Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Golden Shirohana

This may only be true in my own case, but...there's also a deep fear of getting better. It's a difficult thing to grasp, being alone in your own head when you've become so comfortable with not being alone.

I honestly don't remember anything before hearing voices in my head; my first memory starts at nine years old, then it black out until I'm ten years old. From there on, memories are very scattered, but I still recall having the comfort of other presences to rely on.

...Which now makes me wonder that, if this is DID, am I my true personality?

It's a comfort issue that makes it difficult to want to get better, unusually enough.

But that reluctance could also be from a lack of belief in DID; I still have a lot of trouble thinking this is much more than my imagination at work. I don't want to kill my imagination - it really is my only outlet, helping me write and partake in other creativity-based hobbies.

The chance on you having been aware of their presence if you're the host are pretty slim. The host is typically completely unaware. To the point where in some systems, one of the alters actually thinks they're the host until the host comes back.

[Victoria Elwatts]

I knew someone who had this problem...she was perfectly harmless.
However, if it gets to be to much of a problem, your supposed "disorder"
then I strongly advise you to tell someone who can help.
I personally, wouldn't otherwise, tell anyone about my diagnosed disorders.
Thats just how I am of course, I chose to suffer my means alone.

[Golden Shirohana]

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The chance on you having been aware of their presence if you're the host are pretty slim. The host is typically completely unaware. To the point where in some systems, one of the alters actually thinks they're the host until the host comes back.

...I'm not entirely certain how I feel about that.

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Golden Shirohana

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The chance on you having been aware of their presence if you're the host are pretty slim. The host is typically completely unaware. To the point where in some systems, one of the alters actually thinks they're the host until the host comes back.

...I'm not entirely certain how I feel about that.

Also keep in mind that it's an incredibly rare disorder, one of the rarest. So the odds are pretty against the possibility as it is.

If I were you, I wouldn't worry about it too much. Worrying about it can make even minor things seem more extreme and can cause you undue stress. As others have said, it's not something you really need to worry about unless it's severely impacting your ability to function in life.

[Prince Rilian]

The idea of a multiple is beyond my understanding.

When I get into a situation I don't know how to deal with, these other "personalities" come up and take over. But I hate them and have been working on subduing them.

[Akira Yoshizawa]

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

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Golden Shirohana

Abbreviated to DID - also referred to as Multiple Personality Disorder, defined by one or more alter egos that can take over at any time.

It's thought by many people to be a hoax and a criminal scam to escape convictions, but psychologists have been diagnosing it for a while now...usually after incorrectly diagnosing the patient with things such as depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder...

Very recently I was diagnosed with this. That bothers me greatly - I happen to know someone, and have known them for several years, who claims to also have it's symptoms...but calls himself schizophrenic. Given that they're two very different things, and this person is a renowned attention-seeker, I've guessed that this isn't the truth.

I'm looking for opinions - does DID exist, is it just an attention-seeking hoax used in mass media...and how should I tell my friends and family, when I myself am skeptical of others who claim to have it?

Any advice is appreciated.

If you were diagnosed by a physician then DID does exist surprised
Just tell your family what the physician told you.

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Marie Gourmont

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

[faolan]

kitteacakes

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

Book. The movie's based on a book; you're always best off referencing the original.

Anyway, though... unfortunately, the case is unverified, and since both "Sybil" and "Dr. Wilbur" are dead, that's where it stands. But it has served to bring the study of the disorder into a wider context, as well as establishing a precedent for how widely arrayed the personas might be.

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faolan

kitteacakes

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

Book. The movie's based on a book; you're always best off referencing the original.

Anyway, though... unfortunately, the case is unverified, and since both "Sybil" and "Dr. Wilbur" are dead, that's where it stands. But it has served to bring the study of the disorder into a wider context, as well as establishing a precedent for how widely arrayed the personas might be.

Uh, sorry...I didn't know it was based on the book, since I only saw the movie. confused

[faolan]

kitteacakes

faolan

kitteacakes

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

Book. The movie's based on a book; you're always best off referencing the original.

Anyway, though... unfortunately, the case is unverified, and since both "Sybil" and "Dr. Wilbur" are dead, that's where it stands. But it has served to bring the study of the disorder into a wider context, as well as establishing a precedent for how widely arrayed the personas might be.

Uh, sorry...I didn't know it was based on the book, since I only saw the movie. confused

Ooh, definitely look for the book, then! It's fascinating.

[Akira Yoshizawa]

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Marie Gourmont

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

it's still not confirmed to be true, remember those times mental medicine was a bit off ^^UUU People with no more than short attention spans were diagnosed with ADHD, and if I'm correct, they had just stopped using electroshock to "cure" patients. So yeah. ^^UU

I prefer to look into my teacher's medical records and things, that way I get to knwo the real cases, so I know it's pretty pretty rare condition, and that mostly there's cases of just two fragments or "personas", it even more rare to find people with more. I don't know why, but I guess the brain can just take so much... then fuses blow...

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kitteacakes

Marie Gourmont

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

No. It's not. Her story is exaggerated and utilizes a host of misunderstandings regarding MPD and DID. The more you learn about it the more you see that the therapist didn't know the subject. What they knew then doesn't even hold a candle to what we know now.

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Marie Gourmont

kitteacakes

Marie Gourmont

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

The movie and case of Sybill is a great example of DID. Her personality fragmented due to the severe abuse she experienced as a child. It's a pretty sad movie/case.

it's still not confirmed to be true, remember those times mental medicine was a bit off ^^UUU People with no more than short attention spans were diagnosed with ADHD, and if I'm correct, they had just stopped using electroshock to "cure" patients. So yeah. ^^UU

I prefer to look into my teacher's medical records and things, that way I get to knwo the real cases, so I know it's pretty pretty rare condition, and that mostly there's cases of just two fragments or "personas", it even more rare to find people with more. I don't know why, but I guess the brain can just take so much... then fuses blow...

The average is actually around 10. You can get anywhere from 2 to 100 or more, and higher numbers are much more rare, but the average is a bit more than just 2.

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Marie Gourmont

DID Is real, dear, and VERY rare. It's not liek you have multiple people inside of your head, or voices talking to you or something. The only thing that your brain does is fragment itself in one or two (the only case known to have fragmented in more than two was Sybill... and it's still uncomfirmed) and when a situation reminds it about any extreme (and by extrem, I do mean it) hardship you've gone through, the fragment shuts down the other or others and takes over so you won't go... well, crazy and self destruct or something. ^^U

It's parts of your personality that show, not a personality entirely different... yet, they kind of guard you so you don't remember what happened and can cope with life.

I know it's a bad example, but when my teacher explained it to me he used it,s o I'll use it too:

Have you ever read or watched X/1999 from CLAMP? Remember how Kotori used to say her mother had died from illness instead of remembering her disemboided head and limbs? And how, when she saw Kamui's aunt's disemboided head on the floor, she went totally crazy remembering her mother all that? "Well, in real life, that's the kind of situations that your brain tries to keep you away from. If Kotori had been a real child," my teacher said, "she might've developed DID just to keep those memories away and maybe she had never gone crazy at the sight of the bloody head."

Anyways, ou should tell yoru close family at elast, even if you're not sure, so they can help you out and clear your doubts. After all, they're your family. ^^

The cases I've read about all had more than that.