hi tigger and welcome

I would ask my therapist if she could be more clear about the dissociative disorder and the diagnosis. There are several dissociative disorders, with dissociative identity disorder (formerly known as multiple personality disorder) being just one of them. Ask her if she could give you any information that you could take home and review to attempt to understand more about what it is she feels you're dealing with. That was helpful to me.

those of us who live with this are creative, intelligent people who used our skills in this world to try to make it work for us in the best ways that we could.

again, welcome. say more when you're ready.

KD