Posted by kerryB on July 21, 2000, at 16:55:27
In reply to Re: New diagnosis today-re DID » kerryB, posted by shellie on July 21, 2000, at 0:23:46
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> KerryB. It's really late here, but I wanted to get in a message. DID is dissociative identity disorder (formally known as Multiple Personality Disorder).
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> You must have these criteria to have that diagnosis:
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> The presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states (each with its own relatively enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self).
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> At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person's behavior.
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> Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
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> The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., blackouts or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g., complex partial seizures).
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> My assumption is that if this therapist is giving you this diagnosis that she must have spoken to at least one other personality inside you, that sounds and thinks differently than you. And when this personality is "out", you as Kerry are not aware of what he/she is doing?
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> Most people with DID will find themselves places and they don't remember going there, or they find things at home that they don't remember buying, etc., all kinds of evidence of another personality being in control. Is that the case for you?
> shellie
Hi Shellie,
Thanks for your reply. The therapist asked me over 100 questions which at times was really tough to understand what she was talking about.
I remember being there but when I got home it was like I hadn't been there at all. It is hard to explain.
I do find things in my possessions that I have no idea where I have got them from and I rack my brains trying to remember if I had purchased them etc. My husband has always remarked on how I can be so different when we have a visitor and when they have gone, I become someone else.
The therapist says that it stems from my childhood where I had alot of abuse and lately I have been having flashbacks of things I never knew happened and it is quite scarey!
I go to work on Sunday, sec/reception and it's like another person is there, I have said to my husband that I can be whoever you want which baffled him and this is going back a long time now. One thing I remember was when I was very young, my mother told me that I was supposed to have been born a boy and they had even named me so as I was growing up, I became a boy (in my mind) and it is still with me. This is very hard to understand. I have had to be different personalities all my life and now it has taken it's toll and I do not know who I really am. That is a statement that is really hard to deal with because I don't understand.
My therapist is going or has gone away now for a month so I am alone with this and I am not sure how I should be.
For some reason she said I definately have DID which I guess is a relief to know so I can try and wrap my head around it and I always remember my mother telling me I had a split personality, among others as I was growing up, they would say I was weird.
So that is a bit of my story. Don't know if it makes much sense and I don't know as yet how they treat such a disorder but if you can put a light on it I would be most grateful!!!!
Thanks again,Kerry
P.S Maybe she did see another side in me but didn't say anything and she said I have some amnesia in there as well as I don't remember things. Does that sound right?
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