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Originally Posted by toomanycats
You sound very similar to me, and I am most comfortable with an "OSDD" diagnosis though I don't really pay attention to diagnoses anymore. I often feel like diagnoses just make things worse bc then you're basically told "oh so here is this label with distinct diagnostic criteria" and then, lo and behold, you start to sort of develop those criteria even if you didn't see them in yourself before.
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DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER AND OTHER SPECIFIED DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER
Some people with OSDD have two or more distinct personality states, or alters, but don't experience any gaps in memory or amnesia, a necessary symptom for a DID diagnosis. Other people with OSDD do not have fully developed personality states. They do not have separate identities, though they often feel like they may have different parts of themselves or different ways of being. Dissociative symptoms, depersonalization, and derealization are also commonly experienced in these forms of OSDD.
It's important to note that someone with OSDD may actually have DID. It is possible that a person has experienced amnesia, but doesn't realize it because alters have kept traumatic memories hidden. It is also possible that a person does have alters, but lacks awareness of his or her system until much later on. An OSDD diagnosis isn't always final, and the diagnosis can change to DID if all the criteria are met.