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Relationship Between Dissociation, DID and PTSD
I have been diagnosed with PTSD. Therapy has just begun for me. I was diagnosed after being misdiagnosed more times than Carter has liver pills. My therapist has explained that I look different when dissociated. That I can carry on a conversation about a topic that I know about and even my voice, the way I sit is different. Isn't that DID? I just wanted to make sure I understand what it is I have, for sure.
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