Hi, new member

This is my second time trying this, so let's see if we get it right.

I'm new to this site and forum. I didn't see a thread for introductions so I hope this is alright. My name is Leigh and I'm 27. I was Dx with DID when I was 16 but it wasn't explained to me. I had no idea what it meant and left the psychiatrist thinking I was either crazy, possessed, or both. Over the next ten years I went through several doctors, having thrown the DID thing out the window, what with not knowing what it meant, and they tried to label me all kinds of things. They tried all kinds of medications. One was convinced I had schizophrenia and tried several of the anti-psychotics, which only made me psychotic and the dissociation worse. (It went a little something like, "Leigh, do you ever hear voices?" "Yes." "Here's a pill.") This past summer/early-fall I witnessed a suicide and felt the need (as anyone would, sane or not) to seek counseling again. I lucked out and ended up with a wonderful therapist. I mentioned the DID to her because I'd been having what I can only describe as "noise" in my head and one very angry voice. I'd never heard the angry one before. When I clarified that this was always inside my head, about an inch from my ear, and she'd remembered me mentioning DID, she asked if I knew what that was. "No idea." "Multiple Personality Disorder?" "Yeah, what does... oh. Ooooooh!" lol And it all made a whole hell of a lot of sense.

It still took me a while to accept it. It took making friends with other multiples, reading books and relating, fitting all the criteria of the DSM-IV. I'm bull-headed. But as of now, we are:

Walker (m)- 5
Tegan (f)- 9
Emma (f)- 11
Andie (f)- slides between 16-19
Marsha, Becka, Cassie (all f)- 20's

I'm guessing that's all, but they tend to surprise me. lol We're glad to be here. This looks like a very supportive place.

Welcome Leigh and all!!
Glad you could join us.
~Amber and all

Time to roll out the welcome mat! Glad to have all of you with us.

Welcome to the party! Jeeze, a little too much estrogen in this forum, where's Kaizo when ya need him? Ha ha ha! Nah, it's grand. I'm Mike, along with Frank and D. But everyone addresses the whole system by our forum name Mr. Bates, or Bates for short.

Welcome to the forums, Leigh et. al.

Hope you enjoy yourself here,

From Jo, Lexy, Ri and the rest xx

Howdy my dear,
im not a multiple, nor do i have DID. I am a documentary film maker who is looking for people to interview. I totally understand that there are those who are not comfortable talking about this sort of thing, and i understand that and respect that. I wish you luck in your struggle and hope to maybe learn more about you if your interested drop me a PM.

Please make sure you check this person out - or any other person proclaiming themselves to be a researcher, documentary filmmaker, or any sort of health professional. The fact is the only link I see is to his mySpace website where me says nothing about his project. Personally if I was making a film, I would mention it on my own website.

http://www.myspace.com/kwilson1042

Welcome!
You'll find support here and also some fun! Bates is good at providing distraction when we get too serious!
take care,
cat

Please don't try to discredit what im trying to do. I DID in fact mention my project on myspace page, but nice try though. It is briefly mentioned because it is still in its research phase. Im not out to harm anyone. Those who live with D.I.D. have suffered enough, do you really think im that cruel of a person that i would be out to hurt someone! Come on now, for those i have been in contact with i have been professional, and understanding. Judging me and trying to discredit me because of my MYSPACE? I find this a bit of unfair persecution. i understand you reason to be cautious. Some of these things are not easy to talk about. Have i come on here at all, and misled anyone? No. In my post to twilight, i stated i do not live with D.I.D., and am not a multiple. Im not trying to be someone im not.

The admin or a mod will always warn member's to check out their resources before giving out personal and private information to someone who says they are makig a documentary, since we do not know how legit it is.

I'd be concerned about people suffering from DID could be triggered by what is on the myspace website, it mentions BDSM, so that strikes me as odd...