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 type of DID do you all have? Standard or what is know as Polyfragmented DID.I myself have Polyfragmented DID.Here's a description of the two.
The difference between standard DID and polyfragmented DID is a matter of degree. Rather than splitting into three or four alter parts, someone with polyfragmented DID might fragment into 100 or even 1,000 alter parts. Many of these alter parts might be personality fragments, which means that they are more one-dimensional than three-dimensional.
For example, an alter part might feel like a separate personality with more depth. A personality fragment might only hold one memory or one emotion. It is generally more challenging to integrate an alter personality than a personality fragment. The terminology polyfragmented DID simply helps to describe a more fragmented reaction to severe abuse.
The difference between standard DID and polyfragmented DID is a matter of degree. Rather than splitting into three or four alter parts, someone with polyfragmented DID might fragment into 100 or even 1,000 alter parts. Many of these alter parts might be personality fragments, which means that they are more one-dimensional than three-dimensional.
For example, an alter part might feel like a separate personality with more depth. A personality fragment might only hold one memory or one emotion. It is generally more challenging to integrate an alter personality than a personality fragment. The terminology polyfragmented DID simply helps to describe a more fragmented reaction to severe abuse.
I see it like having split ends on your hair; it all just depends on how damaged your psyche is...and that has a number of factors involved. Along with the severity of abuse, it also depends on your personality type, strength of the psyche (which can be a drawback when you're strong and trying to de-fragment yourself) , how young and how often you were abused, as well as, other things I"m sure I don't know of, but you get the drift....
I've never been told one way or the other, but judging on how long I've been in therapy, how low my self esteem and trust level is, and the feeling like I've still only scratched the surface, I imagine I'm on the more poly-end of the scale.
Therapy, sometimes great help.... Other days????? But keep pressing on and educating yourself... I have found my one-dimensional parts to be rather boring.. They only played a small role. They are harder to integrate because they do not have the dimensional ability to go through the healing process as well. I was not sure if they would integrate at all. Now please laugh with me and not at me...
Well night I woke up with my mouth turned to the side acting as if I had a pipe in my mouth and I spoke like Popeye the Sailor man!! Yes I was singing, " Popeye the sailor man, Toot! Toot!" Ok that is enough laughter! .... Popeye is one of my (One dimes) ... Is all he did was focus on rescuing I forget her name, Olive Oil..Is that right? And eating his spinach! By the way I love spinach! Well he sat in his boat and forgot to rescue "me" or "Dawn Rene" or "Sherry" or all the others. My inside family thought he was a Loser!.. He only protected "His one true love on television." We didn't fit the bill... Popeye can't you see him hurting us? Eat your can of spinach and beat him up!
I thought that Popeye had left. family-villa and disappeared into thin in... and then one night... boom he integrated. It turned out Fire and Storm were our protectors.
To be honest,,, I was so embarrassed going into therapy to share my story about Popeye.
It didn't make any sense... None of this does... Yet, when healing our inside flocks make sense... Ride the ride... Let them speak... experience life for the first time in a safe, natural and healthy way... and they and you ... " will heal"!
It is hard to believe and I am not at the finish line... but I've come along way.... and I know you have and will continue too! Keep pressing on... ! Great Job and great question!
But, to answer your question with the way you worded it, I'm with Steph... no super-sizing for me, please, lol.
When I first realized I had two alts, I had a dream in which I had to go into a haunted house and find a magical necklace. When I found it, I noticed it had thirteen stones on it, all different sizes. When I woke up, I knew it symbolized looking into my psyche and finding thirteen different parts.... and over the last year or so, I've found one here, one there... and now I've found thirteen. I feel pretty confident that these hold all there is.
Story time over, Wistala out. lol