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Can you get into a domestic violence shelter?

She doesn't need to know. Dollar store has oven mitts if you want to be under the radar. The duct tape will visibly "ruin" them but they'll still technically work as oven mitts after. They just won't be pretty.

Could a radio drama be useful or helpful to distract your mind? There's a ton of free podcasts of new and old radio shows. I used to love The Shadow.

The residential treatment center I used to live at would duct tape oven mitts to long sleeve shirts and have dissociative residents wear those shirts if they were prone to harming themselves at night due to nightmares or flashbacks.

Ah shit. I'm sorry. Do you feel strong enough to ride it out?

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Last I heard for the timeline was the beginning of December I had been on their waiting list for 2 weeks. Most patients (from what I've read online) get there after 3 or 4 weeks on the waiting list. I was told my diagnosis needed to be clarified (like it was too old or something) and to do IOP...

It is for that VERY REASON you shouldn't assign anyone here a pronoun unless you know or have been told it. Someone misgendered me. I corrected them. Respect the requested pronoun. Get over it. Use "they", use their name. Don't assume. Goes for every single person on the planet.

We openly identify as transgender in real life and "they" is the preferred pronoun. It's who we are and it's who I am. There are persons on this board who are not DID and they get to be identified by their preferred pronouns. We deserve the same respect as they get. When anyone speaks up for...

Hate to pick on pronouns, however, we're more of a "them" on the boards here because every alter that uses this account has their own gender identity. We don't announce who is taking the helm. Hope everyone is okay with that. I'll keep the book in mind. Maybe the library would have it.

Kendleton Farms is a really new one that's still in progress with renovations. Link Removed

Yeah my current therapist can't help with DID. We used them for a grief issue and they did well for that then. This is now. They're helping us manage through the weeks until we can find something but aren't skills based. They're more for venting and that is okay and is serving its purpose but...

I had looked at McLean but decided on Sheppard Pratt because I have no way to get to Boston and already know that I don't make much headway in only 2 weeks due to unaffected alters coming forward to adjust us to the new environment. Sheppard Pratt is around 3-4 weeks and I know those alters will...

That's terrible :(

I'm limited in commute distance- u can't go far despite basically being in a metro area. Unfortunately we have a crop of bad therapists here still in practice back from the Sybil/MPD craze era. Serious shit like false memory syndromes to the point of innocent fathers going on trial. I've got...

Not local. Just on here.

Unfortunately I'm a step further than that. We've already acted more than once (others did the deed). I know there is a plan in place (by others in my system) on how they want to end it and I just keep making excuses for them not to. I'm running out of excuses and I'm tired of being "out" all...

I will however I suspect they'll refer me to victim services. Victim services has already dropped my case in the past because of suicidal ideations. Their therapists don't deal with clients experiencing that. I've technically been searching for the right therapist for 2 years now. Always being...

Can you elaborate more? How would one know?

I don't even know anymore. I'm hardly even human at this point. (See above reply for additional stressor in life right now.)

I have a "regular" therapist and have failed to secure a trauma therapist. (Which only adds to the sense of hopelessness.) See: How To Find A Trauma T?

I've exhausted my list of insurance referrals and now I may have to turn to out of network providers. I don't trust the "Psychology Today" search engine because it says that my (current) therapist is a trauma therapist when they are not. How do I find a trauma therapist nearby that isn't into...

"Netflix and dissociate" has kept me alive the past two months.

Prolonged situation. Been waiting for a treatment program option to become available. Have been in crisis since November. I have no life until I go. Everything is on hold.