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caretaker blurted to manipulate/brain wash

my caretaker said the other day: one must do stuff to get whatever they want be it manipulation, brainwash.

she said it nonchalantly. as a matter of fact. something she's neither proud of, nor ashamed of. just as something one must do to get stuff.

earlier also she had said stuff like: i am used to indulge in emotional blackmail. dont take me seriously.

but after the recent comment, i feel sad. just sad.
i ...
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Dissociation portrayal in anime

I like anime and I know ones with multiple personality/identity stories.

I have decided to list them here and grade their dissociation portrayal.

Yu-Gi-Oh!; A for original story, B for spin-off stories
Mitsume ga Tōru; B just because it has not quite sit with me
DNA2; A if take in mind that it is some bland of OSDD and DID elements
DNAngel; B because they do not delve that much into DID/OSDD elements
Rosario+Vampire; A ...
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Thank God there's no such thing as eternal life!

That's all I can say..
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I really need help

I heard that if you can masturbate in your fantasy without porn to stuff that's what you're attracted to.
So I had a rough day today with my thoughts and when I got home I decided to force an erection to masturbate to gay fantasy and it started to feel good within a few second and would go away and come back depending on how much I self inserted with more self insertion feeling better. ...
Read more : I really need help | Views : 363 | Replies : 3 | Forum : Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) Forum


Dissociative disorders and unspecified psychosis episodes

It seems that every time my system gets into some kind of disarray, I enter state of what psychistricts recognize as episode of unspecified psychosis. Could this be related?


Question on crushes

Hi, a friend of mine is wondering has anyone heard of a having a secret crush for years?
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Help creating a contract for my system

I've learned creating a contract is somewhat common practice. We are looking to get on the same page and grow. Because we are without names, ages, or genders we see who agrees with or understands what the rules/expectations are as a way of feeling familiar with each other. I'd like to hear from others who have created a contract for their systems! What type of stuff did you include?
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Seeing a new DID therapist

I have DID. I have at least 4 Alters I know about. Lately I have had severe dissociation and I just switched to an alter that hasn't been out for months. I reached out to a DID therapist to get help. I'm not sure how to go about talking to her about my system. Sometimes I wonder of it's real or not while other times I know it's real. I'm not sure how to explain ...
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Crush on girlfriend - tell her or not

Hello everyone,

There are probably dozens of similar cases, but I'm still a bit desperate and need some advice.

I am male, have been studying for two years and have built up a good but purely friendly relationship with a fellow student during this time. We have done things outside of university from time to time, but our friendship is generally characterized by learning together, somewhere between platonic and good friends.
Especially at the beginning ...
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Selective Mutism & DID

Hi

I have currently found myself to be host and understanding that I have also have Dissociative Identity Disorder (multiple alters) but I also have memories of having a total phobia of speaking at school when I was last host. (around 11-13yrs old..body is now in its 50's).

We have had many different hosts after me (there are 12 alters in our system) including one that was deaf and only signed (I believe to get ...
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