Quote from: Cindy on November 12, 2015, 01:34:37 AM
It is one of the conditions that good therapists look for first! Hence one reason to go to trained therapists.

It is treatable so if you are worried please see a GOOD therapist

So what about "Informed Consent"?

People are notoriously bad at diagnosing their own medical conditions

Though this isn't DID it makes me feel a lot better about myself because I have so many doubts when my "female" persona worms its way back into my consciousness. Then I fight myself and wonder if I really am a man (I am genderfluid, I acknowledge that, but I mostly am male identifying and the "female" piece has never quite seemed to fit.) I've been struggling again lately because I really want to come out but that side of me has been rising. It doesn't help that I am effeminate even as a man so I have a lot of self-doubt. One thing for sure is that maturity issue definitely resonates with me. My male persona, the part that is really ME, I am more likely to identify as a man or a guy. My "female" persona is just a girl. I could never identify that part of me as a woman.

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Interesting topic...being pre-hormones etc I have considered the idea that I could be suffering from as mental illness but I have to say, I know I am not. The trauma of the lives we lead is only now just being really investigated. When I read the level of pain that most folks go through prior to transition then it does not surprise me when some suggest, that kind of trauma could cause DID among a number of other disorders especially if the person making the diagnosis is somewhat inexperienced.

As far as Psychiatrists go...The last one I saw while giving me a diagnosis, turned out not to be particularly good and produced a less than satisfactory report which was missing detail as well as having several factual mistakes....

Quote from: MarcellaJH on November 13, 2015, 04:55:57 AM
Hi ladies.  My name is Marcella, and this is my first post on any type of social media..  There is a trans woman on YouTube named Autumn Asphodel who has posted many videos dealing with a variety of psychological topics, including several on DID.  Whether you agree with her or not, she is knowledgeable accurate, and interesting.


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I love her.  She is a credit to our whole community.

I haven't done any research about it but my own experience is even if you don't have DID, having a male and female side (even if the male is outside, female inside) does make it seem like it. I struggled with transitioning merely because of the 28 years of trying to be male was so familiar.....and knowing how much I would lose if I transitioned. It did sometimes feel like 2 sides of me at war.