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Originally Posted by amandalouise
yea some places out side the USA call DID by other names than we have here in the USA, here we dont have to take classes in .. structural dissociation... because we dont have a poly fragmented system for DID now. here all alters are viewed as equal and complete regardless of how they came into being, whether they branched off from another alter or from the body born and all those other issues that other countries outside the USA go by.
it would actually be harder for me to grasp the concept of structural dissociation because that concept isnt used here in my location. If I was talking in those terms and ways that are taught in that model my therapists and psychiatrists would end up misdiagnosing me. especially if I used the the terms that are taught in that concept. example the term tertiary in my location means from the times of the dinosaurs.
since 2013, and the change over to the new system here in the USA, if I now used that term in relation to my dissociation my treatment providers would think I was psychotic/ out of touch with reality. see what I mean... its best to go according to ones own location. with things like this.
for those with in the USA here is what EMDR is in the USA...
What is EMDR? | EMDR Institute ? EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING THERAPY
and this is what the USA treatment providers go through in learning how to use EMDR with their clients here
US Basic Training Overview | EMDR Institute ? EYE MOVEMENT DESENSITIZATION AND REPROCESSING THERAPY
Im glad though that you and your location have finally found a therapy approach that works for you based on your own treatment plan and locations standards. |
We call it DID here too. They didn't refer to DID in the website though - they just talked about structural dissociation - which is a theory, and not a diagnostic term. So it isn't that they call DID something different. Its name is DID and the theory behind it is structural dissociation. And it isn't really about polyfragmentation at all.
You say it would be hard for you to grasp the concept of structural dissociation, but you're a pretty intelligent person and I think you'll get it. It shouldn't take you too long.
I am horrified to think that your therapist and psychiatrist would misdiagnose you if you used words that relate to the theory of structural dissociation! That would be a
gross misinterpretation of the DSM-V to misdiagnose a person based on their choice of vocabulary. Unless you're talking about Tourette's syndrome, of course. That could be different. But if any treatment provider tried to misdiagnose me for using words like 'tertiary' or 'dissociation' I can assure you I would be firing them for incompetence. For a treatment provider to think a person was psychotic because of a word they used in a rational and reasonable conversation is absolutely unfathomable.