Thank you Myself and WanttoHeal,
I have talked to my therapist about it. I feel very good about my T and I've made progress since seeing her. The only thing I don't like about her is her refusal to diagnose. She says everyone is on a continuum and it's impt to focus on getting better rather than any label. My other diagnosis was made by a LCSW. This frustrates me because if I don't know what I'm dealing with I can't research to find out more about it and ways to make it better. She has said I have problems with dissociation. Sometimes the incidents are very brief, like the incident with the glasses. Other times if I'm feeling real stressed it feels like I've left, and when I come back I'm not sure where I am, like with the incidents in the car. From what you have described, it seems to me mine is probably depersonalization disorder. These incidents last from just a few seconds to almost an hour in some cases, but never more than that. My T has referred me to a psychiatrist and I have been given remeron and lorazepam. I doubt she'd refer me to a psychiatrist for a diagnosis though because she doesn't beleieve that would be helpful. It makes me kind of paranoid sometimes because I'm wondering if she thinks I'm so messed up that knowing a diagnosis wouldn't be helpful for me. But I know that it would because I could research on what has helped others and try to follow in their paths. Thanks for all the information. It's taking a while for it all to sink in.
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