Hi. My SO was recently diagnosed DID after years of bouncing around
in the mental health sytem. We have been together for 6 years, and
I have seen no indications of this. She started seeing a therapist
who happens to specialize in DID, and suddenly she is DID. I am
having trouble accepting that he did not impose his specialty on a
vulnerable young woman. I have been trying to be supportive without
encouraging what I fear is not real. Now she is back in the
hospital in a special DID unit. I'm so sad and confused. I wish I
could know the truth or know what to do. I don't want to hurt her,
but I am afraid she is being misled by a careless therapist. Am I
in denial? Am I being closed-minded? Is there a way to support her
without encouraging this diagnosis? Should I pretend to go along
with it? I don't think she's pretending or faking. She believes
she has "parts." If she believes it, does that make it so? Will
she ever be able to be my partner, or am I a caregiver-for-life?
Would she be better off if I left her, so she would be forced to be
self-sufficient?

I know no one can really answer all my questions. They are swirling
around in my mind, though, and I thought it might help to get them
out. Thanks for listening.