that is so frustrating. next time the subject comes up, i would put in my headphones and totally check out. it's not right what people say about us. i can't even handle most of it.

Ugh. Seriously. Sorry.

Here's the thing. I have DID, and I work in the mental health field... specifically, I work in an inpatient psychiatric unit. I do believe that recovery is most likely when we are followed by a treatment team that includes a therapist (either a social worker or a psychologist--though I prefer social workers) and a psychiatrist. Medication does help, but it is not the first line treatment for DID... psychodynamically oriented psychotherapy is.

And I suppose, comparable to other disorders, DID is fairly rare. But it's not THAT uncommon.

The truth is that this prof might be doing a lot of research and having very little contact with patients. This prof probably just doesn't know what the fuck she's talking about.

I've also found that when people deny sexual abuse and its results, they are not dealing with their own unprocessed trauma. I mean, okay, that's not UNIVERSALLY true, but it's generally true in my experience. I always try to keep that in mind.

It's part of our chapter so that's where she's getting it from i guess.. It just made me feel like a leopard.. It makes me not want to take my meds because the meds i take are for depression and anxiety which helps try to keep my moods stable but ugh its just stupid ....

I wonder how long ago my psyc book was written smdh

I really think people want not to admit how common it is...because it's almost always caused by severe abuse. Nobody wants to admit how common severe child abuse is.
Our society doesn't know, and doesn't want to know.
That includes psych professors.

It would be funny if we all sat down in that class with you and when DID got braught up half the class or more is standing saying excuse me I have DID me too and I.... You know make her feel like an idiot for a change.

My last therapist was like that treated me like some rare phenomina that needed to be studied and drugged

That would be epic in class I told her I had a friend with DID and she was soo amazed and and said it must be interesting I just smh lol

Unfortunately I havent seen many new textbooks out there giving the statistics of DID in todays society. The statisitics show that approximately 1-3% of the worlds population have DID to its full blown extent. Even 1% makes it tens of thousands of people.

What really irks me is when psychiatrists dont believe in the diagnosis even though its in their bible called the DSM. Its infuraiting when a professional takes you on as their lab rat because it looks good to be treating someone with DID. Ive got no problem when a professional comes forward and says they have never worked with someone who has DID but is willing to learn. However, when they have no idea and try to act as though they are an expert it pisses me right off.

that would piss me off too. i, myself am too scared to get officially dx, one of the reasons being: what if they don't believe me? like how my family didn't believe me when i came forward about the abuse? it's too much stress to think about.

Yeah i wish people could except what they don't understand and to top everything off my fear is telling my friends the whole story because i fear they will push away from me :(

@ Hopeless...yeah, I get that...
My version: when is a good time to tell your romantic interest(s) that you are a committee?

lol like the wording a committee .. ugh i don't wont to even think about that i would already have to explain the cuts on my arm if i tried to explain this there's no chance lol smh

So i'm finishing up a paper for this class.. its on anxiety... at the bottom of my paper i put btw i was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder.. guess its not as rare as you though -kiki