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Originally Posted by Claritytoo
I am trying to get back to myself. I used to be productive, had a responsible job for 22 years along with several responsible part time jobs over that same period. I didn't know I had parts. I new I had a conversation of thought in my head that was sometimes exhausting. I also did things that I/me wouldn't think I would have done. That realization started me looking to a possible mental issue. I could see myself doing things I shouldn't do, I was compulsive about somethings, I would sometimes see flat people. This happened for decades. Everything started to seep out when I was in my late 40's, Panic attacks, memory loss, time loss, changes in my presentation depending on the situation. But changes were sometimes child like, hostile, foggy, confused. Equally I would at some point end up back to my self. Usually due to demands of my job. Right now I can't hold on to that person. When I am arguing about a bill or having to navigate the DMV I feel normal, like the person I have been most of my life. When I have nothing specific required of me I am meek, fearful, confused, bad driver, I don't want to hurt my parts feelings but I don't want to live in fear, in confusion, forgetting things from one day to the next. I want my capable self back but I don't know how to do it. I thought getting a job would force me to be myself but it didn't. I just ended up having a panic attack, hbp attack and sent to the hospital. I have also forgotten that I had a job and just never went back. And when I remembered I was too embarrassed to go back. Please anyone how do I get back to being me. Can anyone relate to what I am saying. My system doesn't always agree but we protect each other. We have rules of behavior that we all agree to adhere to.
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Thank you for this.
From what I have read and studied and I just recently talked about this in another thread: Those of us who have a dissociative disorder grew up in a dysfunctional family where the parents had no parenting skill for raising toddlers. So we all got traumatized during our toddler years or early childhood. Our families were so dysfunctional that they did not know we were traumatized or denied it.
I probably should not generalize so I will say that in my case my parents never communicated with me in any sane way throughout my childhood and even as an adult. Without communication parents will never know the child's personality even if the child is not dissociative!
The dysfunctional family promotes the mental illness! That is why it is a hidden mental illness.
So late in life when we are not around the insane family members who traumatized us and promoted a mental illness in us, things can fall apart.