Gender Confusion and DID

by Dr. Joann Roof

I have encountered several people with DID who considered themselves to be gay or lesbians. They had feelings of the opposite gender and often followed those feelings into homosexual behavior. They were being influenced by the feelings and desires of their male or female part.

Recognizing this can be very freeing. It helps them recognize the source of their feelings. Talking to the part that is causing the confusion about how they are in a body of another gender and the problems it is causing for the core can be helpful in resolving the problem. As that part heals the gender confusion will go away.