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Old Sep 02, 2016, 06:59 PM
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Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post
ummmm no. I once told my therapist I wish I could be like some other people I was reading about online who say their alters are their friends, their alters and they play together, like friends... my therapist looked at me and said it was a good thing I did not consider my alters to be my friends, role playing, fantasy playing fantasy conversations with them because that would have gotten me diagnosed a psychotic disorder rather than a dissociative disorder, simply because of the diagnostic criteria stating it cant be for fantasy play\ imaginary friends.

short version having DID in my location means everything that is happening because of the disorder is because of dissociation and affects every aspect of a persons life... example if I dissociated (got triggered and had my dissociation symptoms) then the alters would take control whether I was home, at work at school, out with friends....

that said on rare occasions i would hear my alters talking while I was working, or in my college classes or enjoying time with friends. and yes when at home, most of the time the chatter was about traumatic content but on rare occasions I would hear something that made me laugh, but over all having DID was not a fun thing to have for me. my alters were not like having imaginary friends and fantasy play, spend time with friends after hours kind of stuff.

Having a positive relationship with your alters doesn't necessarily mean that it is imaginary or fantasy play - it is just engaging with another part of your self. So perhaps it wouldn't fall under that fantasy umbrella?
Thanks for this!
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