News of Dissociative Disorders

hey everyone.
i've been hanging around here for a while now, and i've finally decided to join, what with my lovely procrastination and all.
so i guess ill start with an intro before my question.

im 17.. female. pretty sure that i have DID. ive had girlfriends and friends tell me this... not that they for sure know what theyre talking about but, when more than one person comes up with the same thing, there ...

From me, Jessica.

I hope this does not trigger anybody.




Last night I drove far.
It was totally unexpected and random. But all day I had been thinking about human nature, about why people react and act in the way they do.
I'm on good terms with my most recent ex (not the one who f*cked around with me, but the nice one) We took a break recently because I couldnt handle doing anything physical ...

I am sitting here blwn away. Mystery potentially on the way to being solved. I had NO IDEA this was going on, or that it was so accurately described. For 36 years i have been wondering what the hell is wrong....why doi cut....how do i lose such massive chunks of time.....and why i don't remember ALOT of things i supposedly did.
The research seems shaky to me tho.....many diff. views here. I v'e had 17 ...

Resources for DID:

Link: the dissociative experiences scale thread (added by salted lipstick)
Recent thread link: DDNOS/DID RESOURCES: symptoms, common questions, etc. (added by salted lipstick)


http://www.ipce.info/library_3/files/did/did_3.htm
http://hometown.aol.com/boyym/DSM.html
http://www.merck.com/mmhe/sec07/ch106/ch106d.html
http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/bb/neuro/n ... plan2.html

Most of my day is spend in a strange state or being half there half not. I try not to think about depersonalization, but it happens regardless. When I get it I am usually not filled with much feeling emotionally, and of course everything is just strange. I feel like I am viewing my life through a camera, everything is just weird. I've been dealing with this for 9 years now. So I have become ...

Hello all,

I am new to the forum and recently discovered that my husband has DID. About 6 months ago, my husband had an affair with a "friend" of mind and it was the absolute worst thing I have ever been through.
After the affair, I found out that my husband was struggling with a sex addiction, that as he described it initially, "would come and go". He opened up about this very bad obssession ...

what the hell is going on?

Pretty sure I already used that title, but I can't find it, so whatever. At least this time it really portains to the devil. Oh yes, the Dark One! The Prince of Lies! Evil Horned Guy! Exclamation!

So normally, I'm haunted by demons lurking in the shadows when I go to sleep at night. Either cuz of D, who is one of biggest reasons why they're in Hell, or cuz they can sense I'm extra ...

My shrink thinks it's a good idea for me to relive a certain part of my life through hypnosis. I have heard only bad things about going under.

Does anyone have any input on this type of therapy?? :roll:

my sedative...lol