{safe hugs} I find a lot of people cannot deal with the seriousness of life. It's easier to turn things into a joke. I'm guilty of even turning myself into a joke. If I try to open up to people in real life or even on other websites things get too serious and I'll say "ha ha fooled you!" or "wouldn't that be funny?". I imagine a lot of people are like that too.

I wonder why your friend was making fun of DID/MPD if they don't know you have it. Maybe they saw someone or read something about it recently and it was on their mind and it's really hard for someone on the outside to comprehend. I'm guilty of even making fun of my online sister falsely thinking she was just being an attention *****. We were going through some rough grounds ourselves and I didn't even know it. Now when I see people cracking jokes I wonder how much of what they say is true of themselves.

{safe hugs from Lucky Max}