Lots of Changes :-|

Tina has some incredible friends. One happens to be a psychologist. She moved out of town before I was diagnosed, but came for an overnight visit on her way to her vacation destination. I told her about my diagnosis, at least as best as I could. Since I'm an alter, and we're not fully integrated, I was basically telling her what I've been told. She asked me a lot of questions. She reassured me that this is a protection mechanism and that I'm not psychotic, which was a relief. I don't really know her, but Tina does. She kept talking about things I didn't know anything about. My husband had explained that I should talk with her about all this, so I just looked at her when she asked me a question and told her I had no clue what she was talking about and that in fact I didn't know who she was or anything about her.

This led to a lot of questioning. She's really a very smart lady. She understood what I meant when I said that I could remember things from the long past, but without emotion. Those are memories that don't belong to me. They belong to someone else. We talked about names and how my husband and oldest daughter are dealing with all of this.

I really like her. I wish she didn't live 8 hours away. I think I would be comfortable seeing her as a counselor.

Belle

that's great belle! i'm glad you have a friend like that to open up to. i always find it hard to talk about "us", face to face with someone. it's so much easier on line. maybe you can keep in contact with her on line. you'd probrably be a good reference if she ever has to work with someone else with d.i.d.

That's really cool!

I hope you find an easier way to chat with her.
I've got a friend who's studied psych and is the first person who knew stuff about DID before I told him about myself. We meet up in London occasionally to chat, since we both live quite far away, and it's really calming to have a friend like that.

It would be really cool for you to be able to meet up/chat with her more often, she sounds like a really nice person

Wow, that sure does sound like an amazing psychologist Belle.. hopefully you can work something out that makes it possible to see her or have another form of contact with her despite the distance. Take care