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Old Oct 24, 2015, 07:59 AM
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I've started seeing a new therapist because the one dealing with my anxiety doesn't deal with possible DID.

Let me give you some background, I've had voices in my head for the last 45 years, I've never told any therapist about them in the past. I was afraid they'd lock me up and throw away the key. We had a boy down the street when I was little that was diagnosed with schizophrenia, everyone said he heard voices. They locked him up so I learned quickly to keep my mouth shut about the voices.
As I got older more and more voices joined the noise in my head, and I kept a watchful eye on any of them telling me to do bad things.. Seemed like they were all pretty much on the same key, to keep me safe. As time went on I realized I was missing more and more time within the day and friends would be asking me why I was acting so strange the last time we were together..

Skip ahead 40 years, and I was in a relationship with someone that at the time I didn't know had dealt with DID personally. She saw the signs in me I suppose and she was able to make contact with a bunch of the voices and without my knowing, I think she was able to integrate a few of the lesser shall we say voices.. 2 of them I'm guessing after doing some reading were resistant to this and remain to this day. When she finally told me what was going on I accused her of drugging me or something that it couldn't be true.

Skip ahead to 4 months ago, I've been having a hard time dealing with things. I've been my mothers care giver for the last 21 years and I am totally burnt, feeling like a failure that I can't even talk civilly to her. And the fact that I'm stuck here in her house till I find a way to move out. I went camping in July with the intention of not coming back, I sat the first night and tried to talk to the voices in my head telling them what I was planning on doing. It seemed like all hell broke loose and one of them took over and I woke up the next morning to complete silence in my head, I'd never experienced that before. I ended up coming home earlier than I was supposed to. I was pretty freaked by the silence, and called my therapist and we had an emergency session. For the first time in my life I had to look someone in the eye and tell them, I've been hearing voices almost my whole life, and they left me. I'm totally alone in a world I already feel alone in. I flat out told him I don't believe I'm DID, which in many cases I still feel is true. To me it's like having imaginary friends.

So what I'm asking I guess does this sound like anyone else's story?
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Thanks for this!
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