Do you think Dissociative Identity Disorder is real?
Have you come across anyone in real life that has /had multiple personality disorder?
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Yes it’s real. I have come across this quite a few times in my career. Usually after significant early childhood sexual abuse. The personality shatters like a mirror and you’ve got the different parts taking on different memories as it’s too much for one mind to hold. I have not yet seen a man with DID I’m sure they exist though that’s just been my experience so far.
UnderstandMe · F
@Notladylike Must be strange and scary to witness it at first
@UnderstandMe I think it’s very debilitating. One of my first jobs was in mental health outreach. I went to visit someone with DID and one of her child alters was out and had turned off the fridge ruining all her food. She had no money to buy more and no memory of it happening. Most genuine cases have little control of their parts.
I’m a little sceptical of people who seem to have full control using triggers to get in to consciousness the parts they want out. Maybe after years of integration therapy 🤷♀️.
I’m a little sceptical of people who seem to have full control using triggers to get in to consciousness the parts they want out. Maybe after years of integration therapy 🤷♀️.
cherokeepatti · 61-69, F
@UnderstandMe it had me unnerved for two weeks after seeing my sisters watch back and forth between personalities. She had a little dog who wouldn’t go to sleep without tranquilizers. That poor dog was disturbed by her