book recomm if not in therapy?

Hi I am not sure how much longer I will be in therapy. It is sadly not working out very well, and I am constantly feeling annoyed, and a bunch of other things.. I may post more in detail on my journal thing here. But, anyways I found out there are no DID therapists in my area (like 200+ miles away...)..
So I was wondering if others knew some books to help work through my issues on my own a bit. Thanks.

There are good recommendations in this thread dissociative-identity/topic219302.html

The "Coping with trauma related dissociation" one includes exercises that can be done at home. It's best to do them with a therapist but like we way in French, "for lack of thrushes we eat blackbirds" (both birds used to be commonly eaten a few centuries ago and the first one was seen as yummier than the second one).

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Zami.

I hope that you're telling your therapist about how annoyed you're feeling, especially if it has to do with things they're saying or doing. And any other feelings you're having about them. Our biggest breakthroughs have come from addressing things like that about our relationship with the therapist, and that has led to a lot of healing and really strengthening the therapeutic relationship.

I mean, you may have already brought all of this up with them, and if you do and they can't or won't change what they're doing or how they respond to you, then there might not be a way to salvage things. But it's always worth a try. Learning how to express your needs and seeing how someone responds in a healthy, caring way rather than how you were used to having people respond in the past--that can be a very powerful thing.

Hi TheGangsAllHere Well.. I sort of did. I sent an email saying how I want to have a talk with them about not feeling believed but as of yet it's been too hard to schedule and actually see them. i am just feeling so hurt about it all right now, and am not sure i can. but maybe. i guess i just thought in the beginning they were on the same page, but then i started to realize that they weren't at all. and as i say it just feels like a major blow. but am thinking about seeing them and talking about it. I have no idea if it will help or not though.. i guess i assume it won't. or i wouldn't be thinking of ending therapy.
yeah i see what you're saying though. and yeah expressing myself does sound like a potentially healthy step. thanks for your thoughts. i am trying.
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Hi ArbreMonde !
You wrote" "for lack of thrushes we eat blackbirds""
Yes exactly my thought. Okay i can't get therapy in the way I want to, doesn't mean I can't keep going. Thanks. I will check it out.