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Originally Posted by littlemick
I'm pretty sure my h has disassociation, however he doesn't know it. For example he asked me who used his toothbrush the other morning. We're the only two in the house. I have tons of examples, but he's 57 and somehow has lived with this successfully. I try to let him know as much as I can without hitting his wall of denial. My question is, in many things he's improving, I think having a loving person (me!) in his life helps. I kind of get the gist of this having talked to a few people with D.I.D. I wonder if there is any way that he may naturally sort of integrate. He called me one day after raging an leaving the house, he had totally changed, and said he 'heard' himself starting to swear at the Duncin Donut lady. He just thinks his sugar level dropped. he said he had to sit down. Again, I wonder if things will start to pull together for him…anyone know of that happening.
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I second what volitile stated please dont try to diagnose him..
there are many different mental disorders, physical problems and even normal situations that share the same symptoms...
the DSM 5 addresses many of these issues and how DID and other dissociative disorder symptoms can be confused with many different mental disorders such as major depressive disorder, bipolar disorder, PTSD, psychotic disorders, substance/medication induced disorders, personality disorders, conversion disorders, seizure disorders, factitious disorder and malingering disorders,...
my point is only his treatment providers can say whether he has DID or not, what kinds of alters he has and how to best handle the situation..
the best thing you can do for him is to suggest to him, his seeking a diagnostic evaluation for mental issues with a psychiatrist in your off line location.
now to answer your question....if he does have DID no DID type alters do not just one day integrate..it takes years of working with treatment providers on the issues that caused the DID, working on many other issues too that is part of dissociative disorders.
again the best thing you can do for him is to suggest a diagnostic evaluation for mental disorders and then let him take it from there. to do other wise you could further traumatize him or cause other harm to him accidentally.