Delusions and DID

Any with DID have a part that is delusional? I seem to have a part like this and i can't rationalize enough to shake the feelings. They are persucatory in nature. Is this common in DID?

forever21 wrote:Any with DID have a part that is delusional? I seem to have a part like this and i can't rationalize enough to shake the feelings. They are persucatory in nature. Is this common in DID?

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Hi. As to whether this is normal in did, I don't know but I have a youngish part that I consider to be delusional. He/she (?) is not cognitive has no skills to speak of & does not respond to rational thinking. As of late, if this part fronts, life is very difficult and I too cannot shake the feelings/ wrong thinking/delusions. This part of mine is not persecutory but causes plenty of system chaos. What I have been told to do is scoop up the part and rescue her/him much like you would rescue someone/part who is delusional and self- harming. I am not sure how to rescue such a part who seems unreachable but I'm working on it -

Let us know how you are handling your part-

Xoxo

You are definitely not alone. I do indeed have a part that is delusional (And also paranoid) but it's easier on both of us now that we got on a medication for it. Could you possibly try medication? It might help them. I would consult your pdoc (if you have one)

I don't want to go to work because of it. Priciphany draws attention to me and since people don't like her then we all suffer- the constant undoing of damage is tiring. Of course people are talking about me. Priciphany says they're just all idiots- so there ya go. See what we have to deal with? Sucks!

Thanks for the support. Maybe the new week will be better. Very anxious about it. It's been so unnerving.

T says it's social phobia. That's good news; don't need any other problems. Priciphany came out during therapy and talked for the first time. T said she sounded like a teenager. Yup, sounds about right. Still amazing how we can switch and not even know it.

I was just wondering (as a support person) if I can ask, when you said delusional, what did you mean? Were you paranoid about people, or did you not recognize them? Just curious...

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From personal experience boils down into 2 categories: Memories and suggestibility. Alters prone to memories such as those that hold past trauma will believe what ever memory holds. If the memory is fear of being say hit or of a particular person inflicting pain that alter will believe the person is still nearby causing to cause harm or is causing harm. The mind is judging the present entirely on the past. The second part is suggestible alters and in general overall system suggestibility from elevated levels of hynotizability. Its this suggestibility that can make it very easy for a person, group, a book, media ect to convince something is real when its not. A person can say anything and will believe its true even if it makes no logical sense or has no sequential order. Ive had people exploit this in me heavily in the past. (but thats another topic).

Trigger warning ..negative self talk

What do I mean by feeling delusional? I think people are talking about me. People stare at me. I do have a different look and ugh have been told I'm attractive (bla! Ugh) sorry and I have pesky secondary sex characteristics that invariably draw attention ugh *vomits inside - sorry and also condidering I have a very charismatic side -very confident and am in a position of high authority at work, I'm usually well known where ever I establish myself. I'm sure people will notice me and talk about me anyway but sometimes I can't handle this and I assume it's bad and that I'm doing something wrong * crying -sorry and I have to coach myself through things as simple as ordering a bleepidy bleep coffee at Starbucks because of anxiety -it's just intense. They saying I'm doing something wrong - maybe standing wrong, wearing something stupid, look stupid, dumb, weird eccentric. But see I feel I am all those things and I try so hard to hide it to appear normal. I just know they are on to me they will find out I'm a stupid fraud