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Originally Posted by Gentle Lamb
I am wondering if it is possible that there might be two of me!? I am not looking for a diagnosis from any of you, because I know that you are not qualified for that type of thing. It is just something that I have noticed off and on throughout my life and some folks have even questioned to me about how quickly I can switch. So I am wondering about it.
Is switching a bipolar trait or a trait of Dissociative disorder? I can be rolling along in a great mood but when something triggers me (usually my husband or someone who talks down to me, someone who takes advantage of me, comes on to me, uses me), BLAM! I suddenly become a different person! Full of rage, edgy, extremely irritable, moody and isolate from everyone and everything. I shut down even towards God and His Bible, and will bury myself in senseless reading (novels, mysteries), for days and days!
NO Dr. has ever diagnosed me as to having dissociative disorder, but they didn't find that I had Asperger's either!!! But, this is what I see to be very active in me! I am convinced that I have un-diagnosed Asperger's. That makes me very angry! After all of the years of counseling and NO ONE figured it out!!!????
I watched the movie Sybil, was really quite fascinated by that story, felt that I could relate to her in some surreal way, esp. her very last dominate character at the end which was a very angry controlling little boy! That is the one that rises up and causes me much distress. The other one is is very timid, almost mute; who hides and runs from everything frightening! The older I get the more agoraphobic I become (I am 64yrs old now).
Does this make sense to anyone here, can you help me understand what is going on!?
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in general mood switching does not make a person have a mental disorder. switching moods. personality wise is actually quite normal. switching happens in many different ways... who a person hangs out with, what situations/ events a person goes through, what a persons health issues are, even things like the foods a person eats, how much sleep a person gets can cause a person to have normal switching.
what makes switching moods a mental disorder is called other accompanying symptoms. example what is causing the switching, when does the switching happen, how sever is the switching. what is the age of the person having switching problems (some types of switching happens normally with different phases of life and sometimes is related to a persons age...does a person have this symptom when switching or that one, or a combination of this that and the other symptoms... even the kinds of medications can cause this problem in some people
you stated in your post you feel you have un diagnosed Asperger's well that has a special kind of mood switching too.
my suggestion would be to not continue trying to self diagnose. contact your doctors and let them know what you feel you may have and why. they will tell you why they did not diagnose these issues in you and why your problems are called something different...
about the movie and trying to relate movies to your situation... think of movies like the internet. just because something says its real doesnt make it so. the movie sybil is surrounded by controversy because huge parts of the book and movies have been debunked as fiction. this came about due to the findings of sybils actual artwork and journals.
also with movies a person needs to keep in mind the publishing dates. what was DID back in the 1950-70's is not what DID is today. times change and with it comes more information, research and diagnostics and mental disorder labeling.
my suggestion here is talk with your doctors about this movie and tell them which parts of the movie you feel is like you, for that matter you can also print off your posts and give them to your doctors.
please dont continue to try and figure this out alone. you can end up doing more harm then good. heres an example.. someone I know decided based on their own online reading and movies that they had DID. turned out they did not. their problem was just because they were not eating the right foods for their body and not getting enough sleep and they had a physical health problem that was causing their switching.