How to Use Your Diagnosis (Without It Using You) | Being Well Podcast
Receiving a diagnosis can be emotionally challenging, and leave a person with a lot of understandable questions: What does this mean? What do I do now? How do I relate to this? On this episode of Being Well Dr. Rick Hanson and I explore what a diagnosis is, how the diagnostic process works, the limitations of diagnosing someone, dealing with the emotions that come up, and how we can better think about and relate to receiving a diagnosis. Throughout the conversation we focus on how we can come to understand ourselves better, and be liberated by that understanding rather than burdened by it. As a note, ADHD is used frequently during this conversation as an example, so if you have an ADHD diagnosis this episode could be particularly interesting. Key Topics: 0:00 Introduction 2:55 What is a diagnosis, and what is the process used to give a diagnosis? 6:50 What is the purpose of diagnosing someone? 9:10 Situating what defines pathology within our evolutionary and cultural context 11:50 Origins of mental health conditions, social environment, and privilege 14:55 How diagnosis done, and differentiating between different diagnoses 25:40 More discussion on environmental and cultural effects 32:00 Three subtypes of ADHD 34:05 The emotional complexity of receiving a diagnosis 39:15 What helps people in working through the emotions that come up? 47:25 Paying attention to your emotional experience as much as solving your problem. 50:55 Mental health awareness, resources, and support from others 52:25 Rick’s response when someone is given a diagnosis 1:00:40 Recap Subscribe to Being Well on: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5d87ZU1... Who Am I: I'm Forrest, the co-author of Resilient (https://amzn.to/3iXLerD) and host of the Being Well Podcast (https://apple.co/38ufGG0). I'm making videos focused on simplifying psychology, mental health, and personal growth. You can follow me here: 🎤 https://apple.co/38ufGG0 🌍 https://www.forresthanson.com 📸 / f.hanson
