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Why?
Last night I came out of the proverbial mental health closet by announcing that I have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). A radio show I dearly love compared DID to government programming and demon possession. They have done this multiple times in the past and it’s finally time to set the record straight as much as… Read more
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The World Inside Our Head (The System)
The headspace can be as small as a house or a large as an entire galaxy, it is completely up to the residents who live in the system. Many people have a name for their system that is meaningful to the members. It can be anything from a normal city name to a random word or phrase.
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Introducing My Alters
Dissociative Identity Disorder is described as the presence of two or more distinct personality states, making the presence of these multiple personalities or Alters the most well-known symptom of DID.
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My DID Diagnosis
After finishing high school early I joined the Navy directly after my 17th birthday and I mentally skipped through most of boot camp, but I’m told I did well. By this time, I thought the memory loss was weird but it worked to my advantage, so I just kept it to myself.
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Growing Up with DID
I was asked earlier about the first time I experienced a DID episode. That is difficult to pinpoint, but I can talk about when it became apparent enough that a psychiatrist finally diagnosed it and what life was like up to that point.
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Treatment of DID
The treatment of DID often takes a lifetime and there can be two goals based on the individual’s needs and requests. The first, more encouraged treatment goal is integration in which the psychologist will work through the trauma of the client to fuse all of the alters into one whole personality. This is achieved by resolving the issues or trauma experienced by each alter one at a time.
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Symptoms of DID
The most recognizable symptom of DID is the presence of two or more unique identities or personality states known as “Alters”, “Switches”, or “Headmates”. One personality is shown to the world at a time which is called “fronting” or being “out”. The fronting alter can change as little as once every few years or as often as multiple times in the span of mere minutes.
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What is DID
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is a complex psychological condition that has been recorded in various ways throughout history; even as far back as prehistoric cave paintings.
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