came out to old friend

started talking to oldest friend today; he sent a message asking if things were ok, told him i am not good at the minute, the headteacher is looking after my child cause i am not able to care for her right now. started talking about things... before i got to explaining about DID he said it sounds like a split personality, then went ahead and told me he had thought for a very very long time that he has thought something like that is going on but never knew how to bring it up! he is my oldest friend and i feel like it's a massive confirmation for me, it is a bit overwhelming, we have been talking about it for a few hours now... i am feeling very tired and drained but i finally really feel like i might not just making things up.

I'm pleased that you are both able to talk about it and now have the confirmation

This is just so typical. One therapist who has a lot of experience with DID clients told me one way we all stand out is that so many of us were diagnosed by someone close to us. We come to our intake sessions with him with reports like "Well, I'm not sure what I am doing here but my spouse / in-law / friend / boss says I have DID. They say I do and say these weird things that I don't remember. At all."

Reading over your previous posts here, I have no doubt at all: what you have going on is classic DID.

Cool!

today was hard. keep being different don't know how to be. went shopping. feel silly ): can't talk properly today blah ):

old friends are good for that

hopefully you feel better soon.

-- Wed Nov 06, 2013 9:06 pm --

old friends are good for that

hopefully you feel better soon.

Thanks. To be honest I'm not doing well and I haven't felt able to post here out of feelings of fear and invalidation which has nothing to do with anyone else but my own issues with paranoia and self doubt.

Skin, are you still in touch with your friend? What does he say?

Una, he is the father of my first child so we keep in touch and remain close even when we haven't spoken for a while. His work keeps him busy and otherwise, his fiance doesn't like me and makes it difficult for us to spend any real time together- for that reason we haven't spent more than the time for a cup of coffee in each other's company for the better part of ten years. Despite that we have always considered each other best friends and always will, so he has been asking if I'm okay and how things are going but due to the position our friendship is placed in he isn't able to be more involved, and I haven't gone into huge detail. I don't want him to worry about me particularly when he can't really offer any support; in that case it's unhelpful concern which will only make him feel bad.