Posted by alexandra_k on June 29, 2005, at 21:56:20
In reply to Re: Can body memories be constant? MT, posted by kerria on June 29, 2005, at 17:13:26
> The only thing is how would that happen and happen in time - i can't not have the nerve block- dr won't treat me anymore i don't think.
Ok. That makes it hard. I really think... That they should have thought about the possibility of it being psychosomatic all along. I say this because people with DID tend to score highly on psychosomatic type complaints. Pain, migrains, gyn difficulties. Scoring highly on problems such as this is even part of the psychological screening tests for DID.
And these things do seem to be trauma related. Gyn difficulties and sexual abuse in particular.
But... It is really good that they have been taking what you have to say seriously and looking for physical causes too - because there really would be nothing more frustrating than having a physical complaint written off as psychosomatic without investigating physical causes - especially when the physical treatment for the problem is relatively straightfoward.
Could you tell the Dr that your therapist has suggested that it might be psychosomatic? How do you think he would respond to that? It is hard because psychosomatic complaints sometimes have a bad rap - people equate psychological causes with 'making things up'. But I really want to emphasise that THAT IS NOT THE CASE and whether the cause is physical or psychological the pain is still very real to you.
I just wonder how that suggestion would go down. Do you think he may write you off if you made it? This might be worth discussing a little more with your t. It sounds like you have a really good t who is trying to be sensitive and understanding about this.
> thank you for the vote of confidence, for believing me, it's so ackward having this pain and having a dx like mine. No one believes me.Thats ok. I believe you. :-)
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