yes that is what you and I end up having to do when it comes to all my posts / threads, sometimes it is best to "agree to disagree" in order to keep a thread on topic. thanks for the reminder and helping me to get this thread back on topic.

my location and the purpose of this thread is to go according to the actual American Psychiatric Associations definition (which is what my location goes by) for what reality testing is.

it is ok if other locations go by a different definition. but I would love to keep this thread on track of what its meant to be..... help to understand what the dissociative diagnostics are for those that..... do......... go by the same diagnostics and standards that my location does.

for those that go by a different definition/diagnostics standard you will need to contact your own treatment providers who can tell you what reality testing is in your own locations and how it pertains directly to your own problems.