I don’t want a formal diagnosis

And let me explain.

I feel like as of right now, while society definitely has lowered the stigma when it comes to mental illness, it’s still not at a good point. When it comes to DID/OSDD, I feel like the stigma has only gotten slightly lifted, or overall just changed. And for that, I do not want a diagnosis on any paper that would follow me. I do not want it on paper for any jobs to see, for hospitals to see, for schools to see. I want that diagnosis to be only between me, a therapist ( and/or psychiatrist ) and whoever I wish to tell.

A line on paper saying “Diagnosis: Dissociative identity disorder” would not validate me more or less than a therapist telling me to my face the same exact thing, but refusing to put it down on paper.