Thread: DID in the US
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Old Jan 11, 2019, 04:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Dnester View Post
Can you tell me about the stigma?
stigma with DID is the same with any other mental disorder. its just how people react to you after you tell them you have a mental disorder. some look down on it. only you can know whether you have told someone you have DID or not and how they reacted to you...

with me I had no stigma in regards to any of my mental disorders. those I chose to tell about it reacted very positively and helpful. why because they knew me before I was diagnosed. DID isnt something that just happens one day. it is there from before I was 5 years old. which means everyone in my life already knew me so to them seeing me as DID was just ok your no different than we have always known you to be....

in other words getting the diagnosis of DID doesnt change anything other than puts a name on what and how a person is since before they were 5 yrs old. if you have it then you are no different than you already have been since you were a very young child.