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 am 16 years old, my mother has been diagnosed With DID since early teen years, but just more recently decided to open up about it with me. Having a rather bad childhood with stressful trauma I experience bad anxiety as well as my mother. My mother’s system contains alters that can be, well angery and violent. She experiences sudden rage, change in accent, facial expression, and dissociation. Growing up in my mind around age 13 I told myself my mother has bipolar disorder because to me (not knowing about DID) it made sense. Now knowing about my mom’s diagnosis I want to be there for her, but it’s been a lot worse lately as our family is going through a stressfull time. she has become more angry and just scary with sudden switches it’s hard to know who she is anymore. I know it is not my mother fault but it is so hard to deal with at times and I just don’t know how to support her.
I too am a daughter of a parent with mental illness and as much as we want to love and support them, we also have to be wise in how we do this. So I also want to ask if you have a counselor that you are talking with to help you understand this whole situation and help you know what a healthy relationship with your mom would look like?