Split the movie trailer

After watching it I was honestly mad. They portrayed people with as these "super human" monsters that change everything about them from body chemisty to how they act for every alter. Gah. I saw he had littles to which makes me kind of uncomfortable. Thoughts on this movie guys?

Makes me really mad too. He's going to make it hard on all of us and that sucks. And the really bad thing is it doesn't matter if people believe the movie it will still change how they react to DID. I'm tired of people making money by telling everybody we're dangerous freaks!

Iain

Honestly, I can see both sides of this coin:

Of course it's infuriating to see the disorder we suffer from so misrepresented.

On the other hand... you're talking about "art." Whether it's painting a picture, writing a book, or making a movie, we are not limited to "reality" when we create art.

The problem is that so much of our society interprets what they see onscreen as truth rather than fantasy. Why? Is it ALL the medias fault? What about medical science ~ there are still doctors and even psychologists out there who don't "believe" in DID!

Most people who have DID keep it a secret based on "fear" of how people will react... but how will people EVER stop reacting with fear if we NEVER SHOW THEM THE TRUTH???

WE ~ the sufferers of DID ~ are partially responsible for these MISPERCEPTIONS, every time we OMIT telling the truth about ourselves.We can't sit here and say "it's the media's fault we are misrepresented" when WE DON'T REPRESENT OURSELVES.

Artists like M. Night Shyamalan are NOT going to stop making art. It is up to US to TEACH the real truth about DID by being OPEN and HONEST about our own diagnoses.

Gay people didn't have gay rights until they came out of the closet... as individuals, and as a "gay rights movement." WE ~ as individuals and as a group ~ are going to have to come out of the closet if we want to SHOW people that we are not scary.

It is completely hypocritical to keep our personal diagnosis a secret from our friends and family and then complain that it's the media who misrepresents us.

P.S. I say that with full knowledge of what happens when we DO... my entire family has disowned me for telling the truth about what happened to me. As I continue getting better and am "safe" enough to handle it, I will continue making my Dx more public. I'm "doing my part" to educate by not hiding my own personal truth.

It annoyed me to be honest. Its a bad portrayal.

I'm contemplating writinh a screenplay about DID.

- Jaxx

Forgive my foul language

I can honestly say that I saw that trailer for the first time today on Facebook and I literally nearly threw my phone through the concrete wall of my barracks room. I feel enraged by the idea that people feel the need to depict what should be considered a tragedy into some ###$ up horror film. I am all for expression of self but not at the extent of belittling someone for something I can't control. I'm a United States Marine and I know they way that people react to this $#%^. I literally just heard people outside talking about the movie and making fun of us (as in people with DID) for this condition. And I blasted them in front of a bunch of our peers because that is unsatisfactory. The general public will not consider the idea that the film is over dramatization they take it at face value just like they do the news. I may be over reacting but those pfcs shold know to act better and I will demand that of them. I find the movie in extremely poor taste.
-Jack

Wait... your a Marine... and you accosted these people for making fun of DID, but did not tell them YOU actually have DID??? How's that supposed to help?

These people have NO FRAME OF REFERENCE other than what M. Night Shyamalan gives them!
You cannot be mad at them for NOT KNOWING, when you are NOT HELPING TEACH them!

Do you realize that people used to be ARRESTED for gay activity? They had to FIGHT for their rights.

My own psychiatric provider DOES NOT EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE OR BELIEVE that I have DID. I can't switch to another ~ there is no other provider in my town. I actually had to go to a Neurologist and beg for an MRI to get some kind of physical evidence of what's going on in my brain.

But I'm doing my part to educate ~ I'M FIGHTING FOR MY RIGHTS ~ OPENLY AND PUBLICLY.

And I'm suffering the consequences of it, too. I made my Dx practically public knowledge, my whole family has disowned me for it. That's the price we have to pay to EDUCATE others!

We're not going to make ANY DIFFERENCE in how the world sees us by posting on a psych forum.

Society isn't going to stop misrepresenting us UNTIL WE REPRESENT OURSELVES.

If we want the WORLD to see us differently, WE HAVE TO LET THEM SEE US!!!

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Crackerjack,
I see why you feel the way you do. The Marine Corps. is a very different world. One of our core values is Honor and their behavior was not honorable. I offered a correction. Perhaps more forcefully than I should have but acting as they were is not okay. Part of honor is treating everyone with respect and dignity. I didn't belittle them to tell them to stop and that they were out of line. Even if I were to tell people that I had DID here that would only mean a other than honorable discharge for me in an instant and I can't do that to the system. Believe me we don't want to be here. Well most of us don't, but it would be easier to just get through my contract and get my benefits. I'm happy that you are able to live your life out in the open but I can't. Not by choice it's just the way it is.

EndangeredEagle wrote:Crackerjack,
Even if I were to tell people that I had DID here that would only mean a other than honorable discharge for me in an instant and I can't do that to the system.

Yeah *(feeling sheepish)* ~ I only thought of that AFTER i posted my response...
And I should know better, I was discharged from the Army at age 18 for a mental breakdown... just didn't know what it was at the time... I barely found mine at age 44.

EndangeredEagle wrote: Perhaps more forcefully than I should have but acting as they were is not okay. Part of honor is treating everyone with respect and dignity. I didn't belittle them to tell them to stop and that they were out of line.

NO, I think you were RIGHT to be forceful; it needed to make an impact.
You're RIGHT about honor including how we treat others around us...
...and it is a load of CRAP that you have to hide it or get booted out of your career.

EndangeredEagle wrote: I'm happy that you are able to live your life out in the open but I can't. Not by choice it's just the way it is.

Honestly ~ there hasn't been anything "happy" about it, as of yet.
I've literally lost my whole family ~ my own parents are not speaking to me, nor are any aunts, uncles or cousins.
Weirdly... for the number of family members I've lost, I have gained twice- or three-times as many supporters. I came "out" in a private facebook group of about 60 family and friends. It's now down to about 45... and I have not removed a single "friend" ~ ONLY AWFUL FAMILY MEMBERS. The friends who remain became more and more supportive as they saw how blatantly horrible my family was treating me. So all in all, I guess I'm glad I put it on that fb group... I guess it was at least helpful that my friends were able to witness what was being said to me. So I know it's not in my head... it's all there on facebook for a permanent record and reminder of their heinous behavior.

I don't regret being open about it at all... I would be more miserable if I was hiding it. As I get better and am able to be more functional, I hope to be even more vocal about it. I want to somehow make a career out of helping people with DID. I just have to get better first.

This is how I know I'm healing and God is on my side when you can attenuate the positive and really mean it. I'm thoroughly going to enjoy the movie I'm glad and also interested to really know from a male prospective how dissociative identity disorder and post traumatic stress disorder has on them. I also can appreciate it from the directors and actors approach and can explain it so that so one doesn't describe it from a movie unless they know the one who is asking what it is like has no interest then you refer a movie. No offense, happy researching yes more yet to learn learning can be fun way to keep yourselves busy and is great for healing and keeping you socially feed when it materializes. I know the peer pressure can be immense, to just be negative in that I understand I enjoy most movies that try to paint us sometime so extremely difficult in a good way.