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Originally Posted by YoucancallmeFlower
I don't know...maybe it's not so important to have labels. If the docs need them, I really don't care. My tribe is who they are and it amuses
me that people believe they can imagine what the journey of a multiple is like. It's like saying you know what it's like to be a quadriplegic or
terribly crippled. IF YOU DON'T LIVE THAT LIFE, YOU CAN NEVER
COMPREHEND IT. So they can keep their labels. I will struggle for control as I have for 55 years.
And I don't really understand that five year old age limit thing. Perhaps
that poster can explain it to me? The main part of my abuse occurred
when I was between the ages of ten and eighteen.
I keep reading in here about all the new theories and the different types of DID and all the labels they want to slap on us. When they figure out
how the brain pulls this trick off-then I'll listen. The truth is that the study of neurobiology is still in it's infancy. DID is still as much of a mystery as DNA.
All I know is that after all these years I am still a survivor...and perhaps
my tribe is responsible for that.   |
yes I can explain what I meant by age 5....
here in america mental health agencies and treatment providers have to keep files on everyone they treat.
periodically they have to fill in forms that state questions like ...
how many people they are treating,
what mental disorders are being treated,
how many being treated with each mental disorder
when did that mental disorder begin
they do not give identifying info like names and stuff like that.
they send this info to government agencies, department of health and sometimes they will also notify department of motor vehicles if they have someone who may be a danger to others if they drive their vehicles.
long story short the government takes this info and puts it together with all the other reports. this is called statistics / census taking.
here where I am the statistics for .......reported.......cases of DID is that DID begins before the age of 5 years old, in children under the age of 5 who have gone through extreme trauma.
you can find out what the mental health statistics are for your location by contacting your treatment provider or visiting your local library's reference department. tell the person at the main desk in the reference department you would like information on your locations mental health statistics for mental disorders.