Dissociative identity disorder Puns

I am perfectly willing to answer questions and give resources/citations where appropriate. Just don't expect quick responses in such cases.

As for my feelings and thoughts? I... mostly approve. I read books 1-3 back to back, and it was clear to me that >!Shallan!< was... dissociative identity disorder (DID) coded pretty quickly. I read up on Sanderson's opinions on the matter before RoW came out, and I can see how he could have taken the path of confirming OR denying the diagnosis. I have no real issue with it.

I really enjoyed her character and her growth through the first three books. I related greatly to her anxiety in book one. Book two and her struggles with truth, memory, and the past hit close to home. Book 3 shook me up in good ways. DID characters are few and far between. Much less ones that aren't evil or have an evil alter. But a main character? Almost unheard of. So I was ecstatic going into book 4.

I have mixed feelings. I enjoyed the internal interactions and bickering. The trust issues, paranoia, and desire to KNOW are all topics I struggle with too. Sanderson's presentations of alter roles and fluctuating identity felt accurate. A bit too accurate at times, as one of the reasons it took me so long to finish the book was because how much the familiarity shook me.

I only have three real criticisms. 1. The situation with >!Void and Ialai!< feels so stereotypical of DID plot cliches that I groaned. I appreciate it wasnt an evil alter situation though, saw the logic, and tentatively accepted it.

Problem 2 I have with it is how quickly she switched to a DID character. I feel like there is a great deal of character growth skipped between books 3 and 4. Discovering your alters, establishing communication, and finding ways to compromise and work together is a process that takes YEARS. Book 3 ended with the hammering home that, no really, this is her issue. And book 4 starts with, surprise! Fully developed DID character. I was really looking forward to walking through her journey of self discovery with her. Instead, I feel we skipped a great deal of it. I'm not angry about it, just disappointed.

Problem 3 might be covered more in the future? It's not the case for everyone diagnosed with DID, but the majority struggle with identity blurring. Most of RoW, she clearly knows which alter is which. Not all of the time, as we see toward the end, but most of the time. I dont always know when I switch alters. I dont always know which alter I

I'm thinking like all of the what if stories subaru's are now different personalities inside the head of the original Subaru. And that he has to fight them in order to gain control of his body or something. I wonder how that would affect the people and his friends around him? Like he was just normal for a few seconds but then suddenly he switched into Greedbaru or Wrath Baru.

My (16F) friend (16F) got really into tiktok when the pandemic started and kind of fell down the rabbit hole of people who have (or are pretending to have) dissociative personality disorder. She made a tiktok where she pretended to have it and it got kind of popular in that community.

At first it was kind of a joke but then she started getting really into it. Now it's all she talks about. I stopped hanging out with her a couple months ago because I would ask that we talk about something else and she'd have someone else from her "system" come out and threaten me. She also started making tiktoks about how her best friend wasn't supporting her, which really pissed me off.

Yesterday her mom came to talk to me and ask what was going on since she's acting so weird and we weren't hanging out anymore. We've been friends since we were kids. So I told her that I didn't like hanging out with her anymore because of the fake DID and showed her the tiktok, including the videos where she was talking about me. Her mom thanked me and told me she'd talk to her.

A couple hours later she messaged me saying that I was an asshole and that her mom banned her from tiktok and I was ruining her life. I didn't respond but she sent a bunch of people to send me messages on tiktok and discord to say I was awful, too.

I feel bad that her mom banned her from tiktok but I don't feel like I owe her anything anymore, honestly.

Feel like there’s another person living inside body, but don’t have states there they ‘take over’ body or have dissociative amnesia. Sometimes get urges to act like them to be able to express that person.

wait which subreddit am I on? I mean you're faking depression

wait no being trans that's it

I wanted to create some mechanics around a simple concept, but i don't know where to start: the " Dissociative Identity Disorder".

When we play, especially in First Person, we imply that the main character is you, the player, that control that person and decide everything that character need to do.

I wanted some ideas and mechanics to define and play around the concept that as the Player we will fight against ourselves to decide who is in charge.

I think that this concept suits in a Adventure Horror game? I don't know, what do you think? Maybe there's more...

Hi guys,

I'm a bit curious about DID. I'm currently in a graduate program, not for Psychology specifically but something very adjecent. I got my undergrad degree in Clinical Psych, and I remember specifically talking about DID in both a Neuroscience class and evolutionary biology type class, with a focus on psychology (it was an elective and pretty interesting). During both these classes, my professors both talked about how DID is VERY much widely contested, and there is very little evidence to support it's real. They mentioned there being support for things like disosiaction, not recalling long expierences, out-of-body-like expierences, etc. All being real things that happen and have evidence, but SPECIFICALLY, things like having distinct personalities, sometimes with 5-10+, being different genders, age's, etc. as well as these personalities "interacting" with one another have no evidence. On the contrary, one of them instead talked about how DID with these extreme personality types, tended to track with pop-culture trends, and that HUGE waves of DID were way more likely when a new movie about the subject came out.

