Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID): Myths vs Truth - SunsetShone

@audienta

The violent one gets me. Even here there have been people ask if I'm violent it spent time in prison. Or they refer to a part as scary. This is unacceptable.

There's the myth that DID isn't real. It's just something we've fabricated to get away with things. Even some professionals feel that DID isn't real. That it's actually BPD or we're just attention seeking.

There's the myth that you can't know you have it. This may be true in the beginning. While we're often very good at hiding ourselves but there are times when we do try to communicate with the host.

There's the myth that we can switch on demand. Sometimes it is possible. But there's many things to be taken into consideration, whether it's safe. It's at our discretion not anyone else's. Don't ever try to trigger someone to have another part come out.

We often but not always have a part or parts that are not human. They're not something to made fun of it mocked.

Our littles are precious to us. Some are happy, some are sad. Some have no trauma and are happy, healthy kids.

Persecutors are not bad. It's taken some time to work through this one here but it's understood now that they're there for a reason too. Trying to ignore them won't make them go away. If anything they just make their presence known in louder ways.

Parts can have their own mental health troubles. Some may require medications that the others don't. There can be parts that are mute or deaf or even blind. Some may have allergies that the other's don't have.

I could go on. Each system is different and depends on what was needed to survive at the time. Some people have gatekeepers, others do not. Some have older, more mature parts, others do not. Some people can access the inner world but others may have limited access or no access at all.

DID isn't something we chose. It is caused by severe prolonged trauma. We're not possessed. We're not crazy.

@mytwistedsoul

Thank you for expanding the list! And I'm sorry that you've had to experience listeners having harmful prejudices regarding DID. I really hope, that this project helps to reduce the amount of experience like that.

@audienta @SunsetShone I wanted to apologize to you both. Someone had quite a bit to add. I'm sorry about that.

@mytwistedsoul

You don't need to apologize, I appreciate the additional information!

@SunsetShone Thank you for the help :) I just don't want anyone to feel that we're stepping on any toes