I am. I can't believe I found a T that specializes in DID. She is the only one in my area and, I've said in another post, it's only by God's grace that I've had the money for sessions. She knows how to handle switching in session, she watches me very closely and works to prevent me from being triggered, and if we are triggered, she works with us to get stabilized and alerts us to what we might need for aftercare. She's not perfect, of course. She triggered fear in one of us pretty strongly without meaning to and we had a week of yuck, but she worked with us midweek, admitted her mistake, and frankly because of the way she handled it we can trust her more now. She never pushes us, she's not afraid of any of us (which is great because the intimidating ones won't trust anyone who is shaken by them). Biggest for us is that each one of us is equally important and worthy of her care and attention. The concerns of each of us matter to her, even when we are in conflict of the issue is stupid to one of us. Her respect for each one of us has been exactly what is teaching us to respect each other. Almost ten years ago, knowing something was deeply wrong with me but not knowing what, I cried out to God that He would heal me somehow. I don't intend to be preachy, but I would feel like a liar to talk about all these blessings and not credit God for this. It was a long wait (and I don't think I'll be done in my lifetime) but He heard me.
Do you have any parts that don't feel pain? How does this effect your system? (I have one, and many of us held bitterness toward her for some of the situations she got us into in times past because of it.)
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Crazy is what keeps me sane.
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