From the first I told every psychologist and psychiatrist immediately that I had a dissociative disorder. That should have been all I needed to say.

Most of the mental health professionals in Florida would not even consider that diagnosis. It is how they are trained in the colleges down there. Not one of them referred me to a specialist.

I have two engineering degrees so when a mental health professional disrespects me it makes me extremely mad. (Well not at first, but now it does.) All I needed was one competent mental health professional who understood the long term mental health issues an adult lives with from childhood trauma. Since 1992 I have not found one.

My life fell apart after my Dad died and left my mentally ill Mother alone. My Mom and my Brother caused my mental health issues. So Mom was a major trigger for me. I love my Mom but I could not take care of her, financially or emotionally. My career was not going well.