We are only just connecting our trauma to the vocal mindscape we have always had. Our therapist is new to Dissociative disorders even if he's being trained by a specialist in the field and he's giving us a D3 (Dissociative Identity Disorder) diagnosis under the concept that "a feeling of an event is happening to someone else" is in the DSM. Are we then less valid because our therapist (while wonderfully accepting and kind) is inexperienced and doesnt quite understand? We know we fit OSDD but he has yet to realize it. We wouldn't have even known and would have continued to flounder if it hadn't been for the online community being there to help. 26 years....still no diagnosis. I ask those who gatekeep, "If my therapist who is being trained by a leader in the field is struggling, who are you to tell me I'm invalid.
We are only just connecting our trauma to the vocal mindscape we have always had. Our therapist is new to Dissociative disorders even if he's being trained by a specialist in the field and he's giving us a D3 (Dissociative Identity Disorder) diagnosis under the concept that "a feeling of an event is happening to someone else" is in the DSM. Are we then less valid because our therapist (while wonderfully accepting and kind) is inexperienced and doesnt quite understand? We know we fit OSDD but he has yet to realize it. We wouldn't have even known and would have continued to flounder if it hadn't been for the online community being there to help. 26 years....still no diagnosis. I ask those who gatekeep, "If my therapist who is being trained by a leader in the field is struggling, who are you to tell me I'm invalid.