• My partner and I are concerned with what foods we consume, sure there are the fast food night when we are all too exhausted to cook, but most of the time we eat fresh veggies and try to buy them organic.
• I remembered that my Grandfather (one of the perpetrators in my life) tried and tried to grow a garden. He didn't get much produce. The gardening brings back some memories. I kept flashing back as I broke the soil.
• Anyway, last year we planted a garden. It was my first garden of my own.
• I tended that garden with love for my family and myself and it flourished. He was a lousy bastard and his did not do well.
• I call it my Universe garden. It grew because the universe wanted it. What a difference love and nurturing make.

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• Today is one of those days that, when I look in the mirror, I don't see me. I feel like I am in the passenger seat of a car. Who is driving today? What even triggered me?
• The likely trigger is the phone call I received from Ann, my therapist. She has a medical appointment that she felt was pressing. She rescheduled for just one hour later, but told me that she would call me if she had to cancel. It has been eating at me about whether or not I will be able to see her.
• The dissociation has been really getting to me.
• I hope she doesn't cancel. I really need to start working this out.

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• Hi everybody...I am the support person of a man with DID. At the beginning of the summer, he had a major switch and left me. We had been together several years and had a very good, respectful relationship. I was what he referred to as his "rock" and "stability." Unfortunately he is not in therapy, is not interested, I've never forced the issue but always supported it. Summertime is always a big trigger time for him
• I am trying to come to grips with the situation and give him the space he needs and hope he will come back on his own.
• At this point now he says he is lost and confused.
• Can anyone shed any light on what could be going on with his system? Is this typical of teens, protectors or persecutors? Or a sexual alter? I know everyone's system is different, but any support would be helpful, as I'm in a lot of pain. Thank you--

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• Isolation...Doh! 

   

   

    Man, do u guys ever feel soooooooo ridiculously different. Do u ever think the entire world is there just to trap u n slowly kill u with subliminal stuff cos u can save the universe and thats all they have done since your birth?! I know right?! Crazy huh?

• Diagnosis of mental health problems should only be made by a qualified person, typically psychiatrists although some psychotherapists such as clinical psychotherapists may be qualified to diagnose as well.
• The dissociative experiences scale is a self-report questionnaire, and a useful screening tool but not a diagnostic test. It also includes a subset of items which can be used to assess depersonalization and derealization ^{(Kennedy, 2013)}.
• The MID is a self-administered diagnostic instrument which was designed to diagnose all dissociative disorders by comprehensively assessing the entire domain of dissociative phenomena, including PTSD, severe borderline personality disorder and all dissociative disorders ^{(Chu, 2011)}.
• The SCID-D is a freestanding protocol for dissociative disorders that takes about 30 to 90 minutes depending on the subjects experiences ^{(Steinberg, 1993)}. An alternative diagnostic instrument, the Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule (DDIS) also exists but the SCID-D is generally considered superior ^{(Steinberg, 1993)}. It is a highly structured interview that discriminates among various DSM diagnoses. The DDIS can usually be administered in 30–45 minutes. It must be professionally administered, and includes judgement from a trained clinician in the scoring ^{(Steinberg, 1993)}.

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• "Multiple Personality Disorder is the holy grail of Psychiatry" means what ?
• I think that means it's controversial, like the holy grail not everybody is convinced it's real.

• I don't even know how to start this thread, or what to say.
  I feel so scared, because it's happening again. 3 years ago when i was new to the body I was pregnant inside for 3 months (that I knew about anyhow, was probably closer to 4 or so since 'symptoms' started to when I started getting suspicious) and it seemed like i was outside too. i still don't know if i was or if it was a delusion. That was when really bad flashbacks started happening. Now it's happening again. I don't know why this is happening. I didn't think it was really possible unless if you wanted it to happen. At least this time I know the body's not pregnant too, but inside its not going away. I don't know what this means and why this is happening again to me.
  I'm scared to bring it up in therapy because I don't know if anyone will believe me.
• If anyone has been through this what happened? Did you carry it or was it some sort of weird metaphorical thing, and would the baby be a new alter or two merged parts of whoever made it.
• Sorry for the sort-of ramble. I feel so lost right now.

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• i am a writer and artist however i can only do so when in specific mind states, particularly art. i struggle to draw well and then i will go into a trance state and create very advanced paintings; these states last for days and i cannot sleep or think of anything until the pieces are finished. when i attempt to work on something without this state i can't produce art at that level and they remain sketchy unfinished things. i did think for a while that i was channelling some spiritual force or entity but i am wondering if it is an alter? does anyone have similar experiences?

• Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - Myths #1

   

  by Ann

   

    Published September 8, 2013
• This presentation is curated from the Internet fall of 2012 as to how people have used the term DID or Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). There are questions as to "multiplicity being true or false in a good part, because of the often silly and ill-informed manner in which it is presented, which begs to speak stereotypical. My name is Ann Garvey and I AM a multiple and wish to present a different view. I believe it to be more truthful. If there are any questions please contact me at Aynetal3@aol.com. Thanks for viewing

• There is a general lack of consensus in the diagnosis and treatment of DID and research on treatment effectiveness focuses mainly on clinical approaches described in case studies. General treatment guidelines exist that suggest a phased, eclectic approach with more concrete guidance and agreement on early stages but no systematic, empirically-supported approach exists and later stages of treatment are not well described and have no consensus. Even highly experienced therapists have few patients that achieve a unified identity.
• Common treatment methods include an eclectic mix of psychotherapy techniques, including cognitive behavioral (CBT), insight-oriented therapies, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), hypnotherapy and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR).
• Medications can be used for co-morbid disorders and/or targeted symptom relief. Some behavior therapists initially use behavioral treatments such as only responding to a single identity, and then use more traditional therapy once a consistent response is established.
• Brief treatment due to managed care may be difficult, as individuals diagnosed with DID may have unusual difficulties in trusting a therapist and take a prolonged period to form a comfortable therapeutic alliance. Regular contact (weekly or biweekly) is more common, and treatment generally lasts years — not weeks or months.

