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Oh no, clients reading the Manual!! Run! :P

The problem with self-diagnosis is you usually have an idea of where you fit already and can make your symptoms fit whatever diagnosis you like.

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I appreciate this comment and know I shouldn't be putting myself into categories. This is also why in my own therapy, I have avoided asking what my actual diagnosis is. Not knowing allows me to randomly flip among pathologies.:-)

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So if I was hypnotyzing someone with DID I would want to explore their emotional personality with them in the context of the normal personality.

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So are you a hypnotherapist? Can you actually hypnotize a patient who aligns in predominantly the counter-dependency column? This seems like it would be hard to do.