News of Dissociative Disorders

I have heard where some DID people have forced integration and it has not lasted.

I cannot imagine how this can be done. I'd really appreciate if someone could explain "forced integration". I would also be interested to know what caused you to split apart again. Was it something, major, minor, unknown, or what?

Thank you

Shrinkrapper

Hi, I'm new here. I was diaognosed with DID I think about 5 years ago. About 6 months after my alters made themselves known to my therapist my therapist abandoned all of us Okay never mind that one--- I'm Anna now.
We have not been to another one since. We seen her for 2 yrs before anyone knew all of us and well she left.
I speak for the majority. We all have been in ...

I have read where over time a person can get control over alters so that you (host) can control when certain alters come out. While my young alters wouldn't come out in an adult or work situation, I have no ability to control when various adult alters come out.

Can anyone comment on their ability to control the "expression" of alters? I'd appreciate hearing from you.

My ex-husband was diagnosed with a personality disorder 25 years ago and has not been in therapy since. His illness has manifested itself in various ways including living two separate lives for several years to impersonating a woman on porn sites offering "Dear Abby" type advise. He communicates with "friends" he's met online as if he were a woman and at times, as if he were me. What little I've seen of his pornographic writings ...

Earlier I wrote about my GF and here family and their contact with a woman, who I am now convinced could be diagnosed as having DID (of course I am not a doctot, though). After reading some posts here I am trying to developing more of an understanding from the point of view of the person who has DID. Is it common to know that you have these alters? I am very concerned about this. ...

Although I am mainly right-handed, I do have alters that are left-handed. I can throw a ball with my left hand, swing a baseball either right or left, write with my left hand, swing a golf club left, and paint with my left and right hand. Sometimes, I would notice myself say, eating soup, holding my spoon in my left hand. There was an alter present --big surprise

Can anyone else relate to this? Thank ...

I know that it is common for people with DID to say that they have different clothes that a particular alter wears. However, do any of you have any collections?" I have the following collections and am wondering if anyone else has anything similar?

I have an usually high number of coffee mugs. A number of alters "naturally" wish to have their own coffe mug. But for a long time I would ignore the fact ...

I am unsure of how to start, so I will jump right to the point.

My girlfriend and her family see a lady who claims to be possessed by Budhas, Chritian saints, Jesus and other spiritual entities. Through this woman, who I shall call Susan, the family and some selected others listens to lectures made by Susan's "god identities" about how to become spiritually pure and return to Heaven. They have been seeing this woman ...

Although I have achieved alot of integration (which I find is ever so much better than being split up) I have been struggling with significant depression. My dr has prescribed various SSRI antidepressants (Zoloft, Effexor, Lexapro, etc) both alone and in combination. However, I have had very little, to no response to medication. My dr and I suspect that the DID and PTSD I have interferes with the effectiveness of antidepressants. I would really appreciate ...

Hi,
Sorry for the long post!
Can anyone offer any comments?

I'm starting to wonder if I have DID for many reasons.
The major ones are that I feel like I have 'awoken' slowly over the past year and I am not at all who I know I am when 'true to myself' (guess that could just be the therapeutic process). But it feels like everyone around me is now a stranger to me and ...