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,...

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Who's out?

Reed31
Reed31
I don't know if other people have this, but when I talk with friends who know about my inside people they will often ask who is out. I can't always explain exactly who IS out. A lot of times it's a mix or it's someone who doesn't want to say or whatever. I find it exhausting to try to ferret out "who's out" all the time.
deleted_user
deleted_user
that happens to me. i say things without recalling, spend money i wasnt supposed to. dont go to very important appointments..and my worst annoying problem is that i cant ever log on my email without resetting the password because i never know what every password i set is. its very frustrating. also, i cant ever enjoy a movie or a restaurant since i cannot satisfy all my alters at the same time. im usually numb and sometimes i feel what they all feel which is stressful..unless my self therapeutic alter stands out to show control and now im not so sure what i was even saying, im kinda having fun typing...because of my personality disorder i cant ever keep a friend. im kinda very sad inside i have no friends. just my kids and husband and my mother visits..which is great but sometimes i want more socializing which i cant always handle sometimes i cant even talk. and i think im off subject and i just vented?..sorry you guys for that..
Reed31
Reed31
That's one of the reasons I like it here. We can have some socializing here.

I have found people are far more accepting than I though they would be. And there are a lot of places now that people are welcoming of people who are differently-abled like us.

I've often been pleasantly surprised when I find trust-worthy people and can share a bit about my experience. Often they are very supportive.
deleted_user
deleted_user
Well, my protector is out.. cuz.. I went to a meeting which was my first time at a certain club, and I saw it was bs.. so good ol Janis told them it wasn't right, and of course, they all put her down, and so protector made me leave,, and so now.. shhhh nobody is out except for just typing here. I did explain to them why what they were doing wasn't right, but tjhey said they can do whatever they want, and so I said yes, you can, but not with me. bye

It was Researcher, actually that told them.. the truth. But Alice kind of thought something was fishy and so she went, planning to just be quiet.. but then .. couldn't shut Researcher up, with her OCD.
Reed31
Reed31
Gotta love the protectors but sometimes I feel they see red flags everywhere and keep me from having a life! I'm dating a bit now which is a HUGE trigger. I don't think my protectors will ever feel comfortable with anyone I date.
deleted_user
deleted_user
its annoying for me, it feels like people just what power or toooo much knowledge
bluedragon41
bluedragon41
We're kind of "In the closet" about the DDNOS. We don't necessarily *want* a whole lot of people to know that we're a *committee*, you know?

...We like to keep that stuff buttoned up most of the time for safety reasons.