Acting or Dissociation?

what happened in the following situation, do you have any idea?

If there is an individual who lived with some alters, facing the problems of switching and time losing, really had different emotion with different alters, and they all used to agree that he was living with DID. Yet, later on, he said all are what he acted, he just acted to be another alter, and "acted to" lose memory, and he claims that there is no dissociation on his condition. He claims that all alters and dissociative experiences are due to his lie.

How do you think about it?

& How could we find out whether it's just acting or it's truly dissociation?

Hi,

sounds like denial. I think it is unlikely that a person would start acting like they have alters for no good reason, over an extended period of time - why would anyone do that?

If the person has DID and has slipped into denial, it will probably pass and his alters will come back out at some point.

Ruby

thank you~
i agree that the situation looks like denial too. Yet, if it is really denial, how could things be done appropriately?

Sometimes, when I'm in denial and truly convinced that I was acting all those other times...I try to act like them again. And I can't do it. I can't force it. It feels unnatural and weird. And it sure as hell looks unnatural to other people watching.

So...if he was really acting, he should be able to act again, on command, without any trouble.

Plus if there are things that certain alters of his could do that others couldn't, you could get him to try those. I can't force myself to draw, because Vicki is the one who draws, and when I try without her it's just rubbish squiggles.

Has anyone ever had similar experiences before?

The host is sleeping, and when someone (the real person, just the his friend) calls one of the alters, the alter come out and the body seems awake suddenly and just in a flash. And, the alter who comes out could answer questions. And later on, when the alter come back inside (and the host who is sleeping is out again), the body suddenly sleeps again and the breath changes back to be like sleeping--and even with somniloquy.

Has Anyone experienced it before?

And, if such experiences happened before, do you think it is truly DID/DDNOS ? or it still could be acting?

Leslie believes that she is acting all the time, but deep down, she knows she isn't. This is purely denial and I hope that she'll move passed that some day. This site moves her passed denial a lot with reassurances that remind her of all of the dissociative experiences that she can't deny.

-Logan

The host is sleeping, and when someone (the real person, just the his friend) calls one of the alters, the alter come out and the body seems awake suddenly and just in a flash. And, the alter who comes out could answer questions. And later on, when the alter come back inside (and the host who is sleeping is out again), the body suddenly sleeps again and the breath changes back to be like sleeping--and even with somniloquy.

I only know this from the inside - the other day one of my alters picked up the phone while I was sleeping and had a full conversation with a friend of mine before I even woke up.

If this is acting what you describe (with the different breathing and all) that would deserve an Oscar.

Ruby

tribeofone wrote:If this is acting what you describe (with the different breathing and all) that would deserve an Oscar.

but, at the same time, before anyone denying the truth (if it is really denial), when all of the personalities of the individual agree that they are living with DID, the host was still able to act like the alters, and the alters could also act like the host as well -- no matter the voice, word using, body language and verve and so on... sometimes they played such acting game with me and I was really confused who's real / who's acting / whether it's acting / i couldn't be right to identify who's out at that time....

Yet, still, some conditions were unexplainable if it's nothing about DID. For example, the alters come when the host's sleeping as mentioned, and the memory losing looks so true.

what do you think about that (personalities could behave and act like another personalities)? could it be due to the great co-consciousness?

I'm not sure, but I know that one of my alters pretended to be me during half of a therapy session and told her a lot of things that I did NOT want told under any circumstances. :/ So, I suppose they can act like you. I also notice that they use a lot of similar phrases that I use when I hear them in my head and in my head I've picked up on some of Lori's phrases so that makes me think I'm acting sometimes, but if I were, then my therapist wouldn't insist that I told her those secrets while I have no memory of it and also there are cases where I have obviously switched and it's hard to deny.

woodreus18 wrote:The host is sleeping, and when someone (the real person, just the his friend) calls one of the alters, the alter come out and the body seems awake suddenly and just in a flash. And, the alter who comes out could answer questions. And later on, when the alter come back inside (and the host who is sleeping is out again), the body suddenly sleeps again and the breath changes back to be like sleeping--and even with somniloquy.

That had definitely happened to us before.
I would like to give another similar example. In the morning, when we are still trying to wake up, we would get ready with some of the others still asleep inside. And when they do wake up, we could be already at school, and they are not acting like they were awake the whole time, but still be sleepy and yawning. And usually saying " 'morning " to people around us. ( I did that =_=... I didn't know what the time was, thought it was around 8... turns out it was 10 =_=)

Or as you said, and we switch with somebody that was sleeping, the body would suddenly go into sleeping state, the breathing changes and the body goes "heavy", as when you are asleep.

Lia & Kim