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Originally Posted by XSleepingSiren21X
Can you have a multiple personality, while having a GID?
I was diagnosed with Gender Identity Disorder or other words, specifically Bi-gender. I also have borderline personality, if that helps, that's why I'm asking it here. In case anyone can relate or had had similar thoughts.
Well the reason I ask is because not only do I have a mental state of feeling like I mentally think and act like I'm more male, but I consider my male like qualities as another person, like a second persona.
Like most people with alters/multiple personality's, I give mine a name, characteristics, look, and even a personality(mostly considered my inner personality, but I don't consider it fully since it doesn't act at all or matches with my outer personality). I've been told by a psychiatrist that, that inner personality would and should be my 'real' personality, but I beg to differ immensely.
I put much thought into how I act so different to how my mind links up sometimes and how I perceive things, whether something triggers a certain thought or I act 'out of character' when I talk about something that I normal don't talk about.
I don't put much thought to it morally, I just go with it and I'm frankly just fine with it. I just don't know how or if it's ok to say or be seen as both gender dysphoria, or really just meaning I have multiple personalities.
When I think about it, I just take it as I'm just two different people, specifically genders, in one body, but when I think about my past and how I acted more like I was some 'tomboy' is what confuses me about the two. I don't know if there's a difference or if both disorders can work along side of it.
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here in Ny gender Identity Disorder and Dissociative Identity Disorder (your term multiple personality) are two different problems. DID is not about percieving oneself as male or female. its a mental disorder where through extreme trauma during very young childhood a child dissociates to the point where their mind literally breaks apart into two or more parts. then those two or more parts of that persons mind develops into alternate personalities with their own way of being... their own way of interacting, their own moods, their own ...everything that makes up a person right down to affecting a persons social, educational, occupational....life. here is where you can read more about what America goes by for what is DID....
http://forums.psychcentral.com/disso...s-dsm-5-a.html
where as Gendar Identity Disorder is where a person is in confusion about their gendar...some feel more male when their physical body is female or vice versa. Some people resolve this conflict with in their self by going through gender reassignment surgery. I personally hate the term Gender Identity Disorder simply because for many people this is not a mental disorder but just a natural thing where in the womb their bodies happened to develop the wrong gender, kind of like some people are born with blue eyes and others are born with too many fingers or toes or other birth development problems that happen. I know many people who were born in the wrong gendered body or their parents had to make a choice when they were born and that choice turned out to be the wrong one. thats my personal opinion on it anyway.
as for your question can a person have more than one mental disorder, yes a person can have GID and DID. or depression and DID or schizophrenia and DID...my point is there are many people that have more than one diagnosis. here in NY having more than one diagnosis is called being dual diagnosed. I have many different diagnosis; many of which all share the same symptoms, which can make it a bit harder to know and treat which symptoms come from which problems.
my suggestion if you feel you may have a mental disorder or more than one mental disorder talk with your treatment providers they will tell you what your diagnosis are and why you have been diagnosed the way you have been.
editing to add...
here is a link to the sexual and gender issue forum board. you may find others who are trans gendered (ny's term for those who perceive their self to be different gender than their physical body gender)
http://forums.psychcentral.com/sexual-gender-issues/