Officially diagnosed yesterday and tripping balls

I sat there for 3 hours, and at the end of the rigamorole, I got handed a shiny new diagnosis.

What do?

Ah yes... I remember when I got my diagnoses, 6 years after going through different pyschs and different medicines. Yep, it was in February of this year and it was a relief and it was also horrible. A relief because I finally understood my life better, my bad memory, my nightmares, the random voices and visual hallucinations. But it was bad because I now I have to face my past to be able to fix the present.

So what do you do?

Well, first things first. Prepare yourself, because after you find the first alter a lot more will appear and you cannot push them away, that will only make things difficult.

Number 2, know that we are here to help whenever you need and so are your family, therapist and friends.

Number 3, tell us a bit about your diagnoses, what you know. What you want to know

Safe hugs! It's a big step and I and others are here for you if you want to talk about it or if you have any questions! (also what what Simontheo said )

SarahBeth wrote:What do?

Probably processing how you feel about receiving the diagnosis might be a helpful start.

Do you want to tell us a little bit about what type of professional you saw, what kind of process you went through to get the diagnosis and how you are feeling now? I haven't read any of your other posts so it would be nice to hear a bit about how you went with all this.

I hope you are doing ok. I fell apart a bit when I first got my diagnosis. What type of reaction have you had to your diagnosis so far?

I know the feeling. It's been a couple of months since my therapist confirmed my diagnosis and it's been nonstop weirdness ever since. The weirdness has gotten less overwhelming because I am now more accepting of the diagnosis. Personally, I would recommend you search for Una+'s thread, which describes her journey and includes many useful links if you like reading academic stuff on DID. She also manages to make it seem perfectly reasonable to have many minds sharing a body, which can be helpful if you're feeling embarrassed about or uncomfortable with your diagnosis.

Rest assured that probably no matter what uncomfortable or seemingly bizarre symptoms or experiences you're having, someone else (possibly someone on this board) has had them, too. It gets easier over time. For the first few weeks (?) it was really awful for me. I was in denial and I was getting terrible migraines every day. And what's even weirder is that I looked and was acting pretty much normal (a bit withdrawn) and so it was hard to let anyone know there was any problem. It's getting better, I guess, though it gets worse again at times. I went from kind of knowing who I was to feeling like I'm no one. But I'm not continuously "tripping" anymore, as your subject heading indicates.

Also in a pretty short period of time, I've gotten in touch with one of my main co-present alters, so that now very often we can speak to one another inside our head. Sometimes I go back into denial, get all confused and out of touch before getting my head around what's happening. It's a hard time. I'm so thankful for this board. If not for the internet, there would be not a single person in my life that understands what it's like.

I felt a lot of shame, self loathing, and embarrassment when I got my D.I.D diagnosis and went through the same feelings when I got my BPD diagnosis a year later. I got over it rather quickly. I 100% agree with what salted lipstick said about letting yourself process the initial shock you are going through. About half way through therapy I realized(after years of feeling lost and unsure about what I wanted to do with my life) that I'm really passionate about psychology and will be working on a masters in psychology/counseling in the near future. I am not sure what your diagnosis is, but I did a lot of EMDR therapy and that worked wonders on all my unresolved trauma. I hope treatment is a positive experience for you. . .