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Old May 15, 2018, 04:32 AM
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Threw me for a loop. I was not expecting to go in and it be a session on his observations and diagnosis discussion. I honestly never ever thought I would be considered DID. I always thought I had extreme parts with different personality shifts but just chalked it up to my c-PTSD and Borderline.

I do not wake up in places I do not know how I got there or clothes in my closet that I do not remember buying. I do not have friends that I never met before.

Ok so I have not remembered a lot of session discussions or things I said and I know I do dissociate in session. He mentioned he sees a distinct personality shift.

So now this changes how the entire therapy is going to go. I was there for EMDR but he says we can not do that when I am not in my adult self when I am in the room. We are going to do mapping on the different parts but I don't know all the parts and I do consciously talk to all my personalities but no one talks back. It is not like I read on here.

Can he be wrong? Would it make sense that when one dissociates that of course their demeanor changes but that does not mean I am an entire personality all together.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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