The Truth About Multiple Personalities: A Clinical Psychologist Explains DID

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• MI

  @microdosenyc4515 · 4 months ago

  The thing about DID is that people (society) does not want to believe it is capable of doing such harm to children… it’s very lonely.  You grow up thinking you are making everything up….

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• JU

  @justboyv2134 · 3 months ago

  I wish more psychologists were educated in DID because when someone with DID goes to a psychologist and is being told they just have personality disorder like borderline, they just lose trust and close themselves to getting help. There is also a possibility that system / person with DID will “create” alter who will deny any symptoms and after couple of appointments they will get diagnosis of personality disorders with cPTSD. It’s really sad, because psychologist is meant to be someone who helps people, not traumatize patient so much they must create another alter to deal with them. I don’t know if you know what I mean, English is not my native language so sorry for that.

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• KH

  @khaosfrgmntarium · 4 months ago

  What I like most about my DID: When I wake up, go to the kitchen and surprisingly the kitchen is clean af.  Best feeling. :)

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• MA

  @matthewpool6508 · 1 month ago (edited)

  I brought up DID symptoms with a therapist and he said "it's a rare and controversial disorder so you probably don't have it." I am stable now but have had periods of extreme dissociation and even an alter introduce themself to a friend. I was hospitalized twice and told I had bipolar disorder. This was a couple of years ago but it drives me crazy thinking there is this part of myself that I don't know anything about except a name that I heard myself saying while having no control of what I was saying. I am grateful that I do not currently have symptoms impacting my life but it also makes me feel like my experiences will never be taken seriously. I also don't know how to talk to anyone about this including my boyfriend, and I am scared that talking about it will bring back the symptoms and chaos, and I feel extremely alone.

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• IA

  @iamafairyqueen · 2 months ago

  I couldn’t imagine being “better”. I’ve lived like this for most of my 50 years. We’ve largely had to work on things ourselves as most therapy did more harm than good. We have a deep love and respect for one another that’s been hard earned.

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• US

  @user-wi3yx3gy2o · 2 months ago

  People don't seem to get that sometimes someone who is more calm, carefree, or happy else taking over can make you feel pretty good afterward. Also having a happier, more outgoing, calmer more easily fascinated less distracted less anxious part out while un some situations can be very productive and useful.

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• MA

  @marshmallow_egg · 1 month ago

  I found the most frustrating thing is the fact that I already have adhd so I loose things but I will have like a 4 hour window where I have no idea where that object could be during that time and I come back into conciousness and I am searching for my stuff that I didn't even loose

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• RA

  @RadiantSolarWeasel · 4 months ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvvWdIIrPyg&amp;t=2100">35:00</a> Speaking as a trans woman with DID, I think something Dr. Lloyd is missing here is the degree to which dysphoria itself <b>is</b> a kind of trauma. So often trans people end up with dissociative disorders in part because dissociation is the only way to cope with having such a fundamental incongruence between mind and body, and often &quot;medical&quot; transition is the only way to alleviate that trauma in any meaningful way.<br><br>I don&apos;t want to discount that some people with DID who want to pursue transition are doing so for reasons rooted in traumas other than dysphoria, because that does happen sometimes. But also, a <b>lot</b> of us want to transition because the dysphoria <b>is</b> a fundamental part of the trauma, and putting a multi-year pause on transition can be greatly harmful in itself.<br><br>For my part, my dissociation was so severe before I started on HRT that I don&apos;t think I could have made any progress in therapy whatsoever without transitioning, first. I also know a lot of other trans people with similar experiences.<br><br>Anyway, I have a lot of respect for Dr. Lloyd, and for everything he does for raising awareness of trauma and dissociation! I just wanted to point out this one particular blind spot in his experience 💙

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• LM

  @LMHinshaw · 4 months ago

  Outstanding - just outstanding. &nbsp;I feel so much gratitude for Dr. Lloyd. &nbsp;What a solid discussion on this topic. &nbsp;I love that the “symptom” of traumatic dissociation is the traumatic “solution”.

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• DO

  @doriendroste9490 · 4 months ago (edited)

  The thing you said that as a person with DID you act like a child when you play &nbsp;and enjoy it as a child. It is completely correct. It is the one thing we love about having DID It feels soooo great to play!!!!!!! It makes us so happy in the moment. We love It when our children want to play with us.

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• MU

  @mundoblocktalk · 2 months ago

  Brazil is so behind, there aren&apos;t any professionals in D-ID. I&apos;d love to start changing this scenario.

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• TH

  @theresadutcher4750 · 4 months ago

  That was a pleasure to watch. I am glad that there is educational content that invites real specialists who help real people. Denial is so easy but then what do mental health professionals do when they face real patients...

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