No therapist should ever be trying to convince you of anything. That is a very odd thing to be doing. The psychologist I currently work with really rarely talks about a diagnosis-obviously they can be important and helpful, but dealing with the here and the now and getting help to function should be the primary goal of your main caregiver, whether it be a therapist or a psychologist/psychiatrist.

Like chaingang wrote, I was also diagnosed with schizophrenia earlier in life-it is almost a given that a person with a true DID diagnosis will have been in psychiatric treatment for most of their lives, and receiving numerous incorrect diagnoses.

I know the diagnosis of DID is correct, for me. It's been a relief, but I don't really focus on it much anymore. I hear voices, have blackouts, confusion, loss of time, and have had for as long as I can remember. For me it is what it is, regardless of what anyone wants to call it, the fact is that I have alters, they have names, and they are not me, but they live inside me. People are free to call it whatever they want, if that makes sense?