Has anyone ever met someone who doesn't believe in DID?

I spent so many years not believing the disorder existed. I've been hearing my whole life about how I'm different people. I have the time lapses, dissociative amnesia, and of course DID. I finally come to terms with it, and people wanna tell me it's not real. I can't afford to go to a therapist to figure this stuff out. I don't even know how many mes there are! W T F!?

My girlfriend told me several weeks ago about the way she can distinguish between the alts I have, but yesterday she said maybe it's just different moods... I'm like yeah! Different moods accompanied by different memories , a different demeanor and everything else.. I feel hopeless. I don't have anyone to talk to about this.

I don't really talk to anyone about DID except on this forum, so never ran into this issue.

Yeah, but I wanted to get therapy for it. The idea of integrating scares the $#%^ out of me, to be honest.

Forced intergration is the worst idea EVER when it comes to DID. A working system is the better approach, otherwise you end up like me: no full memories before the age 12, extremely forgetful, a little out there, and of course only to have it all come back to you, piece by piece.

You want intergration, work with your system, and over time, they'll fade out on their own.

Trench wrote:I spent so many years not believing the disorder existed. I've been hearing my whole life about how I'm different people. I have the time lapses, dissociative amnesia, and of course DID. I finally come to terms with it, and people wanna tell me it's not real. I can't afford to go to a therapist to figure this stuff out. I don't even know how many mes there are! W T F!?

Yes I have, many people actually.

I get these memory fragments a lot. It's like a giant impossible puzzle, with missing pieces.

Trench wrote:I get these memory fragments a lot. It's like a giant impossible puzzle, with missing pieces.

That's recognisable!!

And yes, know LOTS of people who don't believe in DID or doubt it or go too far in trying to see all the alters as one person because it's too scary to comprehend otherwise. Both through the internet as in real life unfortunately.

Yeah i've had this a fair bit. I am now very careful who i tell, after an awful incident with an ex boyfriend who decided to tell the entire community I was 'schizo'... which is totally the wrong term anyway and shows how much he knew! i then broke up with him after he told me that the thought of me being more than one person was too weird and scary to comprehend.
Most people who are close to me understand, and people like my best friend have not been too surprised about it, because of the way I act in regards to my 'characters' anyway! They kind of figure it out after years and years, which means they tend to believe it more, as there's so much background history of it!
These days I try my best to keep quiet when others are randomly discussing the topic (which thankfully doens't happen often)
Although I am always quick to step in with the facts when they get things wrong (like especially the schizophrenia thing.. ugh nearly everyone has the wrong idea about that!)

I msut say though I was sceptical about it, and sometimes still do try and denyit, especially in creator mode, she still thinks we're just characters in some extensively fabricated story! But yeah I've had my share of doubts, but I hate it when people deny it's existence having not experienced it at all! they're so closed minded! X(

ugh sorry for talking so much!

laters

i've been sitting in the office and heard people going "did you hear this thing in the news about some guy who has multiple personalities" or something, and then they just start talking about how its all made up, and its in our heads, and they dont even ######6 know they are insulting me right there next to me...and theres nothing you can do about it, because if you defend yourself you open yourself up to attack and it is NOT defending at all...

i hate people that do this to us.