Thread: Can they die?
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Old Aug 11, 2017, 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post
ummm Im guessing you can relax on trying to figure out if the imaginary rabbit was part of the system....or the ghost because the diagnostics here in america says those things are .... ruled out... meaning if a person has those as part of their system they dont have DID. (both the DSM4 and DSM 5 state it cant be because of having imaginary friends. here where I am having imaginary pets falls into the same category of being normal non dissociative situation) also the present standards here in america does contain the word possession but it isnt about ghosts and spirits, the cant be because of religious practices rules that out. possession is a cultural diagnostic. example my native american background words things like Rainy was in possession of the body instead of amandalouise dissociated and switched into being the alternate personality of rainy.

so taking a guess here that you had your dissociation system and then you had a separate non disordered element that many normal children do where they have imaginary friends.

Im not saying your ghost rabbit doesnt exist. just that I noticed your location was here in the USA and you didnt know whether the rabbit was part of your system. so thought I would post so that maybe you can talk with your treatment providers and they will help you to figure out where that rabbit came from and why it is a ghost now....
I know the dead rabbit is a part of my system now and has been for a long time. I'm just saying I don't know if he was a part of my system when he was a living rabbit or not. It seemed important for me to mention because I am not sure if I actually do have a part who has died or not. I think I do (sometimes I swear I know it) but I have been wrong before. I also know why he is dead/a ghost. I could get into the details of all of the above, but it is likely triggery and not likely relevant to the topic.

As for the ghost thing... it has nothing to do with possession or actual ghosts or whatever. It has to do with me being neglected and feeling invisible as a child. That is apparently how my brain chose to process, deal, and self protect with that. Anyway, I chose to mention that since I have had dead parts that now changed to living parts, so again, I relate as much as I am able, but from an opposite kind of way.

Maybe what I should have said from the get go is that people change, this includes those of us who are parts. Some might grow up, others might go away, some might turn into metaphorical living beings, some might metaphorically die. Anything is possible.
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(dx list: DID/PTSD, ASD, GAD, OCD, LMNOP)
Thanks for this!
amandalouise