This was all about 6-7 years ago, and flash forward to today. I'm now almost done my grad program, and I'll be entering my internship pretty soon. I'm still involved with some of my schools undergraduate clubs and orgs, and because of this interact with some younger people. Prior to probably 2-3 years ago, I hadn't ever met anyone with DID. I've now met, through these clubs, 3 people who claim to have it. When trying to speak to my professors about it, I've noticed it's a VERY touchy subject and not one almost any of them want to get into, most of the time they completely avoid the question, or simply say they "aren't specialized enough to speak on it" or something akin to this. The people I've met in real life, claim to have quite a few alters, and one of the individuals even does things like make separate discord accounts for them (something I've literally never heard of before).

Doing my own research, I've not been able to find much to support it either, instead I've found that a very small amount of clinicians tend to diagnose the majority of cases, and that most scientific papers written on the subject are done in a small number of journals, again by a small number of professionals which makes me question it even more.

So I'm basically making this VERY long-winded post to see if there IS some kind of academic consensus on this? It s

I always wondered what witchcraft really was when I was younger. As a Christian, it was a naughty/dangerous thing to fantasize about. I finally broke after all the years of fear from the Church and left summer of 2020. My realization and declaration that i was now a witch terrified by devout husband, and although he tried to convince me that what I was doing was wrong, I couldn’t ignore where my heart wanted to go.

During this time, my depression, anxiety, and flashbacks were getting worse. The most I wanted during the day was a state of blissful numbness, where I didnt think or feel. My physical pain from a chronic condition was exhausting, and after a slipped disc I gained a good 70 pounds. I was drowning. My God didnt care, in fact He did this to me, so why would I want to stay with my abuser? Once that sentiment settled into my chest, I couldn’t un-know it. I found my therapist around this time as well, and we got to work

I started shadow work and meditation as I was deconstructing. It seemed simple enough—I couldn’t possibly get into some kind of existential trouble with just that, right? My first New Moon as a witch, I went into the field behind my house and settled in.

It didnt take long. I’d always been able to visualize, but this “shadow” of mine was so vivid, so full of fire and energy, that I was shocked at how real she was. She was a warrior, unmistakable in her role, and she was ready to talk.

I’m sharing these things with my therapist, who hasnt mentioned DID at this point. She could be called witchy, so she took all this in stride. All these little things are stacking up for her at this point, making DID more and more obvious. So what is it?

TW Vague references to trauma

Dissociative Identity Disorder is a traumagenic disorder that prevents the formation of a singular identity. This can only happen in childhood. These different identity states utilize dissociative amnesia to protect a child’s psyche against trauma that would otherwise break her. Alters form when these parts are simultaneously required to protect the child AND appear “normal.” Before I was dx’d, I thought of them as my different “skills.” When I met my warrior, I was convinced she was my shadow self, even writing about her in the entry on shadow work in my book. In reality, she is my Protector alter, my first line of defense, which is why I met her first.

After I accepted my new reality of having headmates, I started searching for a way to find them. DID

I have a huge fear of developing this and I can’t stop obsessing over it. I already struggle with DPDR, and the thought of totally losing myself horrifies me. I can’t stop checking to see if I’m still aware of who I am and making sure I still have all of my memories. I’m so tired of over-analyzing everything I think. I’m honestly so horrified.

This is going to be a long story, and for the sake of personal privacy, I will be omitting names. Nontheless, I have their permission to share it and really do believe it worth sharing.

A good friend of mine suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID for short). I've spent the past several years helping her through it, and we've made a lot of progress over the years. From diagnosis to the steady breaking down of mental barriers and all manner of technical stuff. Or at least, for the most part. I should mention, I'm not a professional when it comes to dealing with it either.

One of the personalities was particularly difficult for her to deal with, as pretty much every time she was the one fronting (Aware and controlling actions), it would always lead to an extreme panic attack. Worse still, she'd never remember the previous panic attacks, and would faint after a while, so it was just this awful pattern of trying to just get her somewhere safe where the worst possible events could be avoided. We did learn a lot of things though over those myriad panic attacks. Namely, she had a lot of childhood memories. Most traumatic, some not. Old games, old family visits. Castlevania among them.

So, we ended up trying something crazy, myself and a friend of mine, and ensured that when it happened, she was looking at the screen, and Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night was up. Honestly... probably one of my crazier ideas that. But it worked. She did in fact remember what castlevania was, and was able to auto-pilot through it. This led to a lot of funny moments actually, in a sort of dark humor sense, from calling Johannes Albus and Miriam Shanoa, to getting completely stuck on the door leading to the deck of the Minerva. But it was one of the first times she actually was able to focus on something that wasn't an ongoing panic attack and calm down enough to actually listen to me. And, if that was where the story ends, it would be sweet enough. But it isn't.

As much as she understood what "Castlevania" was, that didn't really solve too much. Sure, she was calm enough to listen, but she was still stuck in the past. In her childhood. Playing through as Miriam was just going through the motions in a way. So, next time, we set her up with Bloodless, who is distinct in... pretty much every way from past Castlevania characters.

