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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,...

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PinkRainDrops 09/01/2018

DID is something that you can't hide. It will show, and from what I learned that you can chose to reveal, or not to reveal that you have DID according to the interaction you have with individuals. I tell my doctors I have DID because I'm not always in control my consciousness are present. I shared with my family , and received acceptance, plus rejection over it. My husband abandon our 23 year relationship, my mother stopped talking to me because she couldn't cope with the others, my youngest daughter accepted me, while my oldest daughter tolerates the others, my son was conflicted, and one of my sister 's acts like we are on pretend time. ( meaning it's not real but she will play, while clinging to the notion that she as well as others believe that I 'm crazy.)

That being said , I'm fearful of talking to people in public, due to the different consciousness, each one has a different voice. My voice box was in pain for many months. I'm fearful of talking on the phone. I do those things by telling individuals up front.

Have DID isn't shameful, I'm teaching myself daily. I believe that their is a reason for everything, and my consciousness flooded to me because 80percent of my body was in pain, and I kept having a series of TIAs, which are mini strokes, and these strokes locked my body preventing me from moving.

so you decide if you want to tell someone, or keep it to yourself, but the one thing I learned is that the personalities will make themselves known any way.

SNL 09/02/2018

Thank you for your share. It helps.

ashashappire 09/05/2018

I'd basically, use the intervention approach if there are several members in the family have a conference call . I'd tell them that each might at some point represent a few adjectives and ask them to help where you see fit. Your therapist should be a great key at helping the structure of this out as well.

mightyturtle 09/16/2018

Thanks for sharing
Though I am so afraid to share now
I was just last week diagnosed with did
Apparently some of have been with me since I was 12
I am afraid of loosing relationships I’ve something I did cause and have no freaking control over
Your sharing has I sori s me to share but I am afraid of the repercussions

fairydustflyers 09/20/2018

I have shared with my daughters and had mixed results. One doesn't believe it, the other believes but is still uncomfortable. My alters are very good at hiding from any perceived disapproval so that makes it easier for me. I've shared with doctors with mixed results as well. Most just ignore it, but one tried to use it to deny treatment, an implant, for pain.
All in all I find it to be so far out of the range of most people's experience that you just can't make them understand.

ashashappire 10/21/2018

I understand I'd keep at it, most of this is designed for wait to stay covert there is possibility and hope that some may be a little more out and not needing to pick up on the disapproval. Ever second of someones lives and journey is easy to read folks and each so it is out of ignornance basically unless you can really buy into how you can manage and cope

Jellybean6 10/21/2018

I hid my DID for most of my life. I was terrified of being committed, so I never told the myriad of physicians I saw, nor my friends or family. The majority of the time I have co-concious states where I am somewhere in there just not in control. But sometimes I'm not so fortunate. I once "woke up" staring at the road speeding by while my husband was trying to pull me back into the car and simultaneously safely come to a stop.

My current psychologist knew what I was dealing with when I started seeing her. I never told her but she recognized the signs. Little by little she gained my trust and I finally felt such relief. My husband knew, we're childhood friends. We've tried to confide in a couple close friends both with positive and negative results. So now I choose not to disclose and I use my same defense mechanisms of isolation and avoidance.

However, I have noticed that finding support from others that share your struglle, people that can relate to the things that are going on inside you that nobody else around you can seem to fathom it helps. So that's why I'm back here. So we can help one another. So we don't have to feel alone.

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