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Originally Posted by tigersassy
We are thinking about going back into treatment for our mental health, but I am not comfortable talking to people about us because I'm afraid what will happen. Last time one of us spoke about what was going on we got put in the stress unit of a hospital for a week and a half. Then our counselor told us he was leaving but would get us established with a new one. She wasn't very helpful and I don't think she was ever comfortable with us. Then she retired and we got left out in the rain. I want help but am so scared what the new provider will say or do. Plus I don't thinking there is anyone in the area I'm in specialized to treat DID so I don't know if the treatment will be good. Any thoughts or ideas would be greatly appreciated.
Tabby
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you can always begin therapy by addressing other problems you have and then after you have developed a client therapist relationship let the therapist know...
you dont necessarily need a treatment provider that specifically treats DID...dissociation happens with in other mental disorders too like ptsd, depression, panic/anxiety disorders and many others...
I know many people who are working with a non specialized mental health treatment provider and have healed from their DID..
here where I live and work treatment providers do not specialize in just one mental disorder. they treat all mental disorders. and even treat non mental disorder problems like stress, grief, and other non mental disorder issues..most if not all my treatment providers I have had were not specialized in one specific mental disorder. healing is possible even if you dont have a specialized treatment provider, the treatment I have had because I was DID was the same treatment I had for anxiety/panic, and other PTSD symptoms....grounding, breathing exercises, medication for anxiety/depression, trauma therapy, journaling, talk therapy.