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Originally Posted by TheLonelyChemist
I was wondering whether I have DID. My psychiatrist is quiet on my diagnosis, which is quite good for me. However, I was wondering, if I have DID cause I do not know it for certain and I suspect I switch / dissociate but don't remember it, hence unaware I have it. Does DID work this way or it's just another condition?
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Many of the therapists that I paid never gave me any diagnosis. There is no liability if there is no diagnosis.
I did not know that I had a dissociative disorder until I was 36. The mental illness involves amnesia/memory loss about our other sides. (I prefer to call these other states of mind rather than other personalities because for many of us the differences are subtle and not overt.) In order to realize that you are forgetting things you have to have a loved one that truly cares about you. If your immediate family members are mentally ill (hence they traumatized you when you were a toddler) they will never see the mental illness. That is why the mental illness remains hidden though-out our childhood.
It should not be that complicated to diagnose a memory problem but again you have to have someone who truly cares!!!!