no I was not aware i had DID until I entered college psych class where a requirement of the class was to take diagnostic evaluations and enter treatment so that those who wanted to continue on to become mental health treatment providers could experience both sides...being a client and training for being a treatment provider.

my therapist and I set many goals over the years. my goals were on what ever happened to be my problem areas at that moment.

i did not have to worry about what to get out of therapy. people enter therapy to take care of their problems. my therapy therefore was to work on what problems I was having in my life. example if I was having problems with depression thats what my therapy was about, if I was having work related problems thats what my therapy sessions were about.

no i did not work at integration like you see in all these over dramatized tv shows and movies, yes integration just happened, here in my location integration isnt like the hypnotize and have a big bang at the end of treatment,

here in my location integration like in the link is the whole process of therapy...entering therapy for a problem, taking care of that problem and through taking care of my problems I gained more stability and abilities to handle my problems with out the problems triggering me to dissociation. as I was able to handle my problem everything that was my alters naturally merged together with me as one whole person.