If your therapist thinks that you have DID then, It's a fair guess that you probably do and furthermore a lot of the stuff you describe going through sounds very much like DID. Be careful though trying to get others to validate your condition. There are a lot of people here who are caring and helpful but, there are a few who will be all up in your face, trying to question whether or not you really do just because you may not have some of the more common or extreme symptoms. I have some of the same symptoms that you describe but, no official diagnosis so I removed that from my profile and don't talk about it much. I've also stopped saying "alter" or "alters" much and now call what I'm experiencing "states". Anyway if your T says you have DID then, I would think it would make sense that it be reflected in all of your records of diagnosis. To me that just makes sense. As for your family giving you a hard time about being mentally ill, I went through that with my Dad and Step Mother over my OCD and the meds that I take for it and they wouldn't acknowledge my predicament either. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Some day they will realize that they were wrong or something similar may even happen to one of them and then, they will know how it felt to be like you.
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