Hi Manda (hope it's ok to call you manda... you put that under your username),
I don't know if it is obvious when an alter is coming out, especially if you aren't used to it.
But the other question if alters can communicate with each other. I read that sometimes they can communicate and sometimes they cant. And if someone is more stable or has had therapie for a while that the alters are often able to communicate better with each other, like writing notes to each others.
I guess it's different for everyone.
I don't have DID, so I'm not sure if I got it right. Sorry if I'm wrong...
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
Thanks for replying mute.scream (apologies,i don't know your name-its fine to call me Manda btw).
What you say about communication or lack of,between alters makes sense,i guess its relative to the person,like most mh issues?
I wish i wasn't so doubtful of my friend but some of the things don't make sense,or maybe correlate is a better word?like some of the things I've been told by them are contradictory,hence wanting to know more about the disorder and how other people experience it?
This is a great thread. I was diagnosed DID in 2010, and re-evaluated (by my own therapist) last month. She did the SCID-D, a major diagnostic tool for dissociative disorders. I don't have the officla results yet but she said I do have DID. Causes me to be less in denial.
"Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved." - Helen Keller
Manda
its different for everyone. Some switches are obvious (like with us obvious when children are out vs adults) some people are not coconcious.. some are. Depends on how their systems operate and/ or how far they are in healing or integration.
Some can communicate with others in the system ..but some cant. Again it depends. Just as every person will not react or perceive situations the same.. either will alters in systems.. therefore. No two will ever work exactly the same. -karma
Thanks Karma for your reply,it helped!
Im sorry if my questions have offended anyone,i would just like to understand more about it and the internet wasn't helpful-maybe i was looking in the wrong places.
Again my apologies if I've upset you.
Thanks for the help x
No problem dear. As for us.. we aren't offended at all. It is very confusing (even for us sometimes) & wed much rather people be openminded enough to ask things than to assume & be judgemental. - karma
Ugh, all the voices in my head are making me wanttt to seriously hurt myself LOADS!! Like jump infront of a train or hang myself hurt myself: I just don't know how much longer I can cope with them!:(
Rawiyah: welcome back! I thought Risperdal wasn't such a good med when I was on it. Probably, because I don't have psychosis... still don't know why they wanted me to take it. Why did they take you off Seroquel? (sorry if you already wrote about it... )
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
Yeah, I've heard mixed views about it. Some people say it really helps with psychosis and others say it didn't do anything. I guess I'll just have to figure out for myself.
The big reason that I stopped Seroquel was because it made me feel worse, and I hated the sluggishness of feeling sleepy, and I gained a lot of weight on it.
anti-psychotics have really helped me with my dissociative disorder - i just struggle to take them because of the weight gain and my ED, but other than that they've worked wonders when i'm taking them properly .
I haven't felt any changes when they tried Risperidone/Risperdal with me. Except that I started to lactate... lol.
Someone told me that Risperdal shouldn't been prescribed for young people (like... people under 40) because of bad side effects, but I'm nor sure about the accuracy of my information.
I don't feel sluggish from Seroquel and I didn't gain weight from it (otherwise I wouldn't take it). I guess everyone is different with meds.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
hi,
i am going to be at circus for 3 weeks so I wont be online.
hopefully I wont dissociate there as much.
yeah... dissociation has gotten bad, I'm so far gone most of the time that I don't remember what I did a few minutes ago.
You survived the abuse.
You're gonna survive the recovery.
Awww the circus sounds fun. I hope you do remember things. I think a lot of the time for me I just don't realise that I'm not remembering until someone asks me about something, so iyts not too bad as I'm blissfully unaware for a lot of the time.
I've managed to land up in hospital too. Not quite sure how I feel about that. I think I'm not too bothered because I'm either not with it, or my OD is still affecting me physically and they were chill pills, quite literally lol.
Kinda a sad day. Karma absorbed /intergrated a fragment today named gabriella. She wasn't whole but still.. we are trying to not feel as if shes dead :( -sadie
@DollyPOP
I'm sorry that you've ended up being in hospital. Did they tell you how long you'll be staying this time? I hope that the admission helps you.
@Sadie and Karma
It can be painful when a fragment is integrated. She's not dead, that's good.
As for us.. we aren't offended at all. It is very confusing (even for us sometimes) & wed much rather people be openminded enough to ask things than to assume & be judgemental. - karma
