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Apr 14, 2010, 12:50 AM
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Member Since: Mar 2009
Location: So Cal
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Maybe she says that she "doesn't NOT believe you" because she knows that she doesn't have the appropriate experience to diagnose dissociative disorders or pass judgments on your experience. Maybe she is trying to avoid invalidating you, but because she isn't giving you 100% validation, which it sounds like she can't, this is causing the inner turmoil and pain? 
I wouldn't want an inexperienced T diagnosing me or passing judgment on me. I would want to know that the T providing the assessment and diagnosis had the proper experience to be doing so.
Hang in there. Does it really matter what someone else calls it? Regardless of what name you give it, these are still your perceptions and experiences. A label will not take that away from you or change that. Don't get me wrong...I understand needing and wanting that validation but it's really about being comfortable in your own skin. You don't need anyone's permission to be who you are.
Try and go with the flow. I know it's hard. Get a proper eval from an experienced T. Do the testing and the interviews, then go from there. Dissociative disorders are on a continuum...within a spectrum that includes not only BPD, but PTSD as well as DDNOS and DID. Try and remember that it's not necessarily about the label as much as it is about where you fall on the spectrum. Once you and an experienced T can pinpoint where you fall, then you can work on acceptance of your diagnosis.
Good luck to you and take care. 
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