Do you have any issues with saying “no” to things or people? One person in the group talked about overidentifying with others’ needs, and often trying to meet others’ needs, to their own personal detriment. Do you experience anything like that?
Category Archives: Relating
Docs & DID
Comment on: Telling your health care providers about your DID.
When Others’ Won’t Deal
Comment on – Dealing with people who aren’t dealing with their own issues.
Relationship with Therapist
Comment as you’d like. In the group people talked about: Expressing need for our therapists, to our therapists. Dealing with their absence. How feelings for our therapists might transfer or relate to our other relationships.
Closet DID
How comfortable are you with your DID? Do you hide this reality from the world? Do you share it with everyone? Talk about your feelings with regard to hiding or exposing your DID to others.
Relationships
Talk about your relationships and DID – including friends, family, significant others, co-workers, etc. Talk about any relationship issues you are dealing with.
Internal Communication
How well do you communicate internally? Are there ways to build up routines of communication?
Trust in Relationships
Do you think you have any “trust issues” in your relationships? Explain.