I have had one disassociate state when I was a teenager. I didn't remember it until I was 36. Once I remembered that disassociation, memories of childhood sexual abuse came flooding back. I haven't had any disassociative states that I know of since I was a teen (and for sure when I was a child, but I know this common and doesn't mean you have DID). My doctors labeled me as bipolar and also that I have PTSD as a result of past trauma (I've been through a lot of **** in my life). I've had some obvious manic spells where I have auditory hallucinations, but now I'm starting to have auditory hallucinations (more like an internal dialogue) even when I just feel anxious. The inner dialogue is basically what I said to my abusers, what my abusers said to me, and then a really nice voice that calms me down. The voices I hear of me as a child are always the same. I don't know if this is PTSD(hallucinations occur with that disorder as well), or possibly the first symptoms of DID?
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