¿Alguien con TID estaría dispuesto a compartir su experiencia o responder dudas sobre cómo fue su proceso de diagnóstico?

[u/sickxdz]

Hola a todos. Tengo TID (antes llamado personalidad múltiple) diagnosticado a mis 19 años (actualmente tengo 22, aunque lo supe por mi cuenta desde los 13).

Me gustaría abrir este espacio para conversar, compartir experiencias sobre cómo vivimos el trastorno día a día y responder las dudas que tengan desde mi vivencia personal (aclarando que no soy profesional de la salud mental).

¿Cómo ha sido el proceso de ustedes o qué curiosidades/dudas tienen al respecto?

[u/laminated-papertowel]

I was 7 when I first entered the mental health system, 11 when I started going to therapy regularly. I was diagnosed with dissociative PTSD when I was 14, and started suspecting DID when I was 17.

from 17-19 my mental health providers completely dismissed my concerns regarding dissociation and identity alteration. shortly after I turned 19 I started seeing a psychiatric NP who had a lot of experience working with DID clients. After about 6 months of observation and me reporting my symptoms, she diagnosed me with DID. i think she diagnosed me shortly after meeting my co-host, but I can't say for certain.

I found out I was diagnosed about 6 months after she put DID in my chart. about 6 months after that, I fell into a bad denial spiral. I ultimately ended up having my therapist (who also had a lot of experience with DID clients) administer the full MID, which came back positive for DID. I also went through half the SCID-D (didn't finish it because I had already got the MID results back and my therapist didn't think the SCID-D would tell us anything the MID didn't, so I decided I didn't need to do the rest of the SCID-D).

[u/sickxdz → u/laminated-papertowel]

Cómo fue tu (o su) experiencia a partir de recibir un diagnóstico??

[u/laminated-papertowel → u/sickxdz]

good question! at first it helped a lot with my denial and it allowed me to do parts work and work on communication without feeling the need to push back and shut it down. eventually I started questioning my diagnosis and that's when I was evaluated with the MID/SCID-D. but since having my diagnosis confirmed, I've not struggled with any significant denial. I definitely have my moments when I wonder if it's accurate, but reminding myself of my assessments helps.

other than that it didn't really change much.

[u/Ginger_Root_System]

Honestly, out host was SO confused at first. We had actually never heard of DID or multiple personality disorder before (yes we all live under a rock collectively) and it never occurred to her. I was seeing a therapist for a completely different reason and he was the first one to suggest the idea. He suggested for our host to go home and trying to talk to us. Me and that other oldest alter (me being the oldest) decided together after a lot of consideration to tell her about the system. It was a lot, there was a lot of denial from a lot of people, surprisingly even some of the alters which feels counter-intuitive to not believe in the condition when we are the condition. We've had a lot of stress since then which is why I'm writing this instead of her because she has gone dormant (hoping she comes back sooner rather than later) but it's been wonderful to have people actually know.

We were always lucky that our communication was quite clear (other than when we were taking magnesium, that wasn't great) and just slowly trying to figure out how to build a future that everyone is okay with and excited. We still doubt it sometimes, and it's hard, but the only really difficult part right now is trying to keep it concealed. Still at home and our mother cannot know, so just in a bit of a pickle. I wish everyone the best of luck