mos after I was raped. And it was believed that the trauma from the rape is what jarred me out of wherever I had been. I have since ran across a few other types of disorders that have so many similarities to what I have experienced, like this one that you have. I just really dont know how to go about getting my story out there or where to even start to possibly get a real accurate diagnosis to begin with.