And she latched on immediately. I think that's the first time time ever really moved forward for her

I’m getting reeaaal tired of all the misinformation I see around here, tik tok, and tumblr so I would love to be able to clear some things up if anyone is confused about how DID works or just curious!

Is this something similar to DID or is it normal? I (24F) have noticed that I feel very different from who I used to be or what I identify myself as. I really hate aging. I always identified myself as a young person and as I get older I hate the idea of just not being young. I thought I would commit suicide before I was 24 and now I am 24 and I hate the number. I realized that at different times even during the day I feel like different people. At work I’m really angry and short fused. I hate being at work it stresses me out to the point I get sick.

But I remember all of these states to some degree I don’t have things I don’t remember buying. I haven’t gone by different names with different people. I’ve been diagnosed with adhd in the last two years. I’ve been traumatized for years. I feel like I remember at least 4 different “me”s that exist for years or weeks at a time. My restrictive eating disorder self seems different from my sexual self or my angry/tired/hurt self that I am at work. It makes working hard. I work retail.

Several years ago I was watching a lot of Disney’s Frozen because of my kids. I inevitably started to develop some weird fan theories about it, mostly that Elsa/ Anna are the same person in the same way that the Narrator/ Tyler Dryden are in Fight Club. Firstly, for this theory to work you have to believe it takes place entirely from Elsa’s point of view. In this theory when Elsa injures Anna at the beginning of the movie she actually kills her and is so traumatized by it develops a dissociative identity disorder where she adopts Anna’s personality and lives half her life as Anna. This is why they are never together in their growing up montage and the village never sees the princesses until after their parents die and even then you only see one of them (Anna, or rather Elsa in her Anna personality) at the public funeral. The Do You Want To Build a Snowman and For the First Time in Forever songs highlight Elsa’s two personalities in conflict. Anyway, after her coronation her personalities come into conflict, to determine dominance. When they meet at the ice castle Kristoff technically never acknowledges Elsa, because he can only see one of the sisters (Elsa has been in her Anna personality with him). Elsa freezes Anna’s heart which is symbolically starting to come to terms with what happened in childhood. Anna’s hair begins to turn white like Elsa’s because the Anna personality is fading. At some point Elsa subconsciously realizes that because she can breathe life into ice she creates an ice Anna to save her from Hans, representing the part of her personality that has been trying to save her from her trauma her whole life. She breathes life into this ice Anna and imparts it with her Anna personality and memories and it becomes a real person. It is only at this point in the movie that there are now two real sisters and everyone else believes there were two this whole time.

how many alters can passive influence at once in a Dissociative Identity Disorder system?

Let’s clear up some misconceptions about this disorder that I see all over the internet!

Before I begin, just know that therapy for DID is different than other types of therapy. It’s typical to have this kind of therapeutic relationship.

I have a really special &amp;amp; close psychologist therapist. We have been together 5 years. Twice a week. We are the same age (35/36).

She’s like a mom to my kids (in me) and takes such amazing care of them. She’s given them everything they’ve ever wanted and needed and because of it, my 4 year (in me) has integrated/fused, and my 9 year old (in me) is extremely close and just hanging on by a thread.

Usually she looks like a grownup to me and I feel like a little kid, but she’s starting to look like we are both grownups. I’m dissociating with her less and less.

Usually she gets so soft and sweet (vs when I’m a grownup), does child therapy, reads me picture books about feelings, we just sit there looking at each other and it feels really special. It feels like we are cuddling even though we aren’t. I didn’t get cuddled as a kid. I hug my special blanket when we talk. We listen to lullabies together. She asks me what color my feelings are. We talk about how things feel sad and scary to me. I tell her the things I’ve never told anybody ever.

I NEED to keep the special time that we have even when I feel like a grownup and I don’t know how to do that. Talking about my spouse/kids/work etc is so boring to me.

I really need help. I feel so lost right now……

Please be nice. And I feel myself switching to being a little kid even just from writing this. I can’t lose the special time. I love her.

What kind of special time can we have as grownups? Thank you.

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Hi everyone, i suffer from psychosis and DID, I'm looking for a book that tells a story of someone with DID, something like a slice of life, not something scientific or historical. It would be best if it is available as an audiobook, reading while having psychosis is really hard, thank you in advance for your suggestions.

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You the other day that you developed DID from the abusive relationship you were in. No. You didn’t.

Damnit I don’t deny the abuse because I was there when you needed to cry about it. I was there when you needed comfort and I did everything I could till you crossed a line and I needed to get away.

I’m glad you left that shithead.

I’m pissed that you’re lying to me. I always knew you were one to exaggerate things. But come on! This specific disorder is so controversial and rare. Knock it off.

I’m sick of your toxicity. Go away!

I was just watching a YouTuber interviewing people with that condition and it was very interesting and quite sad tbh.

As someone who has Tourette’s and ADHD, I can’t imagine how daily living is like for all of you.

But I was just wondering how romantic relationships work especially sex. Like, there are child alters and I was curious what happens if one of them comes up during the deed or even just dates.