No, I didn't think you were argumentative at all. I see your point.

Another book I really like is "Stranger in the Mirror" by Steinberg. It has a lot of very uselful info on the entire continuum of dissociative experiences/behaviors.

I think therapists are unlikely to dx dissociative disorders -- at least in my experience. They will tend to charge ins as "PTSD" or "depression" -- which I think leads to the conintuing misperception that Dissociative Disorders are "rare".

Not that the original poster of the thread has one.... not saying that... it's just that the way diagnosis happens, tends to exclude dissociation as "disorders" vs symptoms. Anyway... that's where I was coming from... didn't mean to pathologize or scare anyone!

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