Reflections
Confident
Not a super serious topic. Just feeling weird being in a system and unable to talk to my friends about it.
I've been depressed, I haven't been able to get myself to work for a good while. Over the years my therapist keeps bringing up asking other parts to help when I do have problems. So I asked another part (who never seems to be sad or down, ever!) to work for me and he managed to get a lot done. The experience of asking someone else to take over and not being effected by depression "all of the sudden" is so strange. I've had similar experiences in the past, but they weren't voluntary. Can anyone relate. I'm just feeling a bit alone and outsider-ish over here lol.
Also, do you have friend who know you have DID/Parts? Do you ever get to talk to them about it? What's the experience like?
Sometimes I wish I would tell my friends I have DID. They know I have mental health issues, even that I dissociate, so it's not hard to excuse myself or get understanding. It would just be nice to be able to explain my reality. Having DID seems like a fundamentally different experience in life. Also would be helpful in situations where DID does come up randomly in topics and being able to say "Yeah I have DID and no those are stereotypes" instead of awkwardly knowing too much about psychology and dissociation :P
Thanks for reading, just venting about things I don't have an outlet for. Hope you're all well and being gentle with yourselves.
I've been depressed, I haven't been able to get myself to work for a good while. Over the years my therapist keeps bringing up asking other parts to help when I do have problems. So I asked another part (who never seems to be sad or down, ever!) to work for me and he managed to get a lot done. The experience of asking someone else to take over and not being effected by depression "all of the sudden" is so strange. I've had similar experiences in the past, but they weren't voluntary. Can anyone relate. I'm just feeling a bit alone and outsider-ish over here lol.
Also, do you have friend who know you have DID/Parts? Do you ever get to talk to them about it? What's the experience like?
Sometimes I wish I would tell my friends I have DID. They know I have mental health issues, even that I dissociate, so it's not hard to excuse myself or get understanding. It would just be nice to be able to explain my reality. Having DID seems like a fundamentally different experience in life. Also would be helpful in situations where DID does come up randomly in topics and being able to say "Yeah I have DID and no those are stereotypes" instead of awkwardly knowing too much about psychology and dissociation :P
Thanks for reading, just venting about things I don't have an outlet for. Hope you're all well and being gentle with yourselves.