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Originally Posted by lema56
What bothered me was how he told me that I was coming off as argumentative, whether or not I actually said what I was saying to him, to others, or if I said it to others in my mind. That caught me off guard, and I didn't understand why he would say that. He asked me a question that I tried to explain to him about my rsd. Then he kind of made fun of how I guard my hand, saying that I looked like I was praising god. Really?? He is the last person that I would've thought that would make fun of me how kids at my school did. -_-. Then, there were some things I just didn't want to talk about, and it bothered me terribly; including all of this.
Do you have rsd? If so, where, and how bad is it?
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It's really hard for people to understand RSD since we don't understand it ourselves. Many people are of the opinion that disease is earned or in the mind and if any disease appears to be just in the head this one must be it. When I was healthy I was like like this through ignorance and a little lack of concern. There are still a lot of people in the medical and psychiatric professions who think most disease is all in the head. They only consider a disease real if they can cure it.
I talked to a few psychologists and "social workers" when first diagnosed and they had some excellent suggestions. Not all of them worked but they were very aware of the condition and treatments. Probably some people are much more likely to be helped by talk than others and this might especially apply to people who don't ponder their situation before or after contracting the disease. Part of dealing with this is coming to accept it and I'm sure they helped me with this a little. Maybe you need someone more familiar with this disease to talk to but be sure this one can't help before dumping him.
A lot of us have short fuses and are edgy and he might just be picking up on this. Try explaining that it's hard dealing with pain and all the other symptoms so sometimes you might be a little quick to anger.