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Originally Posted by Trace14
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. |
Happy Birthday Yagr!!! I hope your day is amazing!
Trace, please forgive me for being rude and questioning your intentions. I have not been in a very good place for a few days and that is not something I would normally do. I need to put myself in time out from the forum when I am feeling that way.
It is very caring of you to want to understand, so that you can be a person of compassion for someone else. It is very hard to explain to someone what your internal world is like and how it was put together. Words are the hardest thing for me sometimes. It is very frustrating for me that there is no one in my life right now that understands, or that I have the words to explain for them to understand.
I have not been diagnosed. I’ve been working with a counselor for 3+ years, with the original reason being anxiety. It soon came clear that I was experiencing dissociation due to childhood emotional neglect and trauma, which continued into my adulthood. I don’t really consider myself to have “alters” but there are “parts of me” that I “feel” their emotions and can feel/hear (internally) their thoughts. There have been things that have happened, that I don’t have memory of and there have been times that I was like a passenger, witnessing/watching what was happening with no way to stop it.
The way that I see it is like there was an explosion, and I was shattered into pieces. I feel like I am in the process of going back and finding the pieces (parts of me) and helping them understand that the traumatic moment they are stuck in, is past. I try to show them compassion and understand why they are so afraid, then I want to unburden them and take them somewhere they feel safe. We have accomplished this with several parts and it is so freeing when it happens.
I agree that too many people judge, without understanding. I feel that I did that to you, and I again sincerely apologize.
As for the birthdays, I’ve never thought about it but thinking about it now, I don’t believe I would like to celebrate the day they were created. It seems that would be a sad day to me.
Question: How do other parts first appear to you?