DID Dissociative identity disorder

[Jade-]

Sounds like that moment helped you get out of denial and into acceptance?

I guess so.As soon as I read the court documents I remembered what had happened.Before that I only remembered parts of it,actually it's more accurate to say that different parts of me held different parts of it.But then it all just came together and I had such bad flashbacks like I was right back there.

Then it was like everything else started coming together too,all the different trauma pieces,all the puzzle pieces started fitting together. Of course it didn't happen all at once or right away,it took years.

 

[TruthSeeker]

I reached full integration,no longer have alters or the DID dx.

Is there a way to PM you?

How do you normally PM people through this site?

 

[TruthSeeker]

Your testimony is an inspiration. So far away for me.

Yeah, but didn't dissociation, minimization, negative self-messages, fleeing when threatened, all have their own negative aspects?

 

[Jade-]

How do you normally PM people through this site?

IDK,there used to be an option to start a private conversation with a member.That option is gone.

 

[Jade-]

Your testimony is an inspiration. So far away for me.

Thank you.I think maybe I just got lucky or something. It's not something I thought I would/could ever achieve.I honestly don't think my therapist thought it was possible either since there were so many insiders.

 

[HealingInProcess]

Thank you.I think maybe I just got lucky or something. It's not something I thought I would/could ever achieve.I honestly don't think my therapist thought it was possible either since there were so many insiders.

I'm just glad someone made it lol.

 

[Jade-]

I'm just glad someone made it lol.

I think there's probably many people out there(in the world) that have recovered from it like I have.I just don't think there's many that talk about it much.There's really no place to talk about it,it feels wrong to talk about it with a group of people that still struggle with it.You want to be encouraging and give hope yet at the same time it feels wrong and like bragging or something(that's how I worry about being perceived).

Plus,it's hard to find other people that understand really what it's like after full integration.And if you talk about any issues then they think a person that's recovered shouldn't complain.I haven't been able to find much info at all about life afterwards.Even my own therapist was clueless.He had worked with DID but never with anyone who had recovered from it.I think he,like everyone else,assumes "problem solved".

But yeah,that's a lot of writing just to say recovery is do-able and many have done it.

 

[joeylittle]

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[TruthSeeker]

Thank you.

 

[HealingInProcess]

I think there's probably many people out there(in the world) that have recovered from it like I have.I just don't think there's many that talk about it much.There's really no place to talk about it,it feels wrong to talk about it with a group of people that still struggle with it.You want to be encouraging and give hope yet at the same time it feels wrong and like bragging or something(that's how I worry about being perceived).

Plus,it's hard to find other people that understand really what it's like after full integration.And if you talk about any issues then they think a person that's recovered shouldn't complain.I haven't been able to find much info at all about life afterwards.Even my own therapist was clueless.He had worked with DID but never with anyone who had recovered from it.I think he,like everyone else,assumes "problem solved".

But yeah,that's a lot of writing just to say recovery is do-able and many have done it.

Part of the problem is the movement to discredit DID and say it's made up.

 

[Jade-]

Part of the problem is the movement to discredit DID and say it's made up.

I agree with that,especially since the whole story/ movie about Sybil was supposedly proven to be fake.Just because someone fakes an illness it doesnt mean it's not a real illness.If someone fakes a pregnancy it doesn't mean pregnancy isn't a real thing.I dont get the logic behind it.

 

[Keen]

Wow, @JadeB. , I loved your response there, its such a good point about pregnancy, I'm going to use that next time. Thank you!