…and part of the problem is hmos and insurance that insist on a snap diagnoses before reading getting to know a person. Back in the 80’s when I was diagnosed my first pdoc wrote down a list of diagnoses to rule out. Then she got to know me and had me take all these tests. She even sent me to specialist in personality disorders and ruled out things one by one until she was left with two. Major depression and bipolar. After about a year and a half she said manic depression which is what they called it back then. After about 4-5 yrs I quit seeing her and the next time I was hospitalized the hmos ruled and I’ve been given lots of diagnosis over the years including DID but I only had faith in the first diagnosis because it was carefully considered. The medication I was on influenced my behavior a lot and that was not taken into consideration by later pdoc.s I don’t believe any of them were malicious or deceptive they were pressured to provide a snap diagnosis under time constraints and tended to go with their own bias.