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Originally Posted by yagr
Quick question: I've seen CPTSD referred to as complex PTSD and combat PTSD. I have both, incidentally, but which are you referring to?
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) |
I have Complex PTSD, within the past 4 years found that this was my diagnosis. It was triggered after finding my dad after his suicide, then past traumas came flooding in. Things I thought I had dealt with in the past.
A good friend is Buddhist and one of the kindest most understanding people I know. So with you saying you are I know for sure you are a kind person.
Like most things people explain something through their eyes and experience. It doesn't mean it's right or wrong information it's how they interpret their experience. I may explain my CPTSD, my symptoms, and they may be different that someone else but they are in fact my symptoms. So the thing is when someone explains their DID that's their experience and not something someone else would experience in the same way. I like to think I'm open and accepting of all people and that may be why I want to understand more about alters that I want to be able to understand when someone talks to me about them. If they need a shoulder to cry on I will have some idea on how to console them. In the past I've heard many say they didn't believe in multiple personalities, but I think that's unfair to label something untrue just because you can't use your senses to observe this condition. I didn't think people would mind answering the questions since this is a public forum and that they may want to be heard and want understanding from others. Maybe someone else will read these posts and get a better understanding themselves. Too many people are judging others these days and a lot of it comes from not knowing that person as a person. We all need to do better with that, I think
The birthday thing is a good question. Hope you get an answer.