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<blockquote data-quote="Hound dog" data-source="post: 487028" data-attributes="member: 84"><p>I ditto witz on this one. While it's very good he wants to learn, knowledge without guidance in this area may not be a good thing........especially given his issues and his current state of mind. </p><p></p><p>Some folks can sit and read the info and are constantly doing an "omg that's me!" because well, we all know how many behaviors and symptoms overlap ect, and while some people can maybe handle that and keep reading or ask the appropriate questions to get it clarified..........others literally can take the same info and go off the deep end because they're convinced that whatever horrible disorder they're reading about is them.......</p><p></p><p>It doesn't happen with just mental illness material either. I've watched many a nursing student over the years steadily convince themselves they have this or that wrong with them when they're perfectly healthy. The power of suggestion in some people is a very dangerous thing. </p><p></p><p>A better choice might be a book on how someone else struggled with and learned to cope with a certain diagnosis or some such, than the actual DSM itself. </p><p></p><p>When Nichole wanted to learn, I researched sites online that not only had the info but also people writing about different therapy and how it helped them cope and to get stable. I didn't want her just getting a bunch of facts, which if we're honest can sound pretty awful and scary to someone less experienced, and have her panic. She was already worried that there was no hope. So I found sites that would encourage hope.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hound dog, post: 487028, member: 84"] I ditto witz on this one. While it's very good he wants to learn, knowledge without guidance in this area may not be a good thing........especially given his issues and his current state of mind. Some folks can sit and read the info and are constantly doing an "omg that's me!" because well, we all know how many behaviors and symptoms overlap ect, and while some people can maybe handle that and keep reading or ask the appropriate questions to get it clarified..........others literally can take the same info and go off the deep end because they're convinced that whatever horrible disorder they're reading about is them....... It doesn't happen with just mental illness material either. I've watched many a nursing student over the years steadily convince themselves they have this or that wrong with them when they're perfectly healthy. The power of suggestion in some people is a very dangerous thing. A better choice might be a book on how someone else struggled with and learned to cope with a certain diagnosis or some such, than the actual DSM itself. When Nichole wanted to learn, I researched sites online that not only had the info but also people writing about different therapy and how it helped them cope and to get stable. I didn't want her just getting a bunch of facts, which if we're honest can sound pretty awful and scary to someone less experienced, and have her panic. She was already worried that there was no hope. So I found sites that would encourage hope. [/QUOTE]
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