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Originally Posted by Trace14
No problem, I'm just trying to understand the basics so I can relate to what friends and people on PC are saying. Not trying to get personal with people or pry into their lives. Having CPTSD myself I've found that educating people on what my condition is makes it easier for both of us to communicate and support each other.
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Quick question: I've seen CPTSD referred to as complex PTSD and combat PTSD. I have both, incidentally, but which are you referring to?
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Originally Posted by Trace14
It's that not knowing about the condition that make people assume things about people and their conditions that are not necessarily true. So knowing more about this would certainly make me more comfortable with being around someone who say they have alters. Does that make sense? I'm not sure I would know if I had an alter, would I?
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Yes, makes sense. There's a bit of discomfort that I experience in answering questions about what I might call fringe groups that I belong to though. Not that the questions are bad or wrong, but because I feel as though I am speaking for my entire group.
For instance, I am a Buddhist in America. Not just in America but more specifically, a very conservative, very rural, evangelical Christian community. For most, I am the only Buddhist they will ever meet. So whatever I say Buddhism is, it'll likely be the only information that they use to form their opinion about Buddhism.
In the same way, while DID is more common than most might think, most of us don't advertise. And so, my personal experience with DID might be very different than someone else but in explaining my experience, even with this caveat, many people think they understand the DID experience via my personal explanation - when I am just one (or four, depending upon how you look at it) individual having an individual experience.
Nevertheless, I'm glad that you are asking questions.
Lessee...
Do you celebrate individual alters birthdays? (It is the body's b-day today)