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I have been diagnosed with Complex PTSD but my symptoms are more aligned with DID and or all the sub categories that go with it. Since my T is not a psychiatrist he said he can not officially diagnosis with me so he is sticking with the C-PTSD I came in with from over the years. I have plenty of of dissociative features, missing time, can not remember half my life but he said that also happens with PTSD not just DID. The diagnosis does not matter as the treatment will be the same. Ego State Therapy (parts work) is what he uses for everything. We all have parts. child parts, teenage parts, parent parts and then the core or otherwise known as your best adult self. They come forward depending on what situation you are in. For those of trauma our parts are more defined.
The goal is to unburdened the extreme parts so you stay in your best adult self more often and have more control over all your parts.
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When a child’s emotional needs are not met and a child is repeatedly hurt and abused, this deeply and profoundly affects the child’s development. Wanting those unmet childhood needs in adulthood. Looking for safety, protection, being cherished and loved can often be normal unmet needs in childhood, and the survivor searches for these in other adults. This can be where survivors search for mother and father figures. Transference issues in counseling can occur and this is normal for childhood abuse survivors.
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