Life is complicated. Because my father was a Medical Doctor, I lived in an upper middle class house. He basically paid for my college and living expenses while I attended college. So I was not under extreme stress during those years. I now know that I was switching all during college. I have had some recovered memories. I never developed close friends in college. That should have been a hint that I was mentally ill but it did not register with me. So my dissociative disorder did not stop me from graduating. I have two bachelor degrees in engineering.

Having said that, my dissociative disorder kept me from having close relationships. That is a type of disability and it will lead to eventual breakdown if help is not gotten. You cannot maintain a job if you cannot develop and manage relationships!

I did not come completely unglued and unable to maintain a job until I realized that I had a dissociative disorder, tried to get help for six years or more, had too many stressors hit me all at once, and finally had that breakdown.

There was no reason that had to happen to me. I had gone to many, many mental health professionals.