Archive for multiple personality disorder
January 25, 2009 at 11:53 am · Filed under Information, Surveys and Info, multiple personality disorder and tagged: DID, dissociative identity disorder, MPD, multiple personality disorder
I tripped across a neat Google tool called “Trends.” It allows tracking of search phrases over time, and you can compare phrases as well. Here’s an illustrive example, “Chrstmas.”
Vertical bars are the start of each year. Kinda neat, eh? Whaddya see? Hmmm, massive peaks right around December 25th?
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November 26, 2008 at 9:21 am · Filed under Information, Mental Health, Surveys and Info, Understanding DID, multiple personality disorder and tagged: DID, dissociative identity disorder, MPD, multiple personality disorder, Understanding DID
Stereotypes of DID abound on the internet. Most copy info from the DSM 300.14, mention the stereotypical movies, and then make some sort of comment, assumption, or question that shows they tried to understand a little, but not enough.
I read about a woman with a bipolar child, IRCC. When “concerned people” make comments about her parenting, she hands them a card that answers basic questions. What is bipolar. How yelling at the child is the wrong thing. Explaining that her reaction to the child’s behavior is appropriate in this situation.
Can we do the same for DID?
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November 17, 2008 at 4:18 pm · Filed under Mental Health, My Stories, Personal Musings, Therapy and Treatment, Understanding DID, multiple personality disorder and tagged: alters, DID, dissociation, dissociative identity disorder, MPD, multiple personality disorder, Psychology, self-worth, switching, Therapy and Treatment, triggers
Recently, I scheduled consultation interviews with two therapists, hoping one would be the “one.” Good news – I found her! Bad news, the other therapist has not a clue. You already know how that session started and ended – with the surreal therapy room and therapy menagerie. I promised to follow up about the consultation itself. This post is much less fun. It will piss you off.
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November 5, 2008 at 12:02 am · Filed under Information, Surveys and Info, Understanding DID, Understanding PTSD, multiple personality disorder and tagged: diagnosis, DID, dissociative identity disorder, MPD, multiple personality disorder, PTSD, Understanding DID, Understanding PTSD
Thanks for everyone who responded to my survey, and my apologies for the lateness in presenting the results. You are a group of sincere and honest folks who tend to caution, with a desire to be understood rather than be stereotyped. You want to share but are somewhat afraid of some negative action/attitude against you. And you all articulate your thoughts very well – clearly a high functioning group. Read the rest of this entry »
November 1, 2008 at 4:30 pm · Filed under My Stories, Reviews, Therapy and Treatment, Understanding DID, multiple personality disorder and tagged: alters, amnesia, dissociative identity disorder, healing, integration, revelations, Therapy and Treatment, trauma, traumatic memories, triggers
Last week my good friend Anna sent me a fantastic email – “Omigod my life has changed… three and a half weeks ago I just kinda… integrated. Spontaneously, and it held!”
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October 3, 2008 at 4:26 pm · Filed under Comments, Information, Personal Musings, Understanding DID, multiple personality disorder and tagged: alters, amnesia, coping mechanisms, DID, dissociation, emotional numbing, flashbacks, MPD dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder, PTSD, traumatic memories
Does DID/MPD exist as a clinical condition, or is DID/MPD “just an extreme example of what we all do every day.”?
Is this an “either/or” question or do these really say the same thing?
These thoughts and words come from a post that Annenco sent me – a post from someone who attempts to explore and resolve the concept of DID/MPD in 400 words or less. Hers is a kinder, gentler stereotype – tempering the concept into something everyone can more easily reject.
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July 23, 2008 at 11:48 pm · Filed under Comments, Goddess of Brilliance and Wonder, Mental Health, Personal Musings, Understanding DID, Vent-Rant, multiple personality disorder and tagged: alters, DID, dissociative identity disorder, multiplcity, triggers
So I participated in a forum for the first time. I asked (nicely) about a strongly held belief on the owner/moderator’s website about DID (that it’s a psychosis). Didn’t make sense to me. After an escalated discussion, I was trashed by the moderator for my “harassing attention-seeking, manipulative behavior.”
Then to prove her point, she edited my posts to her liking in order to remove her inconsistent statements and my questions that she refused to answer. After she locked me out of the forum. <laughing>
Don’t worry – I will not do the same to her. I will keep her anonymous.
But, appears to be a dictatorship. Rewriting history for your own needs. Jr. High School drama, eh? Let’s take a look at how moderators can hurt their own readers, as well as their own reputations. And for this woman, perhaps even her own patients.
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Believing the first 4/6 of the Dissociative Spectrum, but not the rest
October 3, 2008 at 4:26 pm · Filed under Comments, Information, Personal Musings, Understanding DID, multiple personality disorder and tagged: alters, amnesia, coping mechanisms, DID, dissociation, emotional numbing, flashbacks, MPD dissociative identity disorder, multiple personality disorder, PTSD, traumatic memories
Does DID/MPD exist as a clinical condition, or is DID/MPD “just an extreme example of what we all do every day.”?
Is this an “either/or” question or do these really say the same thing?
These thoughts and words come from a post that Annenco sent me – a post from someone who attempts to explore and resolve the concept of DID/MPD in 400 words or less. Hers is a kinder, gentler stereotype – tempering the concept into something everyone can more easily reject.
Read the rest of this entry »
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