Journalgirl wrote:Hi Greg- It sounds like you are increasing your awareness by reading, observing & journaling- I do this a lot though you are way braver than me to post an online journal - nice work - xxoo
Thank you

. Thank you for following my journal.
I do get a sickling type of anxiety when I do post on here, but the anonyminity online is what soothes that. Its like i punish myself for doing it but I know that I have to for some reason.
I've been wondering lately why i'm even writing this thing. It doesn't make a whole lot of sense to me why i'm doing it besides the fact that it is helping me sort of discover myself and face something that I should have faced a long time ago.
I almost feel like the "shephard" in this situations and that I need to corral all of myself together and be honest about it, because it has reached that point i feel in my life.
Its starting to make sense why I went to france.
A lot of that I think was coming from my systems (If i have one) fear of being discovered.
I remember a lot of people pointing towards questioning me in ways that would alert my alters to discovery. I went to another state, and the same thing surfaced. It was like my system went haywire and everyone around me knew that something was wrong. (this has happened before 10 years ago, which led to the same thing, moving far away)
The memories I do have of being in france recall the same type of questions people were asking me. PRobably because I was running amuck like a crazy person.
Eventually my system finally realized that its going to have to be discovered and decided to come home.
The anxiety attacks, and the fighting myself, and all of that is probably a last ditch effort by some of my other parts to prevent being discovered.
When I was in the hospital the same type of incident tried to happen, I almost escaped by manipulating the fire alarm. (I was on autopilot and watching myself do this) Once again a fear of discovery.
When I was in the doctors office, i both depersonalized and derealed and pointed towards other possible reasons that i'm there etc etc.
This CONSTANT war inside me I feel may have a lot to do with discovery.
I just got done reading Breaking Free by herschel walker and he talks about the fear of discovery in great detail, and how he never allowed anyone to get close. That chapter really struck a chord with me and helped me understand why I never got close with anyone in my life and stayed alone most of the time. Whenever someone found out too much I would leave. That book was very enlightening for me. There were many many times where i said "oh wow that's like me"
He also talked about how DID has helped him achieve his goals. Through a near inhuman dedication to his sport. (I used to BMX and had a similar form of dedication) I was constantly getting hurt (Sometimes I"d have to confabulate why an injury happened because I wouldn't remmeber it) I was also constantly riding as fast and hard as I could. This led to me getting into extremely good physical shape.
Although now i'm starting to feel the effects of having done that. (Sore joints, places where bones were broken/dislocated starting to bring me pain)
Even with my ex-girlfriend/ex friend of 10 years.
It took me years before I finally told her I loved her. I tried to push her away the entire time we were together.
Nobody in my life, family included ever really got a chance to get close.
I feel though, because of the fact that I know i've been a negative impact on people that it is my responsibility to do something about it.
The only other option would really be to end my life, which I definately do not want to do.
(Although some people that knew me might have wanted that conclusion)
I recently discoverd god again as well, and it is a strange coincidence that herschels book talks a lot about his discovery of his disorder, and how this affected his relationship with god.
I really feel i've hit a roadblock though,
I just keep repeating the same loops and reading only helps me retrospect, which is a nice feeling, but still doesn't make the constant autopilots I get at work go away. Although I can "Feel" one other true entity and "sort of feel out" the others, thats a fleeting feeling as well. It constantly comes and goes which just leads me into more anxiety attacks. I think this is as far as I can go just by myself.
I still get that HUGE pull when i switch value systems. Its like I get to "assume" another part and that part knows what to do. I get a rush of strength and confidence, then it goes away when i push it back because I know that it doesn't have good intentions.
The medication hasn't really been helping if at all.
At first it gave me a sense of clarity, and that is now replaced with a whole lot of nothing. I still get huge anxiety attacks and strange emotions coming to me out of nowhere. (They even doubled my dose)
I feel the only medication that can really help is klonopin as this had an immediate effect on the constant anxiety that I do have.
Either way, I have to find somewhere or something to do with myself to keep going.
Work has really helped that. I love working as it seems to get all my parts working in conjunction so that we/I can get a task done. Especially if its a constant work. I get a good feeling when I get off of work.
However, I have been slipping up a lot at work and I am noticing when I go on autopilot. I start yelling at people. (This could possibly be black) I have no control over this really and it seems to happen when i go fast paced.
WOrk has really helped calm the anxiety as well and makes me want to go into the hospital much less.
However, I should have gotten treatment for this long long ago.
Now I am left with the mess my system left behind and trying to put the pieces back together to somehow corral myself into the help I need.