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,...
Apologising in advance if/when any comments start getting out of hand. This is part of my attempt to keep it under control. I've been in hibernation for a long time, and it's so good to be back.
It's just that suddenly I'm feeling quite compelled to tell everyone what to do, and just generally be very bossy. We used to attract weird guys and motherly types but now they just ignore us completely. I'm feeling kind of fierce which is good in a way, except all that it makes it pretty hard to get along with anyone else. Being bossy is not the way to 'win friends and influence people'!
Maybe it's just being mad because my therapist left, or maybe I'm finally getting the guts to be more confident but it's just a bit rocky fine tuning it.
Has anyone else gone through this? What do other people do about stuff like this?
I at least feel a whole lot better answering advice questions here, but have a feeling that it's not a very endearing quality to have in a group- especially since I hate sharing vulnerabilities and current problems. Anyway, thanks for listening.
It's just that suddenly I'm feeling quite compelled to tell everyone what to do, and just generally be very bossy. We used to attract weird guys and motherly types but now they just ignore us completely. I'm feeling kind of fierce which is good in a way, except all that it makes it pretty hard to get along with anyone else. Being bossy is not the way to 'win friends and influence people'!
Maybe it's just being mad because my therapist left, or maybe I'm finally getting the guts to be more confident but it's just a bit rocky fine tuning it.
Has anyone else gone through this? What do other people do about stuff like this?
I at least feel a whole lot better answering advice questions here, but have a feeling that it's not a very endearing quality to have in a group- especially since I hate sharing vulnerabilities and current problems. Anyway, thanks for listening.
No apologies necessary, we welcome your experience and value your wisdom. Thanks for contributing and for feeling safe enough with the group to explore what's going on internally.
In our real world we talk to people, letting them know we are working on certain skills, without telling them all about us. So then I ask for feedback and advice from people who seem to have mastered what I'm trying to do. Later, I ask feedback on what they have observed (this is hard for me), and also ask for tolerance as I am working through things. The people I'm speaking of are only those who have shown themselves to posess some level of credibility.