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Originally Posted by toomanycats
I am hoping nothing I said made you feel ashamed, because that's not at all what I meant.
To be totally clear: I absolutely believe DID is a real thing. I do not think it is shameful or makes someone "sick." I just also happen to feel that people who have DID have usually been through really awful things and, therefore, deserve more support and care.
Thus, I'm afraid that when I talk about having been diagnosed, people will be like "*eyeroll* you do NOT have DID. That is such an exaggeration. You are just making things that happened to you out to be worse than they are because you want attention."
I hope that makes some sense. I don't want anyone thinking that I think DID or any disorder is something to be ashamed of. I do not at all think that.
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I don't have DID, just friends who do and have read blogs by people with DID on tumblr and other blog sites. So I'm sharing what I've read and heard.
What you feel about others seeing you as "attention seeking", and that what happened to you "wasn't that bad", that you're possibly faking or exaggerating, and that others' issues are valid and yours isn't = absolutely common.
Found a blog whose URL I can't recall where the author experienced bullying in school and wrote a lot about their journey of "oh it wasn't horrific physical, emotional, sexual abuse...I can't possibly have DID" and they said they believe one doesn't need to have had extreme ultra horrific traumas to have DID. Of course it also could be that they don't have awareness of other traumas, however bullying is bad, and it doesn't have to be physical for a kid to develop complex trauma issues. For example, I recently read a story written by a teen with loving parents and a "good" family developing EDs, suicidality, SH, anxiety disorders and depression as a 10 yo through "just" emotional and verbal bullying