If you are wondering if therapy is actually working, consider these questions: Has communication within your system improved? This might look like being able to communicate with more parts of…
Many people who have an unknown dissociative disorder have been in therapy for years with little progress to show for it. Sometimes, they report they’ve made progress in some areas…
Yes, it is normal to feel anxiety or fear at the thought of attending therapy for DID or OSDD. Even when the therapist makes an effort to work with you…
Increased awareness. Starting therapy can sometimes cause DID and OSDD symptoms to feel worse because therapy often brings more attention to them. This can make symptoms feel more noticeable and…
Protector parts may block therapy when they believe it could dysregulate the system. Often this happens because they assume therapy will immediately involve processing traumatic memories, which really could overwhelm…
In the United States, behavioral health urgent care works similarly to medical urgent care. If you have ever gone to urgent care for an illness when you could not get…
If you know what to listen and watch for, you can get clues about whether or not a therapist is trauma-informed. Listen for how they talk about safety, pacing, and…
If you have reason to believe you have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and your therapist does not believe it is real, it may be time to look for a different…
If you want to talk with your therapist about dissociation or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), starting with a list can help. For a week or two, jot down anything you…
This is extremely common in dissociative systems. Often it is protector parts who resist therapy because they are concerned that therapy could destabilize the system. One common misunderstanding is the…