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Originally Posted by RubyRae
I personally have never heard that CPTSD is an 'umbrella diagnosis' or a 'one size fits all' disorder.
I do know that some can have alters as a part of their disorder without it being DID or OSDD.Or personality issues without it being BPD.I think each person can have different issues they struggle with.
I experienced dissociation,which can be a part of it too.I don't have different identies though.
It's my understanding that usually if one has DID Bipolar OSDD,whatever,then they would be a seperate diagnosis rather than lumped together under CPTSD.
I'm not quite sure what you ate asking though.I did try to understand when you asked in another thread.
Have ypu been told that you have DID and BPD? Or just CPTSD?Have you asked your treatment providers why they haven't given an additional or a separate diagnosis?Or why they are using CPTSD as the 'umbrella' dx?Is it that they feel if they treat your CPTSD it will take care of all your problems?I think treatment would most likely be different for different disorders wouldn't they?IDK,maybe you should ask all these questions so you can understand better.
I have PTSD(cptsd but my T said since it's not in the DSM my official dx is PTSD)The derealization and depersonization were considered part of the disorder but not
severe enough to meet a separate dissociative disorder diagnosis.
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I do understand that normal people can have different parts of themselves, as known as sub-personalities, in my case, I do believe I at least have OSDD, because the split personalities that we have got are in response to trauma and we communicate inside too. There is no sense of self in us, we always change.
As to the severity of depersonalisation-derealisation, in what I have obtained information from the professionals, my psychiatrist and psychologist, they told me that C-PTSD is already inclusive of depersonalisation-derealisation. If it is included, then it means that the person is already severe enough to have it into a diagnosis, C-PTSD is a diagnosis too actually. And, it depends on frequency of depersonalisation, since normal people also have it, but since again, in my case, it is trauma based, and it was as frequent as many years on a daily basis, I have been formally diagnosed of C-PTSD, that consists of the 7 domains, as you can see above with one of the section, is already INCLUSIVE of depersonalisation.
I get where you are coming from...I think I do recall that my doctor has told me that must be a purpose for a diagnosis to be done, for instance, for applying for disability pension in my case. He did told me that the primary diagnosis is C-PTSD, he said that if I am diagnosed with DID or other disorders, it has to be matter to me much more than C-PTSD. If I get DID or BPD or other personality disorders, my psychiatrist has told me that I would not get C-PTSD and would get solely one of those personality disorders instead as primary.