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How much does a diagnosis matter? | The therapist is in
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How much does a diagnosis matter? | The therapist is in

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Therapist Jordan Alam writes that it took time — and a better understanding of how trauma works — before a labeled diagnosis was useful to them in their own life.

I never wanted to know my diagnosis when I began long-term therapy. I knew what topics I wanted to talk about and which events I learned to call traumas, and certainly had suspicions about their impact on me. But the label itself felt irrelevant. My ... [4871 chars]

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Source: The Seattle Times

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