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Re: Is this "normal" or indicative of DID?

Postby honestlywhatever » Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:12 pm

Thanks for all your replies. And I hear what you're saying but, I don't know... It's the next day now and I haven't felt the presence of "anyone else" (which usually is the case anyway) and am thinking that I'm just really good at deluding myself.
Sometimes, I can separate different parts of myself from myself and see them as different people quite easily. For instance, a part of me who likes "this" and "that" could feel like it could be its own person but sometimes it could also just feel like me (whatever "me" is..).
I also feel like being these different sides eventually gets exhausting and I just want to stop and go back to myself. But I'm also not even sure who I am half of the time and I think that, that strongly contributes to me being able to make all of these things up.

So, all of that ^ highly makes me doubt that I have alters. But it doesn't stop me from still being confused at times...

I strongly suspect that all of this is just a product of identity confusion and my imagination, and not anything DID-related.

Do you guys agree? And how can you even truly know if you actually are making up your alters or not when the place they come from is so abstract?

P.S. I do have a therapist (not anyone who specializes in dissociative disorders though) but I don't think I'll bring this up because, a) I don't think it's anything anyway (it's difficult to mention it when I myself don't take it seriously for the reasons stated above). And unless it starts to really affect my life, I don't think it's worth bringing up. I already have so many other important things to talk about with her as well. b) I don't want her to think I'm psychotic (I've gotten that before).
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Re: Is this "normal" or indicative of DID?

Postby NyxX » Fri Aug 10, 2018 5:43 pm

I think from what you described it would be unlikely to be identity confusion from what you described but I'm not you so I can't say for certain. I knew as soon as I started reading about DID but some people have amnesia for there signs and symptoms or experience a lot of denial about there experiences. And that makes it a lot harder to accept and deal with.

Whatever it is your dealing with my advice is the same. Accept what you are experiencing it makes it so much easier to deal with. Treat yourself compassionately just as you would want someone else to treat you.

Even if it's not DID your experiencing someone who understands dissociation would be able to help you more because I think you are experiencing types of dissociation. My first T didn't even realise I was dissociating and the 2nd just kept telling me I was doing it to much and I've not been seeing the 3rd one long. So in our experience having a T that understands and can help you when your dissociating is uncommon.
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Re: Is this "normal" or indicative of DID?

Postby ItsJustUs » Fri Aug 10, 2018 6:45 pm

No one here can tell you what it is or isn't. You asked if what you were experiencing are symptoms which are common in Dissocistive disorders, and we are telling you that most people here have experienced these things.

You should see someone, regardless of if it's DID or something else.

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