It helps me because I get scared and confused when I don't know what is going on with me, like when I kept getting so tired all the time and crying all the time. I never knew there was such a thing called depression. I just thought I was going nuts when I still could not shake being so sad a year after a relative died. It was only after I went to a doctor and he explained to me what depression was and what kinds of things can cause a person to sink into it. then gave me the medicine to take and I felt much better. The same way with my having DID. Before I knew what it was called a friend and I were talking about our memories of being kids. she remembered things that we did together and I didnt remember anything at all. I thought I was just strange and crazy because all my friends could remember what they did every day but I couldnt, Why couldnt I remember names and places and doing things with her when I was a kid. I had to be crazy to forget going to an amusement park or camping and all that other stuff we used to do. But now after being diagnosed with having DID and my psychiatrist and t herapist telling me what DID is and what treatment stuff I need to do I don't feel so nuts and alone anymore and Im getting better.