Anonymous Coward · 2d
I’ve taken the DES II before but questionnaires like that confuse me because, like…how am I supposed to know the percentage of something? If it’s supposed to be over my whole life, how do I factor in experiences that maybe happened often in the past but don’t anymore/as often? What if I don’t even remember? If something happens a lot only under certain circumstances but not in others how do I factor that in? I kind of just end up guessing. I took it just now and got a 44 and last time I took it I got a 60 something
it's not supposed to be highly accuarate or something you're supposed to overthink, because it doesn't diagnose people with DID. it's just a screening tool to indicate to you/a professional about whether you experience dissociation to the extent that it should probably be looked closer at so an accurate diagnosis CAN be made.
it also doesn't matter whether you got a 44 or 60. those are still numbers that indicate "hm you should probably see a professional about the amount of dissociation you experience."
I want to reiterate: you're overthinking it. if you go to the doctor's office and they're trying to determine if you've sprained/broken a bone and they ask you "on a scale of 1-10 how much pain are you in" or "what were you doing before the pain" a discussion examining "what is pain, really?" or how long you've been roller skating isn't what they're looking for, they're just looking for an indication that it would be a good idea to investigate further about ur injury
