| addiction and DID
I have been treated for DID and past abuse issues by a wonderful T for nearly 4 years. Recently, one of my teen alters was very up-front about addiction problems and how bad it's gotten, my therapist had no idea how bad it was.
But when one of the protectors (who's great at doing research) said that we should be going through de-tox and out-patient addiction therapy, along with my regular therapy, my therapist was very hesitant about it.
She's afraid that people not familiar with our history and about DID will misunderstand what's going on and may cause more harm than good. She also says that until we address all of the issues on why we abuse drugs, there is no point in seeking drug counseling. I said in that case then no one should be in drug counseling!
She has some training with addiction therapy and says that she can help us through this but I can only see her once a week and I don't think that's enough considering how deep we are in this problem.
I know that she wants to protect me. Some of my alters have acted out before and she has had to smooth things over and explain what's going on.
Has anyone experienced this before?
Fluffybunny
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