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 haven't been diagnosed, but I do have alternates... I do have Bipolar and I always noticed that when I go into a different phase I also switch personalities. Like when i go into my manic phase I switch to Ella, or when I get irritated or angry I switch to LeVorg. When I'm depressed I switch to me. It's confusing and sometimes I can't even remember things I did after I switch. Is this possible to have bipolar and switch personalities while switching phases?
I have also been dx bipolar. I question it but I'm not sure. I find that when I go manic it is because memories of old CSA trauma is bubbling up to consciousness. I don't want to feel it, I don't want to know the memory. So then I pace, and I'm irritable, I can't sleep well and not through the whole night. I've lost so much time from dissociation that I think I must switch when I'm manic for any length of time.
The same with depression. For me depression is a form of overwhelming grief. Again just below the surface memories this time sitting there like a stone around my neck. My belly aches, my head aches, I shiver when the room is warm. I think it's grief. I'm so new to DID that I don't know enough about when and why I switch. But in the past I was not co-conscious, I just forgot. Now I will pay attention.
Good luck with healing for you and your alters. I hope you get the understanding and advice you deserve here.
http://www.dailystrength.org/c/Incest-Survivors/forum/13733892-has-anyone-ever-felt-good
Sorry about the constant pain. Peace.