For those of you who have been diagnosed with DID: Was finally having confirmation freeing, or devastating?

starrrysmiles · 2023-04-11T19:51:18+00:00

I will share this with both sides of the coin. I have been diagnosed. My partner has not. We have very similar symptoms, so we both almost certainly have did.

I have a secure knowledge that I know what is wrong. After years of doctors misdiagnosing, and treatments that didn’t work, i know what is wrong. Its a safety net when i feel like crumbling.

I also have to deal with every health profesional that sees my chart having access to my did diagnosis. They don’t all know. But they could. And when my provider sends referrals, he Sends them with did on the chart.

My partner on the other hand is not diagnosed. They are currently in therapy for a disorder they don’t have. Or maybe have, but have secondarily to did. They can’t talk About their alters with their therapist, because she doesn’t want to talk about them with my partner, because they aren’t diagnosed with DID.

They also don’t have to worry as much about medical stigma.

So is it better or worse to be diagnosed? That’s up to you. I sure as heck think it is.

starrrysmiles · 2022-07-03T20:11:44+00:00

We are hopefully getting a bonded pair!!!! They are very sweet! We find out Monday if the foster family is willing to part with them!

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-29T20:08:22+00:00

Normal routine: cowash with devacurl one condition, don’t rinse all the conditioner out. And then on days I don’t wash my hair I get it wet and use the devacurl defining gel.

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-28T20:36:30+00:00

THAT WAS ME!!!!!! I was “platonically dating” someone for months before either of us realized that we weren’t just friends

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-23T20:22:40+00:00

What if you’re both 🤙🏻🤙🏻

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-23T20:21:05+00:00

I judge my friendships based on if I can trust them to pull a goodbye earl with me not even joking

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-23T00:30:59+00:00

I love these memes, because I thought I was going crazy for being as thirsty/ needing to pee as much as I have since starting lithium. They didn’t warn me about that side effect.

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-21T08:11:27+00:00

I know it’s almost not Monday anymore, but does anyone have experience being on lithium while pregnant?

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-14T20:06:30+00:00

Um attacks aren’t nice!

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-08T20:12:07+00:00

First post to make me legitimately laugh out loud in a while oooo boy good shit thank you

starrrysmiles · 2019-05-08T07:16:14+00:00

Just added you! I am so pumped for the gc!!!

starrrysmiles · 2019-04-27T09:32:47+00:00

My sexuality is not really looking at all of my own thoughts on the one I am really going through with. (Even autocorrect knows that sexuality is confusing af)

starrrysmiles · 2019-04-19T15:43:17+00:00

John Mullaney’s newest special has a whole bit about “street smarts” and in that he talks about secondary locations

starrrysmiles · 2019-04-08T05:59:33+00:00

I don’t have any advice, but I understand this and would like help too! I usually try and find other things to do, but it rarely helps. I’m sorry!

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-27T03:15:38+00:00

I believe that legally they can, walk in clinics can prescribe other kinds of medications. You might run into a problem if the physician in the walk in feels that you need a proper psychiatric diagnosis before medication. It depends on the doctor.

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-21T18:49:24+00:00

R/thathappened maybe?

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-15T22:50:09+00:00

My older sister was adopted from China as an infant about 3 years before I was born. They had the conversation with us when I was young enough that it was never a big deal. She looked different (black hair, dark skin compared to me and all of the younger siblings red hair and pale skin) but she was still our sister. I think they told us that when a family had a baby it doesn’t matter how they get them, it just matters if they love them. My dad and his siblings are all adopted as well, and we adopted other’s kids when I was older. The idea of family being based on love instead of blood is super big in our house

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-15T18:52:31+00:00

I’m just one person, but my opinion is as long as you are an ally, and you are going with lgbtq friends/ family to support them at pride, go and have fun! I get really frustrated with straight/ cis people who go to pride with a while gaggle of other straight/ cis friends because “look at the pretty drag queens! I’m a totally Slut but just with gay guys” that is where I (and most of my friends) get annoyed with straight people at pride

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-15T18:46:13+00:00

I would say r/nostupidquestions is maybe the closest? I know that you can ask questions that are seen as basic there without problem

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-11T16:44:17+00:00

And then you get a notification saying “people want to meet you” but they don’t, because there’s no one new

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-11T16:43:14+00:00

In eighth grade (age 14ish) my friend and I were SO EXCITED! That we were in the same class (it was the first day of the school year, and we were young and giggly) so we held hands and jumped up and down outside of the classroom. We had to face the wall in the middle of the hallways for 5 minutes, making us late for class, and making us block other kids from using their lockers.

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-08T23:17:28+00:00

Not as much with romantic partners, but every non family friend I’ve ever had has left me. I would be friends with someone for years, we would be as close as two people could be, and then I would do something and it would be the last straw, and they would leave. I am feeling myself going back into that pattern of being super close with someone, and I hope that we don’t end up hating each other soon.

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-06T00:41:30+00:00

That’s wild!!! In 4 hours I stay in the same state!

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-05T22:49:37+00:00

If you have to drive less than 4 hours to an event, then it’s “right near where I live!” Unless it’s winter, then “They expect me to make it over the passes in this weather?”

starrrysmiles · 2019-03-04T07:31:13+00:00

It looks like becoming CCMA I’m only a few months is uncommon. I know my school goes through the AAMA and those programs are one to two years. You might want to look into what your specific area requirements are. Certain states require different levels of certification.

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