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• Does Yahweh have multiple personality disorder?

   

  Is that why Trinitarian Christians always say he's three people in one?
• Only 3 personalities? Below are some of his names:
   El (One of the oldest names of a monotheistic God, dating at least as early as tablets found in Syria 2300 BC)
   Elohim ("Strong One" or "Lord Almighty")
   Adonai ("My Lord" and origin of the Greek name Adonis)
   Ehyeh-Asher-Ehyeh ("I am that I am")
   YHWH
   Shaddai ("Almighty" According to Exodus 6:2, 3, Shaddai was the name by which God was known to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.)
   Zebaot ("Heavenly Host")
   
   A VERY GOOD BOOK WORTH THE READ.
   
   Jehovah unmasked
   
   http://www.mediafire.com/download/dq2627…

• Is there anyone else who has a dissociative identity disorder? To me it's a huge problem and I think the biggest obstacle in therapy.
• I just had a co-consiousness experience realising that though I see myself as the real person and the others as alters (particularly the "normal person" who lives my "normal life" and meets people, work, makes friends and so on), this might not be the case. I just recieved a glimpse of the normal persons view in wich I am the alter and the normal person is the real person who's life I just mess up with my flashbacks and self destructiveness.
• I really need to talk about this but I don't know how to do it. In therapy I just get silent and embarressed when trying to be there 'cause I know it's the normal persons domain and I know I'm just crazy and stupid for having this experience of beeing someone else.

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• Hello to everyone that takes the time to read this.
  It's been a month since I first posted something here wondering if I might have DID and being pretty confused about it. Well, a lot has happened in this month and now I am aware of about twelve alters, so, the answer to my question seems to be yes.
• uckily, most of us are getting along quite well.
  We have some bigger problems with how to organisate school and such stuff.
• We would like to introduce ourselves, even though most of us are not willing to tell their full names, so we just go by letters for now.

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• when you get a graphic flashback, how do you recover and feel ok in the body again?

• Re: Fun: You know you're DID when..
• ... when you sometimes have dreams about killing people even though you're the nicest girl around (that one freaks me out!)
  
  ... when your SO brings you a cup of chocolate milk and you wonder whether it's for him or for you, then later at night in bed you suddenly remember it and say, "What happened to the chocolate milk?" and he says "You drank it". WHUT? o.O

• Can this multiple personality disorder/ Dissociative disorder get worse?
• My husband is in the army and im just concern will this get worser or would they take you out of the service having this ? I dont think my husband has told them about having this disorder i know hes talked to me about having it in high school he still does a little change from many different people one day hes caring and loving the next hes throwing stuff and gets mad over asking a question and goes off on me
• idk how to help him everytime i tried he wont let me help ive cried about this im honestly scared for him is this something serious?Help plz and thank you

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• What are the signs/symptoms of multi-personality disorder?...

• Whenever I'm starting to reach a point that I'm about to really feel the emotion, someone switches and I miss out. So it's been a really long time since I've actually felt much on my own, and tonight was really wonderful. The movie scared the $#%^ out of me, and I couldn't be happier; since the fear wasn't trauma-related, no alter took over and I could actually enjoy my heart racing and my blood pumping and jumping in my seat. I'm in a really good mood now, and I was wondering if anyone else, host or alter alike, felt this way; that their emotions were stinted because of alters taking over like this.

• I am learning more and more about my system and everyone's "job" or what trauma they endured...I recently remembered something and it freaked me out a lot. Not so much the memory, but how much "switching" occurred and knowledge of how each insider holds very specific traumas.
• Can anyone help me with this?? Is this "normal" for DID??? Has anyone had this experience of being shown/told things like this?
  
  I feel so incredibly overwhelmed with this process....

• Right now I am in a therapy program for depression and anxiety... it includes a 45 minute individual session with a therapist a week, and a few group sessions, like art, self esteem, healthy relationships, and the such.
  
  This is all very good but it doesn't help me with the D.I.D. the way I need.
• and when I explained that I was there because I have D.I.D. I was told "We don't do that here, and you will probably have a hard time finding someone who does because many people just don't believe in it."
• ne major factor is money... I don't have any, as of right now me and my two kids are barely getting by, so affording therapy is next to impossible, so i either have to find a therapist who takes medi-cal, or is willing to take me on for free.....
• also I have no car, and no reliable means of transportation, so it would have to be local, I just couldn't manage to travel far regularly...
• I never really wanted to do therapy.... I avoided the idea like the plague for as long as I can remember... but now that i'm finally willing it's all so hard. being told no one will believe me, is probably the worst part, I just wish I could find some asnswer...

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