Myself

While I appreciate the fact that you have done much research and therapy in your own life,
it seems that in your quest for “telling the truth about DID” sensitivity and regard for others who may not be in a place for hearing “your truth” has been laid aside. The blunt and lack of feeling way things are stated, along with the “this is the right way---the only way” attitude of your posts has caused severe anxiety in my system.

Your post on integration has upset a delicate balance of trust and faith in our T and in a professional friend who has worked with DID for over 40 + yrs. (who disagrees with a lot of what you say). The statement that upset us is the following:

When talking about integration, without using the word Professionals say “….we are not going to worry about integration you can decide if you want to do that later on down the road. and then they use wording like "lets get all the parts working together. The way we do this is through communication and sharing information, I want you to start keeping a journal and when you are dissociated see if you can write in that journal or other journals, start writing notes to your other parts of yourself and see if you get answers back."

This statement, which are things my T has said to me, imply that I am being “tricked, lied to and having something going on that is underhanded and not upfront.” Perhaps for you this was not upsetting, but it is to me.

Curiosity had caused me to read your post on integration---I do regret that. Now I have to deal with the consequences of that curiosity.

White_Iris