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[–] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Ironically, it was pretty much the opposite of my experience. My diagnosis was the first time I've ever felt fundamentally broken in a way that can't be fixed, because I'd spent my life believing that if I got serious about it, I could do the things. It made me realise that it doesn't matter how serious I get, it's not going away.

But with time, even though that's still true, the scale to which I was catastrophying it was over blown.

[–] Hansae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

I had a similar experience when I got diagnosed, wound up drinking quite heavily for a while immediately after it.

[–] Phantaminum@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 weeks ago

Sorry to hear that, for me accepting the fact that those expectations are not real has helped a lot. But still it feels awful!