*TW* Have you ever been called a hypocrite.

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Especially if you have two very distinct alters, one is extremely religious but the other is not. And if the previous host was the extremely religious one but then the non-religious one took over. And people started noticing you behave differently do they call you a hypocrite and how do you feel about that.

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Sorry if I caused any discomfort, I'm new to all of this.

Hi Sweet_berries. I've never been called a hypocrite but I have been told I have contradicting views on things. Sometimes I'll catch it when I'm talking to someone and try to pass it off as being confused by my thoughts or looking at both sides of the topic. It comes through in my writing for school too. I'll write something that will support my thesis and then the next paragraph contradicts it, which I don't catch while proofreading the essay which makes me think I switch while reading.

Violarules wrote:Hi Sweet_berries. I've never been called a hypocrite but I have been told I have contradicting views on things. Sometimes I'll catch it when I'm talking to someone and try to pass it off as being confused by my thoughts or looking at both sides of the topic. It comes through in my writing for school too. I'll write something that will support my thesis and then the next paragraph contradicts it, which I don't catch while proofreading the essay which makes me think I switch while reading.

Thanks, I was wondering if this also has to do with the topic of religion and DID. As I've read a thread where members were talking about how many different religions their alters follow as opposed to the religion the original was born into. Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.

Sweet_berries wrote:

Violarules wrote:Hi Sweet_berries. I've never been called a hypocrite but I have been told I have contradicting views on things. Sometimes I'll catch it when I'm talking to someone and try to pass it off as being confused by my thoughts or looking at both sides of the topic. It comes through in my writing for school too. I'll write something that will support my thesis and then the next paragraph contradicts it, which I don't catch while proofreading the essay which makes me think I switch while reading.

Thanks, I was wondering if this also has to do with the topic of religion and DID. As I've read a thread where members were talking about how many different religions their alters follow as opposed to the religion the original was born into. Any thoughts on this would be very much appreciated.

What exactly does the alter not like about your religion? If you could narrow down the specific reasons the alter opposes your religion, maybe you could find a compromise somewhere about it? I have no experience, although, while I have no problem with my religion, I wonder if there's a alter that does because whenever religion is brought up, I get an upset and annoyed inside reaction. I wonder if that reaction is from the fact that when I started hearing voices, which I now realize are my alters speaking, my mom told me it was a figment of my imagination and that I needed to have a more personal relationship with God to get rid of the voices, so that could be why my alters don't have a positive reaction to religion. It also depends on how the alter was exposed to the religion. If it's first impression was a bad one, the alter is more likely to oppose the religion.

I m not religious, some in the system are and when they want they get time to do stuff religion related and talk to religious people. I alwys however state very clearly that even tho I m not religious I wonder about this or that - as not everyone knows about DID.
They don t seem to be bothered and just think I m getting closer to convertion - not gonna happen tho

as for hypocrite - a friend called me an actor - he said tho hebelieved it was a real condition but it looked as if I acted
Very hurtful and the first to say that - when i asked then wat alter he d met and what made him think I was just fooling him he couldn t reply, give a namen or situation. I said actually I don t recall anyone in my system meeting him. Then he started about how I get confused at times and lose the train of thoughts or such and that that seemed like a joke or an act. Actually even therapists have made fun of me when I suddenly didn t recognised them givin me a wrong name making me more confused and laughin so I does look weird okay.

In the end it says more about them then about you - period - and if they wnat an answer and you don t want to get into DID explanations
I alwys say I m very openminded, open to all religions, idelogies and worldviews in the ways that feel true and real to me - so it s for many no surprise if I say somethin that relates to one world view and then say somethin that relates to another.

To be honest, I don't really know if I have DID, but there is something that's wrong. And I am a very confused person in this stage of life, I thought I had things figured out but I guess I was wrong. I feel like I'm carrying a huge burden behind my back, and sometimes I get really angry. I do hear voices in my head though and sometimes it seems like they are not me but different people, the voices come solely from inside never outside. And I also noticed that I have three or so different voices and it's not something I can control one is distinctively male and the other is a squeecky child's voice, the other one is normal at least for a 20 -year-old female and the switch involuntarily. I also seem to be losing track of time and days, and recently months too. I just don't understand though why I would develop DID, I mean I can't think of anything severely traumatic that occurred not one I can remember at least. It makes no sense, a part of me feels familiar with this kind of condition but another part completely rejects it and even question the validity of such a disorder. How do I know I'm not making excuses to justify my anger or other things. I don't know please help me out. For a long time, I thought I was schizoid then avoidant but as I closely observed it seemed like I was a cocktail of many things in certain settings and situations that sometimes I can't recall or when I am told I did I shake my head in disbelief because I 'didn't know I had it in me'. Is this common, I should note that, I am comfortable with my self, except when I am really angry or feeling really blue, I am self-destructive then but otherwise I am just fine, not great but fine and I also don't want to seek therapy.

as for me I was unaware of havin DID til 2012, I had the diagnosis at one point but it meant nothin to me.

even tho I ve heard different voices in my head for years, even tho people told me fun stuff we d done and I couldnt recall etc

when alters did openly come out i still felt I never went through anythin serious enough

however a lot of my past was hidden it turned out-

as for you- if your anger is the main issue - you re likely to have other behaviour as in the way you d act, the way you d interact with people, respond ot situations etc.
I don t knw you well enough bu tit doesnt seem to fit with the rest you describe.

If you want to be sure, there are tests you can take, one is on this board but I can t find it for now.

You can ask a professionals opinion too.

Do realise however that takin it in that you hear voices that belong to persons as you describe are not psychotic - in that case mostly the voices have no clear or consistency and are mor likely to be heard outside the head as far as I know

and do realise this is hard to accept and deal with - as first responses often incllude a denial mechanism

so take your time and keep talking

nina11

Oh yeah. I've been called a hypocrite due to different alters having different opinions. These people didn't know about my condition, of course. One was a former friend (who unknowingly interacted with three of us) and the other is my ex (who was unknowingly dating two of us).

If anyone from outside of my system ever met our religious alter, they would probably think I completely lost my mind. Polar freakin' opposite of me, except for the fact that we're both angry assholes.

Hi Sweet_berries,

It's pretty confusing, huh? Some of the stuff you said reminded me of us. (Only a multiple could write that sentence). You don't know of anything bad that happened. (Of course you don't. That's the whole reason to be DID.) You're just fine most of the time. That means you have a pretty stable host (Good for you). And suddenly you feel and act in extreme ways (some of which you weren't there for, right?) Maybe yours could be a different DX but that really describes us.

Iain + (others)