View Single Post
 
Old Nov 12, 2018, 12:18 PM
Betty_Banana's Avatar
Betty_Banana Betty_Banana is offline
Veteran Member
 
Member Since: Oct 2011
Location: USA
Posts: 692
Quote:
Originally Posted by amandalouise View Post
yes I was diagnosed in college with DID.

back when I was in elementary school (the 1980's) daydreaming was a symptom of many things including MPD (now called DID). back then the diagnostics were not what they are today and the other accompanying symptoms were not what they are today. Back in the 1980's daydreaming was called dissociation, Which is one reason why I was not diagnosed MPD as a child.

they did document that I seemed like one person one moment and the next but my location has a rule that there are some diagnosis's that are not placed on the child MPD was one that children in my location do not get diagnosis for. just like some locations do not diagnose a child with bipolar disorder or schizophrenia.

I'm not saying look in your elementary files for a ........"diagnosis"........

Im saying it would be documented in the sense of the problems that come with having DID. .

complaints of numbness, spacing out (which used to include daydreaming) disconnected (again used to considered possible daydreaming on the older standards) memory problems beyond the normal, feelings of depersonalization derealization, acting out in ways not characteristic of the child, all these things a school will document.

DID is not something that just begins in adulthood and never have problems their whole life.

its the opposite. it begins before the age of 5 and so do all the problems related to having it. getting a diagnosis just puts a name on whats already going on.

if the original poster does have a sexual alter then everything that happens because of having this alter would have been happening since before the age of 5.

So Im saying check the files to see if there are any indications in the files about sexual issues. to be blunt most teachers and school officials would notice and document a child holding one self or other sexual activity that could point to possible home and physical/ mental health problems.

DID alters dont just take control at home in ones own bedroom. it happens in all aspects of a persons life. so school is a great resource for looking to see if todays problems happened back then too.

thats what I am saying. the orginal poster thinks there may be a sexual alter they havent known about before. if there is a sexual alter there are ways to find out. check your childhood files for things that point to that or not.
Thanks for explaining.I guess I interpreted your post as meaning if the OP wanted to find out about the specific sexual alter they were curious about to find out from their school.I guess it was in the way your worded your post that had me confused.

I agree with what you say,that there would have been signs and other issues in childhood that point to DID.And it is helpful,in hindsight,to check into past records.I wasn't trying to debate that,was just saying it's not likely anyone could find out about specific alters,switching,etc.in the present by doing so,which was what I thought you were trying to say.
Thanks for this!
amandalouise