I do believe that a diagnosis is not the most important thing, but the symptoms that are treated receiving the correct course of treatment. I had an intake today and talked a lot about my past. I couldn't finish everything, but I tried to tie my past into my distress I feel now. For example, dysfunctional family events that were unhealthy and lowkey traumatizing and how I feel more suicidal, self harm a lot, and cant control my emotions. I didn't get to talk about my relationship troubles, but I did get to say that relationships are why I am entering therapy to get help for. The intake couldn't go overtime, of course. The last intake I had was at a place I didn't get to get help at for very long. Bad weather happened earlier this year, and once weather hindered me from returning there, I just didn't reschedule to come back lol. But I was diagnosed with bpd after pretty much describing the same issues then I did at this new place I've entered. Suggested dbt once again.

 But this new place diagnosed me with ptsd instead. I said the same things that garnered a bpd diagnosis. The same exact issues. Why was I diagnosed with ptsd? Is it because of insurance? I don't feel traumatized enough. I don't have nightmares, but I do feel the term "emotional flashbacks" resonates more than the criteria of flashbacks for ptsd, which I believe emotional based flashbacks are more of a complex ptsd issue. Though complex ptsd specifically was not discussed. I'm not sure how I even meet the criteria for general ptsd though. But I'm getting into intensive therapy with a DBT therapist and a DBT group. That matters a lot to me, because it's the actual treatment I'm supposed to be doing.

 I have to wait a month, should I fret about this ptsd diagnosis to this DBT therapist I'm going to have or should I just not care since I'm still entering the correct treatment course for bpd? I didn't have time to talk about the bpd diagnosis I received from the other place is the thing as well.