I am NOT a Sociopath! How Can I Get My Ex-Shrink Fired??

Question

I don't know if I effed up in my plan to get my shrink in trouble by completely walking out on her & making it clear that she was completely incompetent & I'd never be seeing her again.

My parents started making me visit a psychiatrist bi-weekly every since I was 14 (I guess because they were fed up with me stealing, skipping school & doing other technically "bad" things).

My aunt sat in the waiting room so that I couldn't sneak out & moreover, I assumed that if I was just upfront about everything, I wouldn't have to see her for long b/c I had "expressed myself" LOL.

WRONG. Fast forward four years, a week and a half after my 18th b-day - rather than congratulating me on sticking with this thing this far & giving ME the option to continue or not, she looked at me and told me that she thinks I suffer from Anti-Social Personality Disorder.

She then elaborated, basically calling me a sociopath.

I have never killed anybody, nor will I ever, because I don't want to go to prison (with technology & all, it's all too easy to get caught no matter how smart you are). I am definitely NOT anti-social - I have tons of friends. So, there you have it, I just PROVED that I am a normal person. I DO know that I have ADD. If I knew of all the ridiculous "disorders" that existed, I NEVER would have shared my random musings with her.

Is there a way to force her to erase this "diagnosis" off my record?? I tried asking her nicely, but she threw out the tired "denial" line. It's NOT going to look good if I have a mental illness on my medical record. What's the easiest thing they can get fired for?? I'm thinking about having someone pose as a "confidant" of the shrink & using that to accuse her of breaking the code of confidentiality.

Any other ideas?

Answer 1

Well- Learn about what worked for Courtney Love.... She was a pretty famous and well-liked sociopath.

Answer 2

"She then elaborated, basically calling me a sociopath."

She did call you a sociopath. That's what antisocial personality disorder is, sociopathy. It just has a new name, much like everything else in the politically correct world.

Being a sociopath does not mean you will kill, rape, kidnap, or attack other people. It does not even mean you will be in trouble with the law.

Having antisocial personality disorder doesn't mean you're actually "antisocial" either. The name is misleading. It doesn't mean you hide away in your room and have no friends. It means that you are antisocial in your behaviour when around others. You don't particularly care about them, you aren't concerned with what happens to them, etc.

People with APD can have plenty of friends, be married, have kids, and seem very likeable. It's the behaviour and thinking behind that false front that makes them antisocial.

The fact that you're trying to destroy the person's career over this lends credibility to the diagnosis.

If you're truly wanting to get this off your record, the best way to go about doing so would be to prove her wrong through actions, and get a second opinion.

Look at the symptoms of someone with antisocial personality disorder and avoid doing the types of things that are on the list. Go to a different psychiatrist and seek a second opinion, but don't reveal everything like you did with her. All she did was her job - she took the information you gave her and used it to diagnose you with what she thinks you have. Go to a new shrink, only this time don't give them what they need to diagnose you.

If you don't want to do that, I still think you should avoid your plan of having someone pose as a confidant. It wouldn't work, and would just come down on you and reinforce the diagnosis.

I could give you some ideas of how to get her fired, but I don't particularly want to do that. You don't want to kill someone because you don't want to be caught and go to jail, but what makes you think it would be different if you lied to get her fired?

You'd be going after her for malpractice, since she would have allegedly betrayed patient confidentiality. If you had to make a statement on this, that would be perjury. That can get you several years in prison if discovered. It would also allow your psychiatrist to sue you for emotional distress, her legal costs, loss of reputation, etc.

If anyone gave you any ideas and you went ahead and acted on them, we'd be party to your actions.

The best way to handle this is to get a second opinion who removes the diagnosis claiming it was baseless.

If in the end you cannot get it off your records, it's not nearly as bad as you are thinking. I myself was diagnosed with APD a while ago. I've never killed anyone or been arrested. I don't have to tell people about my diagnosis so very few who actually know me, know what I am.

Employers will only get that information if you authorize it. The records aren't public, and if they are ever made public you can sue for that happening.

Answer 3

I don't mean to be rude but the fact that you want to ruin her career over this doesn't help your case. I'm afraid I'm not going to help you do so.