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Old May 04, 2018, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by beyes2018 View Post
Sorry, We are raising our 2 grandchildren, one is special needs. Yes, I mean with a Dissociative Disorder.
Well, I don't know how your dissociative issues affect you but for me (I have DID), I find that there is a silver lining in just about everything. My six year old alter LOVES children, and she has her own alter (polyfragmentation) who is two and a half years old. When I couldn't watch one more showing of The Little Mermaid, I could go to the back of the bus (our internal world - indicates that I would give up co-consciousness and be unaware of our surroundings), and she would take over.

For us, we had it much easier than most because we work so well together. We would spot each other as necessary or desired. As in the above example, I would not be aware of what was going on but if necessary, my six year old would beat on the door to get my attention and I would jump into action. I'd say that in my particular case, having a dissociative disorder actually made single parenting easier than for someone without. But we have each other's back completely and unreservedly.
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