If you search for peace, and find it....you will notice that you have no use for the depression and anxiety. I hung onto mine for many years, fearful to release my identity. But the identity was so painful...it pushed me to go on a personal journey to seek peace. This was not easy WHATSOEVER. It came in little moments. But I took what I could get. Eventually I worked harder and the peace grew..now I she'd my personal label of depression, and have a new label...peace. I still get depressed...but it doesn't define who I am. Who I am is love...peace is love..and so forth. I like my new label. It feels good. I don't walk around thinking I'm a sick person all the time, and that there must be limits on what I can accomplish,...because sick people can only do so much. Today, if I can imagine it,...I can do it. Because I am peace.

@A MyDepressionTeam Member.I think even tho our illnesses are awful to deal with, there’s safety and comfort in the what we know. I’m surprised at your therapists reaction.
I think that all of us have symptoms of more than one diagnosis.

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It sure does, @A MyDepressionTeam Member, you just typed what i feel like all of the time! My husband once asked me, do you know who you are without your medications? I had to say no, but i know one thing, i cannot stop them, I will run right into a brick wall without them, i would meltdown. I think it's normal to feel "crazy", I have self doubt all of the time. Hugs to you, Kaye.

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Probably time to find a new therapist. Our illnesses are part of our identities, and any change to our health impacts who we are. Mental illnesses are special in that they are largely diagnosed based on symptoms the majority of people don't have. Especially personality disorders. Treating some mental illnesses is in fact admitting that something in your personality or behavior is not right, so you try to change it.

being diagnosed with OCD or not doesnt mean you cant have symptoms of it. If the thoughts are about food it may be linked to eating disorder. I have both but my eating disorder feels like a symptom of OCD if that makes sense.

I fully understand not wanting it gone.