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Originally Posted by Laurel1562
I am going to be travelling this coming week and visiting my sister and my daughter and her family.
Problem is I have not already disclosed to them my diagnosis of OSDD-1 and because of my "fragile" state of parts coming out so often, I am fearful my child parts--especially Sandi--will come out and they will think I am weird.
I need to tell my daughter because I already told my other daughter and she may accidentally let it slip. (She knows about Billy.) Also I am going to be babysitting my granddaughter in October and I am fearful my daughter may lose confidence in my ability to do so. But if I don't tell her and she finds out another way, our relationship could be damaged.
I will be talking to T tomorrow about it, but I wondered if any of you had any tips?  |
I didn't tell anyone when I got diagnosed with DID except my husband.I didn't feel the need to because I had been that way since I was very young so the only difference was getting the diagnosis.I was still the same quirky and wierd person I always was and everyone was used to.They didn't suddenly notice anything different about me after I found out.I do understand your concerns though because it made me real self conscious and I was always worried someone might say something or think I was really strange or something and it was constantly on my mind after I was diagnosed.Nobody else knew though and it will probably be the same for you.
Did you babysit before your diagnosis?If you did then remind your daughter of that,it shouldn't be any different now.You can remind her this isn't something new for you, you've been this way for a long time and the only difference now is a name for what you experience.
It seems like the whole world will know once you get a diagnosis but for me they didn't.When I becane fully integrated was when a few peoplre made comments on there being something different about me but wasn't sure what it was.One said I didnt seem so nervous and afraid all the time.I never told anyone about integration either.There was no reason to.
Good luck with this.