I live in the United States and I want to start getting treatment for my dissociation problems. However, I don't know who to bring it up to. I have a psychiatrist, but I'm not sure if he is the right person to talk to about it, or even how to bring it up. I'm not sure if he believes in things like dissociative identity disorder (which I don't think I have but still. I don't want to be dismissed based on a misunderstanding).

There's also the fact that I'm constantly worried that I could be faking it, so I would just be wasting the doctor's time. I'm not sure if that feeling will ever go away.

EDIT: I should mention that I don't know if I have alters or if they are just fragments. Since I don't have amnesia then I shouldn't have DID, but I know that you can still have alters without DID. They aren't really me because each has their own name, age (some are older and some are younger), and they look different from me. How do I bring that up? They could just be imaginary friends that I just think take control of my body. This is all very confusing. I just keep wanting to deny them but I don't think that is helping me at all.

What are some tips to use when bringing this up? Should I print out things, write things down?