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D.I.D....

Wanting to know if there's anyone else in this group caring for someone with D.I.D.?

We've got a family member with a very "crowded" internal world of multiple personalities. This goes along with compulsive behaviours, phobias, social anxiety, derealisation and other difficulties. The person in question sees medical and psychological practitioners regularly; it's a disorder that apparently doesn't respond to medication, and they have previously reacted badly to medications that have been trialled; I'm seeing a psychologist regularly myself to deal with the pressure and get some feedback/backup. I have a supportive husband and family, but otherwise it's hard to know how to or who to talk with about what's going on. It's an uncommon enough disorder that you have to explain an awful lot about it before a conversation can even really start, and then you run into dangerous ground regarding the privacy of the person in question.

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Hope things went ok today @Smc

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@Smc

Thinking of you and family tonight

Hope the day went as well as it could and daughter has settled in ok.

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Thanks all.

Today went well, except for the crawl home in rush hour traffic, but can't help that.

She was unusually quiet on the trip down. Her room's nice enough, the staff we met seem friendly. Now we wait to see how the group sessions go.

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@Smc

Thinking of you.

Trust you have recovered from the drive and daughter has settled in.

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thinking of you @Smc and your family xx

hugs and how was today

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@Smc

Trust daughter has settled in ok and no issues for you today.

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@Determined, @Shaz51 et al, so far, so good.

It sounds like they're easing her into the group sessions. She went to one today, did have a panic attack, but they talked her through it and she managed to stay until the end of the session. That's a bit of an achievement. 🙂

She's finding the general tone of the clinic a bit more relaxed than the other one she's been to. Still finding food difficult, but I've suggested she could start talking that through with the staff while she's there. Hope she does.

She said she didn't sleep last night, or the night before. Maybe tonight will be better in that regard.

We're recovering. Spent a big chunk of today out doing assorted errands, had a late (mid afternoon) lunch when we finally got back home.

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@Smc

Continue to keep your family in thoughts and prayers . Trust all is well as it can be for your daughter and she can see some positive progress in coming days /weeks.

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@Smc

Wondering if you managed to put together enough to have a garage sale?

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Thinking of you @Smc

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