DID Tiredness after switching

[anthony]

It is if you ever want to be employed by Government / attached agency.

 

[Wendell_R]

even though you have parts you don't have DID? how does that work? isnt that what DID is defined as?

I think of as if the fractures in my personality are not as deep as for someone with DID. Or, you can think of the degree of "parts" that we all have as a continuum, varying from occasionally feeling like a little child, to DID. But I do know that the rate of therapeutic progress I've made has increased dramatically after accepting the parts I have. So for me, the proof is in the progress I've made.

how do you switch voluntarily? i feel like i do the same...when i feel anxious i know its a part trying to communicate so i focus on her and she comes out and we do what she wants to do

Yes, I'm very similar. My anxiety used to be high-stomach aches and extended urges for addictive behavior. All of that has gotten a lot better as I've learned to find the part of me that's upset. I do kind of a mental inventory to find parts. I also have pages in my journal for each part, and looking at the pages can call up that part.

 

[EveHarrington]

I think the unfortunate thing is that the word “parts” is used in therapies such as IFST where there is no fracturing of the personality, all the way up to full blown DID where there are multiple distinct personalities.

The only fleshed out part of me that I can feel is my inner child, a young part. Other than her, I only have dissociated feelings.

I think it’s important to keep in mind that some of us may say “part” but not be talking about DID.

 

[Sideways]

is it a big deal to get DID on your health record?

Yes.

Personally, I don’t tell anyone I’m diagnosed with DID.

I’m pretty open about having PTSD. It has a certain level or stigma, but most medical practitioners at least understand what it is, and accept that it’s a real diagnosis. DID, on the other hand, is a can of worms that is rarely worth opening.

 

[Wendell_R]

DID, on the other hand, is a can of worms that is rarely worth opening.

I agree. My doctors need to know that I have PTSD. I've told some folks at work that I have PTSD, which was useful because they didn't worry so much about me when I had the post-EMDR fog about me. But the parts I've largely kept to my therapists, my wife, and my friends here. I told one other person who had extensive mental health care after a break down, and I got kind of a blank, but accepting, look. Like, I'm here for you, but I have no idea what you are talking about.

 

[ppippi]

I think of as if the fractures in my personality are not as deep as for someone with DID. Or, you can think of the degree of "parts" that we all have as a continuum, varying from occasionally feeling like a little child, to DID. But I do know that the rate of therapeutic progress I've made has increased dramatically after accepting the parts I have. So for me, the proof is in the progress I've made.


Yes, I'm very similar. My anxiety used to be high-stomach aches and extended urges for addictive behavior. All of that has gotten a lot better as I've learned to find the part of me that's upset. I do kind of a mental inventory to find parts. I also have pages in my journal for each part, and looking at the pages can call up that part.

How do you do that? Finding the part that's upset? Are there any other techniques to voluntarily switch and find parts? I don't journal much.... I wouldn't know where to start

 

[Wendell_R]

Finding the part that's upset?

I have imaginary safe places for everybody. I imagine going to that place, and I can often get a sense of the part. The one that's upset is often the one I can't find initially!

Journaling can be easier than it sounds. Instead of writing a lot, one thing I do is just cut out pictures and paste them in. Especially to make safe places for the parts.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

DDNOS was changed i believe but for the life of me, I can't find it but it is the difference between having parts that are much more seperate then normal (my personal journey) and DID. In DID, generally you don't control the switching and there is amnesia. There can be amnesia without DID but the controled switching, no amesia, and/or can feel all parts without switching isn't DID. It's DDNOS.

I do understand having parts that are much more seperate then what would feel otherwise normal. Being able to feel ages. Even having seperate names (though my parts just have ages) and my therapist says either DID or DDNOS (I am not technically diagnosed with either), the therapy is the same and the goal either way is intergration but amensia is required to meet the DID diagnosis criteria. But disocciation is a spectrum thus why we have DDNOS.

I have researched this to obvion and back and talked with my therapist about many, many, many times (though he seems to not want to go to the DID area for some reason and steers the conversation away from that for whatever reason) but in my non-profrssional opinion, I'd say DDNOS. At least it's something to look into and talk to your therapist about.

Feeling tired after isn't something I experience. My parts come more to the forground. I don't really experience a clear switching. It happens automatically, uncontroled. It's almost all emotional for me though I do a bit act different but it's mainly emotional. The actual presence of my youngest part or even the rest is brain fog, mixed up emotions to hell. They sort of fight for who is going to be in the forground and my portector part is very insistant to be the one but it's literal confusion during it. At least lately. That's exhusting. But they all do bring their own energy too. So, that's hard to answer. I guess to say when they are all fighting to be the one in the forground, yes, there's exhaustion. But if one and only one is there and it's not a fight, then no and that part has their own energy. Not sure if anyone can relate to the fight to the forground or not. It doesn't always happen but a night like last night where a sensitive topic was on mind, it's everyone wants a chance to speak, the protector wants to protect and I'm just a spectator at that point. Hopefully I can learn to control them but for now, it's uncontroled.

Is it bad for your medical record? Id say yes. For others to know anyway. The only people that know is my therapist and you guys. And it's not on my medical record and my therapist seems to want to keep it that way. I want answers but he seems to not want to talk much about me and possible DID or DDNOS. I think we have both agreed I don't meet the criteria for DID but I still knew something was not right with how deep I disocciate. Finding yourself somewhere and having no idea how you got there is f*cking scary! I think that by ignoring my parts they decided to make me not remember. I don't know but since I have been acknowleging them and letting them speak, it hasn't happened. Though, I also have a service dog now that grounds me too so that could be it. But, all I know is something wasn't right and by ignoring, it got worse. Not DID, maybe DDNOS, but not normal personality traits either. That's for sure!

 

[Keen]

Yes, if there is lots of switching, or just a more energy-using part, I will feel utterly exhausted after. If I can't rest/sleep, I just push myself through the day till I can.

 

[whiteraven]

Psychology is a shit sandwich of best guesses.

Oh yeah. Could not have said it better.

I get headaches and very tired after switching.

As far as having DID on your health record? Yes, it can create huge problems. I was fired from one job after my employer found out. And I find that it's seldom useful to tell a physician. I do tell them about the depression and the PTSD, but I've stopped sharing about the DID and my therapist supports that as he's seen how doctors can and have twisted it into more than it is.

 

[Ronin]

Depends what the one having life was doing at the time, more than the switching itself.

Cannot speak much to the diagnosis disclosure issues in offi settings, it's thought of as a very very rare thus not diagnosed, or misdiagnosed as something else based on traits, in here.

I don't disclose, in general. But then, not open about trauma history, either. Mostly because the parts of it that people guess at or know about are the things I don't struggle with so badly.

 

[AlishaK]

Hi guys,
im new here and had a question about switching. i notice that after switching to an alter and being in a dissociative state, i feel extremely tired and sleepy.sometimes i feel so tired that i just need to lay down no matter where i am to rest. is this normal? have you experienced this? how do you cope?

I very much experience this. I also feel foggy and far away and get migraines. It's loads of fun.