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Old Dec 27, 2016, 05:36 PM
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Originally Posted by shattered sanity View Post
by complete strangers, " so why do you dissociate?"

I knew it would happen eventually, it happened to me yesterday

I ended up saying just, well, when you've been through all I have...

I mean how do you answer such a question?

anyone else?
no never. for a couple reasons...

dissociation is a normal reaction to a positive and negative triggers in my location so every human being does it. in those I know it would probably be like asking some one why do you go to sleep when you are tired. its just something that everyone in my location does so no one thinks its abnormal.

also people here in my location dont ask about dissociation because they dont know they are encountering it. I never had the ever exaggerated / over dramatized for movie ratings type of dissociating. it was feelings inside me not something like physically climbing walls and physically climbing book cases, and physically standing on a rooftop balancing on the rooftop ledge that you see in the movies.

for me dissociation is feelings of numbness, feelings of spaciness, feelings of disconnected from my body parts or everything around me. switching into my alters was just normal all anyone outside my body saw was that I was capable of doing many things and good at it, this is because my DID was based on dissociation and triggers. I remember this one time I was at the zoo with a friend. they dared me to hold a snake. I did it and they were non the wiser. just thought I wasnt afraid of snakes and held it. mentally this was a triggering event which caused an alter that loved snakes to take control. all anyone outside me saw was me holding the snake just like millions of other normal people can do.

the only way anyone asks me any questions about any of my mental disorders is if I first tell them I have that mental disorder. I do not walk up to strangers and start talking about my having depression or bipolar disorder or dissociation disorders. my discussions on my mental disorders are reserved to very close friends, family and my treatment providers.

I think of it this way... I would not walk out on the street to the first person I see and say hey I like this sexual position how about you. so why would I walk up to a stranger and say hey I have a past diagnosis of DID and now all my alters are integrated and now my dissociation disorders are this that and the other thing.

it just doesnt make sense to me to tell just anyone about my personal information like health issues. just like the police here in my location say if you walk up to a stranger and give them your personal information you are inviting dangerous situations to occur. to take care of your self and protect online and off any personal information that can result in all kinds of crimes and problems.

a stranger on the street or where ever knowing I have a dissociation disorder could set me and my family up for all kinds of problems. like handing over the key to my front door to a stranger so they can walk into my home at any point and harm my family and I.

no telling strangers about my medical and mental health history in my location just is not done by me, my family or anyone else that I know here. even the schools are teaching children not to disclose personal information.

not to mention here in the USA we have privacy laws. no one can ask about anothers medical or mental history but the patient can choose to disclose if they want to and to who.

my suggestion is if you dont want strangers asking you questions about your physical or mental health maybe you can talk with your treatment providers who can help you to set better boundaries that will help you to protect your personal information and reserve it for only your treatment providers and those you know and fully trust instead of strangers.