T3 has told me that she dissociates, but not like me. The implication was that I dissociate to a greater degree than she ever has.

T1 has shared a couple of insights from past therapy, and has said that depression runs in his family. But he has never said he was clinically depressed.

I don't think I would ask, but I don't ask many questions about my ts.

My ex-PDoc shared quite openly that he is in recovery from alcoholism. That was helpful to me, we have about the same number of years of sobriety. It was helpful when he wanted me to take Xanax-I was pretty surprised that he wanted me on it and pretty resistant. Knowing that he understood addiction both from personal experience as well as that being his psychiatric specialty made it possible for him to convince me to take the Xanax.