Posted by terra miller on September 20, 2002, at 23:16:31
In reply to conversion and DID, posted by Anne/eg on September 12, 2002, at 13:10:11
Hi. I can't imagine that you are _not_ switching whenever you talk with that neuro-doc. If you are triggered in any way by him, I bet anything that you are switching whether you know it or not. You can't help it. I don't understand some of the terminology that you used (I don't know what conversion means nor did I get the stomach problem paragraph... sorry for being so clueless.) but I understand.
I know you have one body, but in different states your body can respond differently. It's entirely possible, for example, that not "all of you" even knows about the ceiling incident and so "some" of you may have totally normal readings while "others" may fall into concussion-states.
You might get different opinions if you met with someone who didn't trigger you. I do not blame you for not telling your doc about your dx. There's still too much stygma out there and just plain ignorance. It's a waste of your trust issues to tell someone who knows nothing about how it works in the first place. I use the terms Post-traumatic stress with people like docs. This seems to be safe and understood and I am not likely to be seen/labeled as borderline and reactive or "another c-tter", which can happen if I "just" say that I dissociate. You might try using that approach if it fits with your situation at all. I know I get a whole lot more respect with this approach (PTSD) than if I were to say I was DID or dissociated.
FWIW-
~terra
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