The following questions are related to ‘DID’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: Can you ever recover from DID by yourself? Why are there so few people who even know what it is? We don’t have a therapist right now and there’s no one within at least four hours of where we live who specializes in dissociation stuff. If we’re keeping ourselves relatively stable, then does it [...]
Q: I think that maybe I have dissociative identity disorder. I know for a fact that I am clinically depressed. I was diagnosed with depression about five years ago, and it hasn’t gotten any easier. This was the first red flag for me. My personality shifts rapidly… sometimes. I never know when I’m going to [...]
Q: Can people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder) have visual hallucinations of their alternate personalities? A: What an interesting question. Although formally recognized as a mental health disorder and valid diagnosis by the American Psychiatric Association, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, formerly referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder) is the subject of debate in [...]
Q: In 2007, I was diagnosed with Bipolar I and PTSD from years of physical, emotional and sexual abuse in childhood and early adulthood. Today I saw a new psychiatrist and she added adult ADD/ADHD and dissociative disorder to my diagnoses. Is it possible or common for psychiatrists to miss or combine some diagnoses/symptoms in [...]
Q: I have been going to a therapist, initially for depression and feelings of self-loathing that came on when my father passed away. My father was a narcissist, a genius, an alcoholic, and was charming and manipulative. He had been sexually abused in an orphanage growing up and was also later called out as a [...]
