I found a reference to this web page on the CPTSD group on Facebook.
https://youwillbearwitness.com/2017/04/29/busting-the-myth-of-dissociative-identity-disorder/
Looks like the web page started last March.
I appreciate her sharing her perspective on the challenges and myths surrounding DID formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.
I jokingly call it, "Being run by a committee that hate each other."
A few of the myths debunked are:
Is it real? Yes. I lived it but I also read 'experts' that declared they hadn't seen it therefore it doesn't exist. I lived it and I dare them to live a week inside my head before I integrated. I also believe it is possible to integrate. I did it. It is possible.
Movies and TV shows spread so much misinformation then people point to this fiction stories as truth. Frustrating part there is some truth in the stories but the whole truth is sacrificed for sensationalism. Plus every system of personalities is set up differently according to their needs.
DID is not schizophrenia. DID is created to survive trauma often when a child is too young to have other coping skills but not always. Medication rarely helps someone with DID. Schizophrenia is a chemical imbalance in the brain and medication often helps. After that the differences and similarities get very confusing because hearing the other personalities can feel like hallucinations before learning that there are others operating in the same body. I understand why they are confused but they are actually two very different situations.
The author tried to nail down the symptoms for DID but missed one that I experienced, loss of time. I would go to sleep on Monday, wake up on Wednesday and wonder what happened to Tuesday. However, the other information shared is a fairly accurate description of how a person functions with DID. I lived for 35 years not knowing that I worked as a team. Some days, I miss that team work. My friend found at much earlier in her life but she thought the others were family members other than herself. Finding out that I was we was a big life changer for me. I changed ever further one I decided to integrate the five back to one.
The article goes on to share about a famous person that has DID. Like most famous people, I didn't know who the person is.
Fragmented Mind
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