u/AccessNo9472

i want to preface this with saying i don’t have a bipolar diagnosis, and it is way too complicated to explain my diagnosis because I’m still in highschool / under 18. (i meet criteria/ don’t meet + overly meet—so i have something labeled “bipolar-like disorder” because i experience mixed, hypomanic and depressive episodes but the episodes vary on lengths so it’s too complicated of a case for right now)

i just recently got diagnosed with endometriosis through a surgery, and was talking to my psychiatrist. she looked me dead in the eye and said: “maybe you don’t have that diagnosis and it was really your endometriosis, i want to monitor that”. and now i feel like i’m living a lie! it seemed like i finally got an answer to my mental struggles and they’re just pulling it away.

i feel like i’m an imposter in my own body—like what if everything was like? what if i don’t have MDD or BP?? i really now don’t know what to do. i look back and think “oh, i was totally in a manic episode there”, and now i’m convinced it’s all in my head.

i don’t know what to do, please help me.

I live in MA with a redfoot, and any bostonian knows that springs is a great and AWFUL time. my redfoot, rosie, LOVES dandelions. i live at home with my parents and little brother + dog, and we have NEVER used pesticides for our garden/ yard—until this year, so i never double checked. if we did use pesticides—they were always wildlife friendly and mostly herbal. my family did NOT tell me that they switched to chemical pesticides, causing me to almost poison my redfoot with a dandelion.

i picked a wild dandelion from our yard to top her food and she was about to take a bite of the flower when my father suddenly came in talking about the pesticides.

I had to pull the dandelion away from her immediately because why tf would i let my tort eat a chemical flower?? i immediately started yelling (more like harshly talking), asking why they didn’t tell me (because that would be VERY useful to know), and told them that they could’ve caused my redfoot extreme pain and put her at dire risk. i also mentioned the fact we have a dog that enjoys eating the grass—and they yelled at me, saying that the safety of my pet cannot dictate their life.

AITAH? Tortoise owners, what do i do now?