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Old Nov 13, 2018, 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by cavaliers View Post
Definitely! But he can't explain how getting well feels. Only other MPDs can. Sometimes improvement feels worse at first.
getting well from DID (your word MPD) feels the same as someone who is healing from anxiety, depression, or any other mental disorder.

its all about learning to face your problems head on instead of letting the triggers cause you to dissociate...

example one of your posts says you are able to talk about the weather with your therapist. how does that feel to you to be able to talk about the weather with out feeling numb, spaced out and disconnected.

the first time I was able to talk about rain and rain storms, thunderstorms with my therapist she stopped me and said hey we have never been able to talk about storms and here we are talking about last nights thunder storms, how does that make you feel? I told her it feels great I wasnt numb, spaced out or disconnected. I was fully engaged in the present conversation, and enjoying the conversation.

my suggestion is through out your day take time to breath and notice how you are feeling. this will tell you what it feels like to you to heal from DID.
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