BraveOneSenior Contributor
Living with DID : being diagnosed
I am living with DID and wanting to hear other people's experiences around being diagnosed and seeking help.
I was first diagnosed over 20years ago. It was such a horrific experience which brought about alot of shame and confusion and a hospitalisation. The treating psychiatrist didn't believe DID was real so l spent over 20years pretending, trying to be normal. Hiding my difficulties, feeling weird, misunderstood and alone .
There were many therapists ho tried to help however they didn't get the guts of my problems, l think for some l contributed sustainably to their children's private school fees over years as we worked with my constant struggles in daily life not finding any real maintainable change. As the war inside me raged on l felt more hopeless and there were more chunks of time where l was a missing person in this c body.
The last couple of years the DID was identified again and l began looking for a therapist who had experience around it. It's taken a long time however lve finally began working with someone who gets it.
It's nerve wracking as l feel like so much of my life has passed and l haven't been here to live it.
So a new chapter is starting. Speaking about it is the first step.
