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Originally Posted by SarahMichelle
Im so sorry you feel shame about DID.  i was on the radio last year doing a program about DID is nothing to feel bad about. I got lots of great responses. DID is a gift and coping mechanism. I hope someday ppl can see it like that. |
lets see what gifts being DID gave me...
losing time
disorientation
confusion
arrests
hospitalizations
loss of friends
loss of jobs
becoming aware in strange places and not knowing how I got there
not being able to have a whole conversation with someone
Panic attacks
nightmares
loss of lovers
sleeping with strangers
smoking
drinking
memory gaps
not knowing my own name
not knowing my own address and phone numbers
self injury
suicidal thoughts and acts
reenacting the abuses I didnt remember...
not remembering being abused in horrific ways.
having to relive horrific abuses I didnt remember the first time around
being treated like I was crazy because I carried the label DID
and many more...
for some people being DID is not a gift nor positive coping tool. and never will be. and thankfully we dont have to feel like we have to think of it as a gift.
for me and many like me being one whole person and not carrying the label DID anymore is the gift.