I think the important thing to find out is, what is your T's definition of "integration"? It means different things to different people when it comes to DID. For some T's it means the system becoming one; to *most* (myself included) with DID, that is a horrifying prospect. This was also the "gold standard" goal of treatment for a very long time. My T has made it clear that her belief is that integration is sharing of thoughts, feelings, ideas, and memories (only if presenting a problem); so that the system can function as one. The goal is co-consciousness, the way to get there is her idea of what integration means. The way we do this is to work on any past stuff that comes up and work on day-to-day living stuff at other times, and sometimes at the same time. For example, work on a memory with a little one then in the same session, talk to "all" (she literally says "I'm talking to everyone, anyone who is listening and knows others aren't, please pass the message on"), to come up with ideas to get through the next week as a system. So, past and present, at the same time.

Now that I've rambled on and on...I think the first thing to do before you make any decisions is find out what your T means when "integration" is said. Then...depending on the answer you can either or .

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