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,...
I have been seeing my counsellor for about 6 months now and she is helping me. This has just come up recently about me having did. But im still not sure. Lots of things fit but I don't have names for different personalitys. When I was younger I did and I thought I was going a bit crazy. But since then, until our more recent sessions I hadn't given this anymore thought. I certainly have different fronts for loads of different parts of my life. I don't intertwined any parts of my life and this is just how I thought of it i know i am diffeent with different roles of my life and different people, but i am aware of this. Are people with did aware that they are different with different names/personalitys? I certainly lose time, but I never do when I'm at work. I do have voices in my head having different thoughts/ideas jumping out at me all the time.. I'm just not sure. Any thoughts with this would really be appreciated. Sometimes when I think yeah maybe this is it, maybe this is me - and what a relief. But other times I don't think it is.
Some alters have names and some don't. The alters that have names usually speak their names to me. Other times I give them a name.
You mention about losing time but not at work. In my case, I have certain alters that come to work with me and during that time they are the only ones out and when I leave work they are no longer out. I have alters that are just for work only that is why I don't lose time at work. Other than work I do lose time.
There was also a time when I thought everyone had inner voices. When I would talk about the many voices I had some bad repercussions. That is when I realized not everyone has these voices.
My ending thought is trust the process, acknowledge and love your alters--they are all parts of you, believe in yourself and most of all you are not crazy..
This will sort itself out. I am sure you are a little panicked about the whole thing, if you are like most of us here as we began to face issues we call DID. It is not as bad as it first seems. Your therapist has probably already suggested you keep a journal handy. That's a good way to find out what is going on inside. We're here for you as you progress. You will be ok. Hang in there.
Thank you
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