I agree with what Luce said.For one thing,therapy is supposed to be a safe place to say and ask anything you want and nobody should have to worry that anything they say or ask will cause them to be labeled as having ficticious disorder.Just because someone asks or says something doesn't mean they're malingering.I think if I was a professional I would be more apt to throw the label on someone that is well rehearsed on the newest terms,standards and manuals because the average person normally doesn't know those things.The average person isn't really expected to anyway,that's the professionals job.

For another thing,any professional worth their weight will listen to what you say or ask without making an immediate judgment,and as Luce said,say tell me more about that,not immediately think aha,they're faking.That sounds ridiculous for a professional to do and I agree that they should have their license revoked if they do.

Also,I did do that,I told my T a few years ago I thought I had structural dissociation.I didn't know what it was and hadn't heard of it but one of my insiders told me about it.What he did was got on his computer and searched for it,talked a little about it and then sent the info to my email while I was sitting there for me to read later.He did that because I was talking about it,I brought it up.It didn't change my diagnosis or anything.

And I want to comment on mindfulness and meditation too.Mindfulness is helpful,just being aware of what you are doing at any given time,noticing things in the present,etc.But meditation can sometimes cause dissociation and why for awhile my T suggested I don't do it.