Multiple Personalities Support Group
Dissociative identity disorder is a diagnosis described as the existence in an individual of two or more distinct identities or personalities, each with its own pattern of perceiving and interacting with the environment. At least two of these personalities are considered to routinely take control of the individual's behavior, and there is also some associated memory loss,...
1.Whats this? This is Multiple personality support group an online support group.
2.What is it for? To help people connect and relate experiences and learn and heal with and from each other.
3.What do you talk about here? We talk about everything concerning DID.
4.Why? See answer number 2
5.How does it work? see answer number 2
6.Is it helpful? Yes
7.How? By connecting with people who share similar experiences
8.What's DID? DID is a coping mechanism for a person who has been repeatedly abused in early childhood.Read the description if it on the main page of this forum it gives a pretty good explanation of what DID is.
9.Is it bad? No DID is not bad.In actuality it is a completely necessary coping mechanism for an abusive childhood.
10.Can it be cured? There is no cure per se but you can heal from your memory and be able to be happy and live a more productive life.
11. Am I stuck with people in my head? Those people are all different parts of one person that were separated due to trauma.
12. Why do I have long hair? You have long hair because you are in the body of a girl.
13. What are these? (as in breasts?) LOL
14. Why do I look like a girl? See answer 12
15. How? You are a boy because most likely what happened was the girl who's body you are in was abused at one time and dissociated and in that dissociation she imagined she was a boy.She imagined she was you and you were created.
16.How does the body work? I'm not sure what you are asking with this question
17.How come I'm different? You are not as different as you think. There are many people with DID.
18.Where am I? Your profile says Mesa, Arizona
19. What am I for? You were made as a form of protection for your core but that is not your only purpose.You hold talents and other awesome qualities that are essential for everyone else that is inside of you.
20. Was a really just come out this morning? I assuming since you have so many questions yes you did just come out this morning.
21. How? Either you were triggered out or you felt safe enough to come out.
22.Why? See answer 21
22.What do I do? See answer 19
23.why are there so many? Because unfortunately you guys have faced a lot of abuse and many were needed to be created in order to survive.
24. Why are there hundreds? See answer 23
25. What are we for? See answer 19
26.What is this?If you mean this site see answer 1
27. Why are we out now? Most likely because you feel safe enough to come out or you are needed to protect.
28.How do we get out? See answer 21
29.Why? because in order for you to heal you need to come out and also you switch in order to protect your core from trauma.
30.Will I ever have my own body? This body you are in is your own body.You are supposed to share it equally with all of the others.
31.Why am I living inside of a girl?! See answer 15
32.Why am I younger than her? Because she was a lot younger when you were created.
33.How does this work? See all of the above
34.Is anyone listening? Yes!
35.Does anyone understand? Yes!
Welcome to the forum Peter it is nice to meet you!
I have nearly 100 alters that have come out so far but only about 50 have given me their names,ages(which range from 1 all the way up to 60 years old) and genders. They do everything from singing to drawing to playing or working.If you look on my profile I list a lot of their names there. Good luck with finding the answers to all of your questions!
Welcome to the group buddy and please feel free to keep writing in.