Intro

[fractalcloud]

Hello. I just got diagnosed with DID, and the diagnosis was at first kind of a shock, but I am learning to come to terms with it. I never really thought of myself as having separate alters, but I always felt like a lot of different people/personalities inside one fearful and anxious person, if that makes any sense. I am in therapy right now, and my

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[browncoatrebel]

Hi, welcome. I'm recently diagnosed, too.

I've done hypnosis in therapy, but only to help create a sense of safety so I could do the work. My understanding and experience is that the memories come when you have the resources, both external and internal, to deal with them, so it's generally not a great idea to rush the process.

Bear in mind, I'm not an expert. This is just what I know from my experience.

Also, added you because you look like someone I'd get along with.

[_transmutation_]

Welcome! And the whole different people inside one fearful anxious person, makes so much sense. That's what I (we've) sorta been working on. Not full text book integration. We are all still our own people. with our own hobbies and ideas, we just work together to be a whole for those on the outside. And try our hardest to not let any one of us take over. More like a group project instead of people getting solos :)

[bigendermedian]

I don't have any direct experience with it, but hypnosis to recover memories has a sort of shady reputation. On the one hand, people really do repress memories of abuse sometimes, but on the other hand it can be very easy for a therapist to accidentally or intentionally create false memories (as in the 'Satanic Ritual Abuse' cases in the 1980s that used this method heavily and as far as anyone can tell didn't really have any real cases among thousands reported).

I'd agree with browncoat that you should let the memories come on their own. Not only is there the risk of innacurate or completely false memory with hypnosis, but even real memories returning so suddenly may just make things worse instead of better.

[cissa]

I agree. I haven't had hypnosis, but pushing for memories can challenge one's ability to cope when/if they show up.

I wish you the best.

[dissociative]

I was diagnosed over 10 yrs ago and it wasnt until last year that I decided to try hypnosis. I was always glad I didnt do it because there are so many people who try to say professionals put memories in patients heads through hypnosis, and I could always say I had never been hypnotized. Actually, I still can, it didnt work lol! I was so disappointed. I think you should do whatever is best for you and only you really know what that would be. My cautions would be to wait a while since you are newly diagnosed and then decide if you really want to do it, and if you decide to do it know that there is always a possibility that it wont work. One of my old counselors said most people with DID are either highly hypnotiz-able or not able to be hypnotized at all.

[a_silent_i]

If psychiatry wasn't shady enough, they had to add hypnosis to the mix. Try meditation. Not much difference other than you take yourself in and out of the experience. It's the journey that yields benefit and eventually results, not so much the direction you are "guided" to take.

And yes, false or 'implied' memories are a complication with hypnosis, accidental or deliberate. Meaning it is not a reliable tool for accesing any sort of repressed thoughts, feelings or memories.