MPD/DID Controversy

[Iris]

Multiple Personality Disorder, also known as Dissociative Personality Disorder is a relatively new, and very controversial diagnosis. Many mental health professionals claim that this disorder is created by psychologists, who push it on their patients, and that the idea that someone's personality can split is absurd. The fact that there's a disproportionate number of diagnoses of this disorder in certain countries (such as the US) is another part of their argument (that it is a kind of cultural phenomenon). Supporters of the validity of this disorder argue that it is real, and that denying it is harmful to it's victims.

What do you think?

[Amaryllis]

I'm in asia and my current psychologist thinks I may have DID. I don't know but I know but I don't. That made no sense. It's like you know this other part of you is just that, a part of you but knowing doesn't simply make that part of you just stop existing.

Skip this bit if you don't care to know what it's like.

For as long as I can remember, I've had this "other side". It used to be triggered when I thought of those poofy soft cotton things and needles. It would be like... You were doing pretty much the same thing but you felt off. You weren't doing what you wanted yourself to do and you didn't feel like yourself and you could just feel someone else using you? It's really hard to describe unless you've felt it.

When my father sexually abused and when my mother does, I just sort of disconnect and go somewhere else. Like a mental break. So I just dump all the bad events on her. Sometimes I stop living for a while. As in I just... Have a break. I won't think, or at least, I won't remember thinking and I'll skip a couple seconds, minutes, hours. But I can't consciously do it. Which sucks. Cause I think I'd disconnect myself forever and leave my life to her. Even though she's me. Get what I mean? No? Okay.

I'm pretty sure it's real but like with any mental illness, I think it is partly our fault. It isn't so bad, having her around is good at times. She is quite cynical, angry, hateful and evil though. She does do some bad things sometimes. And I went through most of my life terrified of mirrors because I saw her in it. She stopped coming around when I had my eating disorders(probably cause my body couldn't support us both) but she's coming back now.

The End.
(No, not really.)

Okay, so I know she's me. What she went through is what I went through blabla. That's why I say "I" for everything. But not really. We're just two minds sharing one body. Of course, you only have one brain and your mind is a balance of enzymes and neurones and oh, I'll shut up about that.

Knowing isn't doing. Just cause I know doesn't mean she's just gonna stop existing.

So yeaah. I think DID's as real as any other mental disorder that doesn't have to do with hormones, neurones, genetics blabla. I think a lot of us who've been sexually/physically/mentally abused disconnect ourselves in some way. But it's made up in our heads to some extent.

If you lie to yourself enough, you'll actually believe it.

[bleachedteen]

MPD or DID is not a bullshit diagnosis
the main thing physcologists base it on is trauma or abuse from the past and it makes sense for somebodies body or mind to create and escape or a way to avoid from the situation through other personalities.

(sorry thois is super late, but I talked to my therapist about this recently and started reading a super long book about it)

[Donkey]

Please do not bump old threads. :locked: