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,...

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hopeless25
hopeless25
So i was never taught how to handle things in my family, so to handle my abuse i started cutting. I went into a deep depression when i was in the 8-10 grade. I tried to commit suicide many times and sooner or latero y in order for me to live i came up with another personality kinda. Like Takiah the scared abused child died along time ago. Teekie which is what everyone calls me and i'm known as is this crazy out going woman. Kiki which my family calls me is the care taker of everyone she's my family's keeper and is always trying to help other. Now i know this sounds weird but creating these personalities was my way of surviving. Its not like i hear voices its kinda like i have a louder conscience then everyone else lol that's how i see it. So ... is this weird ? Do you think i belong in this group ?
- Teekie
loum50
loum50
I responded to your post on the other board. I think you belong here and I don't think you are weird at all. I see a therapist that works with adults who were abused as children and have dissociative disorders. Seperating from the abused parts was a way to survive.
hopeless25
hopeless25
Thank you loum, i'm glad I hopefully found a place I can talk about this part of my life and people think i'm not weird .
Wheezie
Wheezie
You are not weird Hopeless.What you have done by accepting this is step further into recovery.It's a good thing.
hopeless25
hopeless25
Thank you wheezie, means a lot
theblackrose
theblackrose
Not weird at all. :) and yes you do belong. We wish you all the best! -The Black Rose Clan
ThePeople
ThePeople
not weird, very creative, adaptive and life affirming - in spite of the si. everyone wears different 'faces,' a woman who is married and has children, siblings and a job for example. she will be the 'working woman ,' while at her job, mom to her kids and a sister to her siblings. each role engages different aspects of her personality - and some people like my sister have different names in their many roles. her name is elizabeth but my brother and i call her 'sis,' she's liz at work and sally to some of our relatives. and no, she is not did - although she has suffered with depression.

only a professional can diagnose so i can't say if what you experience is did. but no matter what it is you sound like a woman with great internal resources and creativity. and yes i think you 'belong' in this group with or without the dx, so welcome, i hope you find this a supportive place to be.

laura
deleted_user
deleted_user
sometimes we have to create a pesonality that can do the super inhuman acts of whatever it is our home life is asking us to do. sometimes it's abuse that makes us do this. sometimes it's being in a family that expects too much out of us.
we are all here because we couldn't be loved and accepted for being who we wanted to be. i wanted to be noticed and not harmed. what did you want to be?
love xoxo kelly