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Originally Posted by michelle421
hey everyone,
here is another link to kathy's blog. this post is called "what if you don't like being multiple?" in response to some of the comments she got. see what you think of this post: http://discussingdissociation.wordpr...eing-multiple/
the post ends with this:
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Multiplicity is simply what it is – the fact of having more than one personality / “person” in your head. In my opinion, it does not have to be a bad thing. The trauma and the abuse were devastatingly bad – absolutely. The dissociative walls can really cause problems in the current day, even if they were initially helpful. The PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other emotional fallout can be debilitating at times. But the multiplicity – just the multiplicity… does it have to be bad to share your life with others?
Again I ask….
Is accepting your multiplicity “as is” a version of accepting yourself?
thank you all so much for posting your thoughts. i really appreciate it. i look forward to seeing if you have any thoughts to share on this post too.
peace!
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not for me it isnt. having DID was forced on me by years of abuse therefore I didnt have the choice of acceptance or not. it was done to me. the only thing I had to accept was that the horrors and abuse that my alters held had happened to me. it was one body therefore what was inflicted upon the body and that which was held by the alters was in fact what happened to me.
the only choice I had was the choice of leaving therapy and remain how I was being a danger to myself and others because the type of alters I had were those that could not be changed and were stuck in re enacting and reacting to abuse and horrors that were inflicted upon me, or choose to remain in therapy and own those horrors and abuse as happening to me and become one whole person again so that I was no longer a danger to myself and others around me.
sure theres probably some people with DID that have alters that are full of joy and happiness and are co conscious with their alters so they do have good benefits of being DID.
for me there was little to no co consciousness, there were no alters that had good times, all there was for me were alters stuck in the dates and times and abuse for which they were created to be in and hold. So for me all being DID held was re enacting and reacting to those horrors and abuse that was inflicted upon me.