So, I've had an experience that I understand I'm very lucky to have had. I started talking to my therapist honestly about my experiences with the others that show up alongside me, particularly Grim and Dusky, and it's actually gone really well.
I told her upfront that my experiences were mostly positive. That I wasn't interested in pursuing any formal diagnosis at this time, and that mostly I wanted to be honest about those experiences because I'm more worried about experiences with disassociation and memory that I've been having which I understand can be related.
And she just said ok, and listened. She didn't gainsay any of my experiences, or try to pressure towards diagnosis or medication, or in any way suggested my experiences of plurality call my judgement into question. Most of her questions about it was mostly asking to understand in what way I feel my experiences have been positive and helpful. And, yeah. She's just accepted it for what it is, stressing that her stance is that if my feeling is the impact isn't negative on my life and I'm alright with things as there are (if still a bit confused at times) then that's what's important.
Having read up on some plural history, I know this very frequently isn't at all the case when interacting with medical professionals. Much of that history especially further back is often quite horrific; and frequently in the present day I've read of systems talking to a medical professional about their experiences resulting in one form of traumatic experience or another.
So, thank you. To all the systems who came before and said "Hey! We hecking deserve to be treated with dignity and respect!"
I'm not knowledgeable enough about the situation at large to say if things are 'getting better' or anything like that; but all those past efforts have improved at least my life going forward. And I'm certain there must be others whose lives are better for those efforts as well.
Thank you.
- Tavi, of the Moonlit System
