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Survey Results: Do you have a cover diagnosis for your dissociation diagnosis?
Thanks for everyone who responded to my survey, and my apologies for the lateness in presenting the results. You are a group of sincere and honest folks who tend to caution, with a desire to be understood rather than be stereotyped. You want to share but are somewhat afraid of some negative action/attitude against you. And you all articulate your thoughts very well – clearly a high functioning group. Read the rest of this entry »
Final Call for “Cover Diagnosis” Survey Participation
Hi – This is a final call for inputs for the survey I posted a while back – please consider responding before Sunday so I can compile results.
Believing the first 4/6 of the Dissociative Spectrum, but not the rest
Does DID/MPD exist as a clinical condition, or is DID/MPD “just an extreme example of what we all do every day.”?
Is this an “either/or” question or do these really say the same thing?
These thoughts and words come from a post that Annenco sent me – a post from someone who attempts to explore and resolve the concept of DID/MPD in 400 words or less. Hers is a kinder, gentler stereotype – tempering the concept into something everyone can more easily reject.
Survey: Do you have a Cover Diagnosis for your Dissociation Diagnosis?
This survey is a follow-on to the previous post, What is your “cover diagnosis” for dissociative identity disorder? where I discuss possible discrimination based on diagnoses. Do you reveal one or more diagnoses to friends and family? This isn’t purely an “interesting” question, but one also driven by finances. I am now struggling with the idea of making claims to my medical insurance company (provided by my employer) for DID.
Am I paranoid to avoid doing this? I value your opinions. I hope you will participate in this short survey, and I will post the results on this website.
What is your “cover diagnosis” for dissociative identity disorder?
If my employer knew I had a primary diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID), I would probably not be fired, but I would role in the company be changed? But how could they find out? Well, since I am not made of money, my employer pays for my therapy. But nothing is truly confidential. So my cover diagnosis is PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).
Am I being paranoid? Because PTSD is more “acceptable” disorder if my diagnosis leaks out? Does DID somehow have more stigma associated with it than PTSD? What do you think?
Lamictal – a drug for DID?
“Although there are no medications that specifically treat dissociative identity disorder, [some drugs] may be prescribed to help control the …symptoms associated with it.” [Stephens]
Oh yeah? Check out Lamictal.
Comment: A world dipped in fear
I read a great quote today:
PTSD is like waking up one day and the world has been dipped in fear.
Wow. Heavy. True. It’s from a post called Awakenings: Dipped in Fear from the blog of Catatonic Kid: A Mind Boiling Over. It’s a great description of what PTSD feels like.
Thoughts on Integration – What does integration feel like?
Discussion of metaphors for integration that may help those without DID understand that most of us are not discretely different “people” and that integration is a process and not an event. Through “post traumatic growth,” which includes awareness and cooperation of the parts, individuals can become stronger
Review: “What is Dissociative Identity Disorder / Multiple Personality Disorder” from Empty Memories
I tripped across a good intro to DID/MPD. It goes nicely beyond the typical 1-pager of regurgitated information floating around the internet. (Not that the other stuff is wrong, it is just sterile, introductory, and overused.)
The article is called What is Dissociative Identity Disorder / Multiple Personality Disorder from the website Empty Memories, about PTSD and DID.
“Let’s pretend” – a First Step in “I” becoming “We”
October 29, 2008 at 6:26 pm · Filed under Comments, Personal Musings, Understanding DID and tagged: alters, DID, dissociative identity disorder, emotional numbing, Psychology, PTSD, recovery, therapy, triggers, Understanding DID
HF and I started a conversation with a few posts, and we agreed to continue the point/counterpoint discussion. I think it’s cool to talk about severe dissociation with someone who doesn’t believe in it, but who is willing to give it a good think, so to speak.
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