There are good and bad psychiatrists. I met with one a couple years back who seemed to think I was bipolar based on a comment I made about my mood being volatile, and she just rattled off a list of questions like she had just read the wikipedia page on bipolar disorder or something. I didn't go back. But then again, my current therapist is incredibly helpful to me.
It's your choice really, but if I were you I'd try to find a different doctor to talk about this stuff with. You should know that they have no right to place you in a mental institution against your will unless you are suicidal or wish to harm others. That doctor had to have been joking.
You don't have to care about diagnoses (I don't either), but you don't want to go through life with personality traits that could seriously damage your relationships with people or your own happiness.
Well, I'm not going to be specific, but I have done quite a few criminal activities that have and could of put others in severe danger.
I have a feeling that if I was to get a proper examination that I could be seen as a danger or unstable, I completely doubt that I'm unstable but I realize how much I might look it if I was to "open up".
All in all, I doubt I'll ever intentionally get examined for a personality dissorder, it might mess up my future and future job opportunities.
Is it normal that I lack any empathy for people?
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There are good and bad psychiatrists. I met with one a couple years back who seemed to think I was bipolar based on a comment I made about my mood being volatile, and she just rattled off a list of questions like she had just read the wikipedia page on bipolar disorder or something. I didn't go back. But then again, my current therapist is incredibly helpful to me.
It's your choice really, but if I were you I'd try to find a different doctor to talk about this stuff with. You should know that they have no right to place you in a mental institution against your will unless you are suicidal or wish to harm others. That doctor had to have been joking.
You don't have to care about diagnoses (I don't either), but you don't want to go through life with personality traits that could seriously damage your relationships with people or your own happiness.
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Well, I'm not going to be specific, but I have done quite a few criminal activities that have and could of put others in severe danger.
I have a feeling that if I was to get a proper examination that I could be seen as a danger or unstable, I completely doubt that I'm unstable but I realize how much I might look it if I was to "open up".
All in all, I doubt I'll ever intentionally get examined for a personality dissorder, it might mess up my future and future job opportunities.
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Well that's fine. I'd still try to find a good psychiatrist if I was you, but like I said it's your choice.