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Edgar8
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PathStep 8 Compassion hearts26 Forum posts84 Forum upvotes118 Current upvotes118 Age GroupAdult Last activeMarch, 2022 Member sinceJune 4, 2020
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Hello I'm 23 y/o and I've Schizoaffective psychosis and PTSD. I love writing, listening to music and sloths :D

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Can I call myself disabled?
Disability Support / by Edgar8
Last post
 January 7th, 2022
...See more Hello there! Im Edgar, 23 y/o and I live in an institution for people with all kinds of disabilty, learning, physical and mentally. Im living there because I've mixed personality disorder and schizoaffective psychosis (at least my psychiatrist once told me Ive psychosis but it's not written down so Im unsure). Im also a trans man, have asthma, PTSD, chronic pain, back problems and Im sick every month (literally). Most times, I just have some sort of flu or cold but it always hits hard. Here in Germany, we have some sort of a handicap ID. A handicap ID is like an ID what tells you your grade of disablity. I don't have an ID yet I got a grade, 30%. The 30% are just from my mixed personaltiy disorder. That's probably because they didnt take my other issues serious or dont know of them because I have struggles talking to doctors. And I was wondering if I could call myself still disabled, even if I have a lower grade and am not completely diagnosed? What is needed to be allowed to call oneself disabled? Are there rules? I dont want to sound disrespectful so Im asking all of that. Every kind answer is welcomed and I would love to know more about the right description of my situtation :) Thank you for listening!
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Triggers and flashbacks
Trauma Support / by Edgar8
Last post
 December 10th, 2020
...See more Hey ho! Yesterday was a real bad mental health day and I got triggered by a just talking about protection and had a flashback of when I was 12 when "it" happened. Is that okay? Am I just looking for attention or am I just being weak for not being able to talk about these things? I feel so bad because of the flashback and that I didn't want to be triggered.... Thank you for your answers
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