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such is life... · Jun 12, 2012, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by PurpleFlyingMonkeys

Thank you amandalouise. I'm not very good at the relies so I'll work with what I can... My question "how do you differentiate DID from the other dissicotiave diagnosis" meaning how do you know, if some DIDers don't have to have names for their parts and things, how do you know it's DID and not dissociative amnesia, fugue (that's one right) or DDNOS? Where is the line drawn when many of the symptoms of DID can be any number of DDs?I'm wondering this because I'm trying to understand why the other dissociative disorders were ruled out, when as far as I know I only have one part that goes by a name, and I believe that name was given to that part by my family, not because the part came about with its own name. I'm not sure if they have names. But I do know that I have male parts and female parts. They do all seem to hold different functions, but when they come out it's more for handling the task or trauma at hand, as opposed to doing their own thing as I read online numerous times. They come when there is a lot of trauma, they come when I'm having a mental break down but have to get through work, they come when there is something I can not do and that part is better at it than myself. But only those who know me very closely or myself can tell when it's not "me" out but another part of me. Could this not also be a different dissociative disorder? I know treatment providers can tell me this the best, but right now I'm looking at every inch of the dissociative spectrum, I'm trying to learn myself and I know my system is different than the rest, but there has to be some reason so many therapists keep turning to the DID, and I'm trying to learn why.

So, if you can blackout and do things other than what you would normally do or say, and you don't have to have a name when you are out, or you could even all go by the same name as mentioned above, how do you tell when it's an alter and not dissociative amnesia? No one has ever mentioned how the diagnostic criteria works really or why they come up with the conclusions. So if you can, being under stress, black out and do a million things acting like a different person, how do you know if it's an alter or dissociative amnesia? I know it's different person to person but is there anything that sets apart alters from amnesia if names aren't what's the cause? I'm so confused lol. I want to know why they think it's DID and not any of the rest, I want to know why my system seems to be more confusing than I'd prefer and I'd like to know why every therapist thinks I'm a "tough case" and "complex".

Purpleflyingmonkeys....I am smiling at your statement of being a"tough Case" and "complex" because I was told the same thing.I'm not a t or psydoc....but it sounds like you have parts....I'll go out on a limb here try some of these things to see if you get an " internal" response. Ask in side ( in your head) when you hear the voices talking to each other say" Hi my name is....SuzzyQ what is yours? How old are you? or in your journal or a piece of paper write out the questions and see if one of ( your people) lol....Thats what I call my alters..."my people" writes down an answer. Sometime s...if you have one with out a name give them one or let them chose a name. Some of my alters dont have a name....name but a descriptive "name" For example I have a part called The Left hand.....his sole purpose is sports ...The Tall Lady because when she is out we feel like we are 6 feet tall ( I am only 5 foot two...and a half inches tall....I have a protector called The Colonel... ( he looks like an officer in the air force)he protects many little ones( alters who are young)...any way it's hard when you get a diagnosis that is pretty rare and sometimes mis understood....and you cant put yourself in a d.i.d box of "one size fits all" We have d.i.d as a way of coping with childhood trauma....the core( the person that was the "original personality) had to split to handle trauma.Every body has a unique System that has helped you cope and survive ....so you can come here to pc and talk with "us" lol....life