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,...
what is it like for you when you are about to switch?? im just curious as to how it differs from person to person.. im also trying to pay more attention to my switches and figured knowing what other peoples are like may help me identify my own easier.. thanks!!
here is how it has been for me, but it seems to change the more familiar i become with my altrs
it used to be abrupt, complete changes. i would be one thing, then go blank and be another.
a lot of what i can sense on my shifting happens in my head.
my face starts squinching up, i feel a headache, i get dizzy, that kind of thing. not usually all at once, maybe one or the other.
i get A LOT of headaches.
i get dizzy a lot.
but the sure sign for me is the face. i cant control it, my face just pinches together like im about to be sick or hurt myself somehow, and then someone else pushes through
sometimes i will get a tunnel vision thing, or auditory issues. like everything starts going fuzzy and i feel like im about to pass out. it might be hard for me to hear people around me, like in a movie where one person is in focus and everyone else is muted or far away sounding. that is a switching sign for me.
ive never really thought to wonder if the different switch ing symptoms reveal who will be coming out..
have to ponder that
as i get more used to the shifts it is getting easier.
anyway, thats my story, not sure if it helps...
do you live with someone? or is there someone who knows about your condition that can help give feedback and stuff?
sometimes I just feel far away.
If i try not to switch I get a headache, and then end up switching anyway.