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You've solved difficult problems in the past. I'm sure you've also hit problems where you did not see a way to the answer, and where doubts came in as to whether you could solve it or not. This is an extremely difficult problem, and self-doubt is an important thing for making sure that you...

That table at the end is brilliant. Helped me manage my symptoms yesterday, which was a very difficult day.

That's pretty much what I was thinking. And it's definitely worth sharing your concerns about medication with your therapist.

'Hallucinate' is a term that is loaded with meaning and implication, and which non-professionals don't usually understand with precision. Can we please not coach people to use that word? If the therapist says that it's hallucination, that's one thing. If we coach someone into using it, we...

I've had slow motion once, when I was really convinced I was going to get hurt. I've felt like a passenger in my body, able to see what was happening but not to do anything. Me personally, I've never had my perspective shift outside my body, but I know it does happen to people.

It sounds like people have wanted to support you. They don't always know how to support someone in ways that actually help. Given that you've been suffering for months, it does sound like it's time for professional help.

That's a really interesting point. My professional and academic success comes from breaking problems into parts and solving them one piece at a time. My ability to hold many separate ideas and treat them separately is critical to that. My research integrating two fields of endeavor also...

The main things I want to say are: - it's OK to be confused by something that is really confusing - your therapist will benefit from a detailed and precise description of your confusion - trained professionals who see you in person will usually do a better diagnosis than experienced sufferers...

And working through my DID has required all my intelligence, and I am equal to the smartest people I've met. (And I've met some of the smartest people in the world.) A very smart person (you) has been hiding things from you. To put the pieces back together will require academic intelligence...