DID or DDNOS - the perpetual question...

tylas wrote:Sorry the D: icon did not come out and I assumed it was a laughing icon instead of a frown!

You can think of them as anyway you want. Mine are ego states and I can think of mine any way I want. Mine are part of me. We are one. One for all.. all for one is our saying!

brandic wrote:
I found this in my DDNOS searches:

"Generally speaking though, people with DDNOS don't have clear-cut ("separate and distinct") alter personalities and often don't have amnesia during a "switch." Often the parts don't have names and parts or fragments are much more often co-conscious, where the person feels like s/he is observing themselves acting differently than normal, but not fully in control of their behavior. It is like one personality part is in control, and the other one is watching...so there is no amnesia. Another way to describe it is that instead of having amnesia during a switch, you experience depersonalization. Finally, it's important to realize that if you are diagnosed with DDNOS, it (1) doesn't necessarily mean you were abused, and it doesn't mean you weren't, and (2), it doesn't mean (if you were abused) the abuse you endured was necessarily less serious than someone who has DID.

brandic wrote:Like, I'll remember having dated someone for 6 months or a year, but I literally cannot remember a single thing we did together. I remember at some point I was engaged to someone. Couldn't tell you how or why that came about. Also, pre hospital I dated men. Post hospital period, I've been with women and identify as a lesbian. Since the DID diagnosis came up four or five months ago, I've at times wondered if it was even "me" before the hospitalization period, but that thought just freaks me out too much to think about.

tylas wrote:

brandic wrote:
I found this in my DDNOS searches:

"Generally speaking though, people with DDNOS don't have clear-cut ("separate and distinct") alter personalities and often don't have amnesia during a "switch." Often the parts don't have names and parts or fragments are much more often co-conscious, where the person feels like s/he is observing themselves acting differently than normal, but not fully in control of their behavior. It is like one personality part is in control, and the other one is watching...so there is no amnesia. Another way to describe it is that instead of having amnesia during a switch, you experience depersonalization. Finally, it's important to realize that if you are diagnosed with DDNOS, it (1) doesn't necessarily mean you were abused, and it doesn't mean you weren't, and (2), it doesn't mean (if you were abused) the abuse you endured was necessarily less serious than someone who has DID.

But this is just from a blog, not an expert on the subject.
http://www.angelfire.com/psy/amanda/ddnos2.html

tomboy24 wrote:I apologize for posting confusing information, it made sense to us and didn't seem so contradictory (then again, what information in regards to DID and DDNOS isn't contradictory?). We don't keep our research and don't research often. It triggers us now-a-days. When we do research, we find the one that seems to match all the sites we read best and that makes sense to us and save it, even if we never look at it again. We used to research a lot, but it started to cause a never-ending cycle of asking questions and researching, and got very unhealthy for us. Even this thread's started to get a bit "trigger-y" for us, but I'd found that I'd saved some info and though it might help, when apparently it doesn't. Sorry.