need some advice, not really about SI

tips on how to cope: dealing with your feelings, dealing with the consequences of self-harm in your life. share your ideas and maybe pick up some new skills, too. you don't have to want to stop to learn something new here.

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need some advice, not really about SI

Post by wondercheese » Tue Jul 13, 2004 8:47 pm

My pdoc finally told me that she thinks I might have DID, but without more testing and exploration, she's not really sure. She suggested I find a therapist. This is not an entirely new concept to me, I've sort of suspected it for awhile now. Here's the dilemma. I just graduted from college and I'm currently in a very unstable situation, because I have to move to find a job, and my lease is up in August, but I still haven't found a job and I have no idea what I'll be doing or where I'll be living. This of course brings it's own problems. Anyway, if I start with a therapist in the this area now, I will have to move in 6 weeks, but if I try and wait until I've moved and found a job and settled in, I might not survive. I just don't know what to do. It makes sense to start serious therapy when I am in a stable situation, but how in the world am I supposed to get myself into a stable situation when I don't know what is happening to me in 6 weeks?

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Post by starry rapture » Wed Jul 21, 2004 9:47 pm

i think that it would be a good idea for you to start seeing a therapist now because he/she might be able to get you to a stable place where you able to better make decisions. and then if you do have to change therapists, they might be able to refer you to someone else and transfer your information. just an idea.

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Post by Junebug44 » Tue Jul 27, 2004 7:39 am

For me, the DID is a coping mechanism. Different people inside me handle different situations without me losing time. I've been able to make it to this point in my life because of them. It's a creative way of handling things too difficult to face otherwise. I tried to tell my T and he told me there was no such thing. I have been careful ever since to protect myself (and those inside) from people who aren't open to this 'disorder.' (Although I personally think it brings order into my life.) :)

If you can find an open minded T who won't put you down or condemn the DID, you'll be lucky. I wish you the best.

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Post by Lyndsie » Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:00 pm

If you need to talk to someone you could call a hotline!

I don't know if i really understood the problem!

I hope it was at least some what helpful!

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