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Originally Posted by likewater
Lydia, i'm sorry this happened and you felt badly. I think sometimes our providers forget to recognize what we have that is working . There are so many things going on that they cannot see and measure and document and quantify. My T keeps giving me tests when i wish she would just really, really listen. Listen with her soul. Listen deep and stop trying to categorize me. Just listen.
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Hi Likewater,
I think you have a good point. It is probably almost impossible to categorize DID. For example when I take the "Sanity Quiz" on this site I have 5 serious mental health problems and 9 minor ones. But I consider myself to be quite sane and coping relatively well.
Another experience I had was when I started dating a LCSW. I didn't know what was up and neither did he, but after almost every date he would say, "You know what? I think you have/are__________" Everytime it was something different. He thought I had ADHD, Depression, Bipolar, Schizoid Disorder, Borderline, Addictions, and even Alzheimers. The fact is, DID just doesn't fit nicely into a category because it can be all the categories at once.
I agree that the best thing a T can do is to listen. It is so difficult to connect with another human and yet it is the most important. I hope your T will listen to you more.
