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Couples with DID

Postby Starr24forever » Sun Mar 18, 2018 3:40 pm

Are there any couples here who both have DID? Do you have alters who interact together? How often do you both allow interaction? What is your experience?

My wife and I both are diagnosed with DID. We met on a dating site 6 years ago and there was an instant connection. About 3 years into our marriage, I had a BPD flareup and lack of communication. We had an abrupt separation. In the 8 months we were separated, my alters became very angry and I lived in constant distress. They wanted my wife's alters. We didn't talk for months but I couldn't stop thinking of her. I still loved her...I was just very sick. I had 2 months of mania where I never slept. I gained 50 pounds. I became hooked on pain pills. I was constantly hallucinating and paranoid. I started feeling like commiting suicide. I became Baker Acted. Detoxed. Major med adjustment. We started talking. I gradually started feeling better with her back in my life. She expressed to me she became really sick as well during our break. We started dating and after about 6 months we moved back in together. Our alters also reunited for the first time in a year. There was a sense of calm within me and her. Almost 3 years later, we have formed a great sense of trust and communication. Our alters seem more managed.

As both abuse survivors, we normally only allow them out during sex. We are okay with this arrangement. Before our split our alters formed love relationships with each other and were always interacting. We learned this just made us sicker, so now we have designated time. Our doctor called it more like role playing.

I never knew such love within several loves could exist. Before and without my wife I was a raging mess. I'm glad I have formed a founding relationship dynamic. Only she could ever understand me and my alters. I feel like I won the lotto. She is my winning numbers. We are multiples together.
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Re: Couples with DID

Postby Menagerie » Sun Mar 18, 2018 6:29 pm

Sweet! :) (and no, sorry, I'm not part of a couple, just thought this was a sweet story)
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