Thread: Shell alters?
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Old Dec 17, 2016, 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by finding_my_way View Post
what is the difference between OSDD alters and DID alters?

i still am confused...and i guess i wouldn't 'technically' have a diagnosis of DID just because there is no taking over of my body (they don't live their own lives externally) but can influence things, try hard to come out at times when triggered/want to, and some have names, ages, and genders and their own specific ways of thinking, feeling, etc. that differ from each other (and me). there also aren't black outs (but time gets very distorted, and i forget things but not important things except from childhood, traumas and general things).

it all gets confusing. thankfully, my therapist doesn't treat me any different, but i still am confused because of all the wording. just when i think i understand things, i don't again.
I think the best way to approach it is to just go with what is. the diagnostic criteria are all a bit of a red herring. They are about something different to human experience... to your experience, or my experience. They are not the reality of anybody's life. They are simply words on paper, words on a screen.
I don't think it does anyone any good when we give words so much power. Who does it help when we say "Oh, if you use this word then you will get this diagnosis", or "if you use that word you will be called psychotic." Our experiences aren't about the words we use to describe them. It is neither appropriate nor helpful to define someone's pain by slapping this label or that label on them because of a word they chose in an effort to express their torment. What matters is the sense you make of your own experience for yourself. What matters is what is.
Not words.
Not labels.
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