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I can relate to dissociation--specifically depersonalization/derealization--making you feel drugged. It is very weird and uncomfortable and can feel really scary.

I also get flashbacks of non-abusive moments where I saw/was with an abuser in the past. I think thats normal.

My experience, like some others, is that my siblings want to minimize it/pretend it didn't happen. Its difficult, but I understand its their current way to cope with it.

Thanks for your responses, @pixel , these are things that have been on my mind lately that I struggle with and that I know a lot of people struggle with, and I thought a discussion of it might spark ideas and resources and tools and thoughts that might help when the ones we usually use aren't...

I just took the Dissociative Experiences Scale and it was less than 30 questions. Its not for diagnosis, just to get an idea of whats going on for you.

Sorry you're going through so much right now. I can totally understand you feeling exhausted from it all. Hope is hard to have when things are difficult for a long time. All I can offer in way of encouragement is that when I look back, I am always grateful I didn't give up. Good things have...

I have two question, which could be for anyone with any disorders, but as I am struggling with DID right now, that is what is on my mind. Feel free to respond, whatever you're struggling with. 1. What has helped you to develop self-acceptance? 2. What gives you hope to keep fighting and trying?

Thanks for these ideas. Today I brought up that part so we could start addressing what it needs.

Wow, that doesn't sound very supportive of someone with DID at all.

What other sites have you found @Congruency ? I'm interested in more support beyond this one.

I never would have thought of that, thanks! That makes a lot of sense, Ronin, thanks for those insights! Thanks for this idea! I've never really thought about when in the past I first encountered those feelings, and never thought maybe I could try to help that part get what it needed.

Thats a super interesting insight, I never would have thought of that, but that makes sense. I never would have thought of this either. You could be right. Vulnerability is definitely an unsafe emotion, so it makes sense you'd want to dissociate it. I'm not sure how old, she feels young...

Hey DID friends, I'm back looking for more insights/advice, thanks for your support! Here's my latest question: what is the point of a "completely incapable" part? My therapist has been saying that each alter/part is there for a reason and was helpful at some point. What could be helpful about a...

Thanks so much, @Hope4Now , for your detailed response. It really helps me to hear other people's experiences and see how mine is similar or different. I really appreciate you taking the time to share these things with me.

Thanks for those thoughts, @Ragdoll Circus , those are good insights for creating a framework for the conversation. Thanks, @Ronin , detailing specifics like that should really help.

Hi friends with DID, My partner is the only person who knows about my diagnosis, but we feel like it'd be safer for someone else to know just in case she wasn't around to help me during a crisis or something like that. After thinking carefully about who I could possibly trust with such sensitive...

Yes, both.

Thank you so much, everyone. I really appreciate everyones thoughts, suggestions, and reccommendations, and especially the support and to know these worries and feelings and everything I'm experiencing is normal. I also had an appt with my T today, which helped. She said it makes total sense...

Guys, I could really use your thoughts right now. This is for anyone with DID who have some parts they're "co-conscious" with. I was at therapy, I totally switched into this alter, and it was behaving and speaking in all these embarrassing ways, and I just watched and couldn't stop myself and...

Hey everyone, I found the reference that had given me the idea that DID is a more complex form of PTSD, since a lot of people had comments and questions about it. That was basically what the authors wrote, and it was in the book "Coping with trauma-related dissociation" by Boon, Steele, and Van...

Sorry things are so painful right now, @Muttly . Its so hard to be in these moments and fear and uncertainty and despair and hopelessness. When I'm in these moments, I think back on former times I thought I was at my breaking point, but hung on and kept going one day at a time. I think of all...

Thanks @whiteraven , @shimmerz and everyone else so far, for sharing your thoughts and experiences. It really helps to know that others feel/worry that they're faking it, too, that that is normal to feel. And it helps to understand what co-consciousness looks like for other people to see if it...

Could you elaborate on this/explain this some more? its okay if you're not comfortable. I just sometimes get the sense that the main me/base me that I always return to isn't the "real" me either, and have never heard of anyone else feeling this way. You could private message me if you want. But...

SO TRUE! Everyone has something. Ditto. Makes you wonder why/how they ended up in the profession.

That is so horrible! I'm so sorry that happened to you!