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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helenslight
helenslight

Hi anyone and everyone,


I have been diagnosed with DID for about 27 years.  I have had lots of therapy.  I started in recovery from an eating disorder when I was 28.  I was doing okay till I got cancer.  The cancer meds caused a large weight gain over 5 years.  I started healing from that when I went into a severe Bipolar 2 Depression when I could not get my meds for a week. I relapsed further.  The thing that I am not getting is this...how can 2, not so active parts, have all this power to influence everyone else in the system?  There are more without an Eating Disorder then with.  So how can these two parts have so much power??? We used to work as a government system.  Anything major had to run by all who were in the front area. But now, all is chaos.  I just don't get it.


All thoughts and ideas are welcome.  :-)

Jellybean6
Jellybean6
I'm not sure. I know that I have 2 alters that are stronger and sometimes vie for control. They are often at odds with one another too. Generally, we work as what I've dubbed 'The Committee', because usually I have co-conciousness. My therapist and I had been working on me learning to accept and communicate for some time. But sometimes when I'm under a lot of stress I don't have much control at all nd it's usually these 2 that go at it and I usually begin losing time, having fugue states, and all that fun stuff. I'm not sure if that's similar to what you are experiencing.
helenslight
helenslight
Jellybean6, thanks for your response. I am grateful to say that I have not experienced fugue states...that I can recall anyway. Working by committee sounds like our system or the way it once was. Acceptance and communication among parts...hmmm those are hard but doable. I wish you the best.
KittyTwist
KittyTwist
One thing I need to do that might apply to you as well, is figure out what people like and want.
I have someone who loves ice cream, and someone who likes codes and games. I want to give them both time and those things, but I can't just play and eat ice cream all day (though I prolly would if I could!) Amo i want to figure out what others need, lots of options, so I can try to meet needs across the board, while still tending to daily life.

The strong personalities are good at getting their needs met, but the others who are neglected might be the ones that cause the instability to get noticed again.

Maybe. I wonder?