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: My therapist recently told me she believes she has seen me dissociate in her office. She wonders if I might have some type of a dissociative disorder in addition to my previously diagnosed Bipolar I Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Since I didn’t know anything about dissociative disorders, I went online to learn more [...]
Q: I recently went through a depression and decided to go into therapy. In this therapy, I discovered that I have some real difficulty remembering large chunks of time and events during those times. Also when trying to talk about some past traumas that I do remember, I experience what my therapist has said to [...]
Q: I can’t remember exactly when this began, but I feel like I am living in a dream, or I am not here and I am watching myself from a dream state. Sometimes it is worse than other times, but it seems to be underlying in my mind all the time, strong or weak. I [...]
Q: I’ve been having some problems with my long term girlfriend. I’ve known her for 2 years now and we’ve had an on/off relationship mostly due to my commitment issues, which I’m safely over now. Unfortunately over these past years there has been no let up on problems dogging our relationship. A lot of them [...]
Q: I have had a few severe panic attacks followed by chronic depersonalization. It was hard to get through, but I made it on my own after a 4-month stuggle. The depersonalization is way down, and I have had no panic attacks in months. I can still feel the anxiety from time to time but [...]
Q: My therapist believes that I show signs of DID. I have no memory of most of my childhood, and have been chronically depressed for over 7 years until recently when I attempted suicide twice. I agree with his diagnosis, rather than bipolar (as the psychiatrist diagnosed me with). Is there a way, for a [...]
Q: My friend was recently diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It was actually because of some odd behavior when she and I were on a trip for our high school debate team that she finally was diagnosed. Well her mom has asked me to come stay over with her a few days whilst her [...]
