I have been used as a case study many times... I personally do not like it.. that is my take on it.. I am sure you only wanted positive spins...

For me.. I saw my T... in an outpatient center of a big psych i/p and o/p hospital.

It was a teaching hospital... when I signed consent form.. I indirectly gave consent... to having my case up for review...

And my T used my case.. to train his students.. as well as.. it was brought up in their monthly review of cases of all the therapy.. where the therapist exchange ideas and learn from each other..

And.. no.. I did not feel "special"... I felt invaded...

But I did not leave because the therapist treated DID patients - something very hard to find years ago...

I can see where some of the members that posted on your thread consisder it positive.. as one at least is a T....so.. of course.. what would one expect - a therapist would support this behavior..

My first therapist... also used my artwork.. and such.. in his own book on DID.. without my consent... he claimed the material to be belonging to him... as I submited it to him while in therapy..

And I am sure the book taught many about DID... but.. again I felt invaded... and exposed.. and no I did not like it..

I feel.. that.. I had to pay a "price".. to get the treatment I needed.. and.. I will always view it that way...

The one T.. I could have left... but finding another.. T that did DID work back then... well.. wasn't going to happen.. hence the "price"..