I was diagnosed through a psychiatrist who I went through a comprehensive psychological evaluation with supplemental tests for Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD is what DID used to be called back in 1989 when I was diagnosed.)

Hang in there ok. there is a saying in the therapy world - things get worse before they get better. That doesn't mean you are acutally getting worse. What that means is that the client feels like they are getting worse but in actuality they are getting better because they are no longer ingoring their problems. They can now see all the problems that have been going on all the time when they were ignoring them.

You are not alone in feeling cold. I go through the same thing as a matter of fact I spend alot of my time these days getting in and out of the bath tub because sitting in a warm - hot bath and then wrapping up in a comforter right after the bath is the only way I have found to warm me back up. Sometimes I even fill 2 liter soda bottles with hot water and place them inside the comforrter at my feet to add to the time that I stay warm.

Since your therapist says you have officially been diagnosed with DID then look around your house and see if you can find the paper with the test results on it. on the last page there is an area where the diagnostic professional writes out the recommended therapy plans and so on. That should help you in taking care of yourself and your DID.

If your therapist is saying that you are "officially diagnosed" as DID theres only one way she can do that in the USA and that is if she is a state licensed psychiatrist or state licensed psychologists with a comprehensive Psychological Evaluation with specific tests for DID like the DES, DDIS and others. This is a nation wide criteria for "offical" diagnostic procedures set down by the American Psychiatric Association ( the branch of mental health that oversees nation wide rules of ethics and rights for practicing in the field of psychiatry, psychology and therapy.

Those are the only people qualified in the USA to make "Official" diagnoses of things like DID,Schizophrenia, bipolar Disorder, Borderline personality disorder and so on.

Things like depression and PTSD can be diagnosed by a therapist and or medical doctor but for the major mental disorders like DID only a psychatrist with a comprehensive psytchological evaluation.

If you have not had the diagnostic testing then you have not been "officially" diagnosed with DID. your and or ANY therapist can say in her OPINION she THINKS you and or any client MAY have DID and treat you for it. but unless she is a licensed psychiatrist or psychiatrist and gives you a comprehensive psychological evaluation with DID testing she cannot legally officially diagnose you as being DID.

If you want the official diagnosis ask her to refer you to a psychiatrist for testing. You can find SOME of the tests and procedure for "official" diagnosis in my blog. To get there click on - Blogs at the top of the page. lately that has been bringing me right into the members blog area. then click on my most recent entry - I think the entry I wrote last night is called human behavor.

right now that first members blog page is messing up squishing everyones entries in with everyone so don't get too upset when trying to find my recent entry when the recent entries don't make senss. Just look for the title - Human Behavior or for my blog name - Me Myself and I and click on either of those.

That will bring you to my blog. Click on my letter head and that will bring up a page where along the right side you will see a bunch of links in blue. Click on - blog index and you will find all my entries in my blog. You will find my experiences with having DID, my therapy for DID and my research that I have done on my own and with the help of one of my therapists here in my blog.

The one with the diagnostic process if I remember right is called - how is DID diagnosed?.

hang in there.