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Reactive Attachment DisorderThu, Feb 28th 2002I was recently diagnosed with RAD (Reactive Attachment Disorder) among other things. I am 19 years old, and I don't feel that I am phony or manipulative- I also have a VERY strong conscience, I just don't trust people and have some of the other symptoms. How is it diagnosed (the pdoc didn't really ask anything about my parents or childhood- his reason for diagnosing me was something like, I was distant and seemed to not want close relationships, and in all probablity he felt this stemmed from early chaos (never ASKED... I did have lots of early chaos, but considering I didn't tell him very much, I am a little perplexed- can they really just diagnose you after asking yor favourite authors, tkaing in your physical appearence and.. that's it?) He also said that due to my "dishevelled appearence" I might be at risk for psychosis (and because I talked about aliens a bit). The whole encounter struck me as odd, almost comical. So what if I mentioned aliens *once* (I drew them). They are a popular theme. Do you know how to appeal diagnoses' or how to register comments with pdoc bosses? Thank you. Also, having RAD doesn't mean a person is necessarily manipulative and lacking a conscience right? Because I am almost neurotic, I feel so much guilt... THE ANSWER TO THIS QUESTION WILL NOT BE DISPLAYED UNTIL YOU HAVE INDICATED YOUR AGREEMENT WITH THE DISCLAIMER PRINTED JUST BELOW. CLICK THE 'I AGREE' BUTTON TO AGREE TO THESE TERMS AND SEE THE RESPONSE.
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