Re:Married to someone with anxiety
by greenshackle2 on Saturday November 26, 2016 @01:21AM
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Cancer is not the best example here. Cancer, like anxiety or depression, is not a single disease, it's cluster of symptoms that can have a multitude of different causes.
You can tell when it's bad enough, like if there are visible tumors, but try to get 3 doctors to correctly diagnose whether a cancer is completely gone after treatment.
On the other hand, I guarantee 3 out of 3 doctors will diagnose my panic disorder as panic disorder.
I have recurrent tonsillitis, clearly a physical disease, yet 3 doctors couldn't figure out the cause.
When it comes to disease things are almost always murky, whether it's "physical" or "mental".
You can tell when it's bad enough, like if there are visible tumors, but try to get 3 doctors to correctly diagnose whether a cancer is completely gone after treatment.
On the other hand, I guarantee 3 out of 3 doctors will diagnose my panic disorder as panic disorder.
I have recurrent tonsillitis, clearly a physical disease, yet 3 doctors couldn't figure out the cause.
When it comes to disease things are almost always murky, whether it's "physical" or "mental".