Thank you (all?) for sharing. This is a major beef we have with requiring diagnosis — the lack of access to trained and knowledgeable professionals. :( The gatekeeping is equally frustrating because then a person awaiting a dx is lost, even if they suspect a dx, to getting community support and assistance.
Well, you're welcome in the plural community, basically built on a backbone of inclusive folk with both plural and DID issues/backgrounds, who decided there's no gates to keep. Learn what's going on so you can help your therapist make an informed diagnosis.
OSDD will be going away, the requirement for memory loss/issues is going to become optional in the ICD-11, and it's likely the DSM-6 will follow suit. There will only be DID and P-DID, and other dissociative disorders, but OSDD will no longer exist — probably because the memory issues were not a significant enough difference between diagnosis to change the overall prognosis and treatment. :/ So many of the people who are saying "at least I don't have DID, it's 'just' OSDD" will have to adjust to being either DID or P-DID or another dissociative disorder under some new diagnostic criteria.
Even if you aren't many, you're welcome here and you (all?) can figure things out in good company.
Thank you (all?) for sharing. This is a major beef we have with requiring diagnosis — the lack of access to trained and knowledgeable professionals. :( The gatekeeping is equally frustrating because then a person awaiting a dx is lost, even if they suspect a dx, to getting community support and assistance.
Well, you're welcome in the plural community, basically built on a backbone of inclusive folk with both plural and DID issues/backgrounds, who decided there's no gates to keep. Learn what's going on so you can help your therapist make an informed diagnosis.
OSDD will be going away, the requirement for memory loss/issues is going to become optional in the ICD-11, and it's likely the DSM-6 will follow suit. There will only be DID and P-DID, and other dissociative disorders, but OSDD will no longer exist — probably because the memory issues were not a significant enough difference between diagnosis to change the overall prognosis and treatment. :/ So many of the people who are saying "at least I don't have DID, it's 'just' OSDD" will have to adjust to being either DID or P-DID or another dissociative disorder under some new diagnostic criteria.
Even if you aren't many, you're welcome here and you (all?) can figure things out in good company.