whiteraven
Diamond Member
I am sooo mad. I went to a functional medicine doctor a few weeks ago in hopes that he would take a look at my medical history and maybe help me set some goals to create a health plan that might improve my overall health and impact my depression (even just a little). My therapist recommended him, because he does some work at the same facility, teaching mindfulness. I'd been there once before when I had some GI issues.
I wasn't happy with the visit - at all - for several reasons. But briefly, he mostly just skimmed over my medical history and focused primarily on the DID. I found out later my therapist (who I had asked to contact him) had told him I had DID - which was ok, but he forgot to tell me that when I asked him - and this doctor asked a ton of extremely personal questions about my insiders that not even any of my therapists have asked during a first session. He also pressed for names of the "troublesome" ones. I was very uncomfortable, but also intensely anxious during the visit (actually, prior to and during. I'd later find out my blood pressure was very high and I had a migraine while there). I answered the questions as best as I could, avoiding some and kind of giving only one word answers to the others.
He ended up telling me I had a "spiritual" problem. I blocked him out for most of the rest of the visit but left pretty upset.
Well, I found out today that he talked to my therapist again and told him that he suspected that at least one of my "insiders" was an evil entity and my therapist said he mentioned something about exorcism.
Ok, so I'm thinking here...WHAT???!!!???? This doctor - or should I say "doctor"? is an MD and a highly respected one in the international community.
I made it VERY clear during my visit that the two insiders I named were angry but that we had determined in therapy that they were protectors. That one no longer exhibited any destructive behavior and that the other, though she occasionally did, seemed to be coming around and calming down some. The latter is the one he seemed to be focused on.
Although this is not something new to me, I was so thrown off track by this that I still don't know what to think about it. I think it hit me so hard because I really had hoped that this doctor would be different from everybody else I've seen and he comes up with this crazy shit.
Diagnosed with DID in 1998 and I find out today I'm actually just possessed. *Laughing to keep from crying*
I wasn't happy with the visit - at all - for several reasons. But briefly, he mostly just skimmed over my medical history and focused primarily on the DID. I found out later my therapist (who I had asked to contact him) had told him I had DID - which was ok, but he forgot to tell me that when I asked him - and this doctor asked a ton of extremely personal questions about my insiders that not even any of my therapists have asked during a first session. He also pressed for names of the "troublesome" ones. I was very uncomfortable, but also intensely anxious during the visit (actually, prior to and during. I'd later find out my blood pressure was very high and I had a migraine while there). I answered the questions as best as I could, avoiding some and kind of giving only one word answers to the others.
He ended up telling me I had a "spiritual" problem. I blocked him out for most of the rest of the visit but left pretty upset.
Well, I found out today that he talked to my therapist again and told him that he suspected that at least one of my "insiders" was an evil entity and my therapist said he mentioned something about exorcism.
Ok, so I'm thinking here...WHAT???!!!???? This doctor - or should I say "doctor"? is an MD and a highly respected one in the international community.
I made it VERY clear during my visit that the two insiders I named were angry but that we had determined in therapy that they were protectors. That one no longer exhibited any destructive behavior and that the other, though she occasionally did, seemed to be coming around and calming down some. The latter is the one he seemed to be focused on.
Although this is not something new to me, I was so thrown off track by this that I still don't know what to think about it. I think it hit me so hard because I really had hoped that this doctor would be different from everybody else I've seen and he comes up with this crazy shit.
Diagnosed with DID in 1998 and I find out today I'm actually just possessed. *Laughing to keep from crying*
