This may or may not be relevant.My husband and I were talking recently about before I was given the diagnosis and before integration.He was saying how he didn't know it was DID or even anything "wrong" with me,that it was just me and who and how I was since he first met me many years ago when I was just 18.

I guess that is relevant afterall now that I wrote it.If my own husband didn't think of it as anything out of the ordinary would there have been any reason to share my diagnosis with anyone else after I received it? He knew and saw my different parts,even tucked in a young one at night but never once thought wow,she has multiple personality disorder(or DID),he just saw it as who/how I was.

Even when I was working,one time a coworker was talking about Little Betty but she talked like it was just a cute,quirky thing.She didn't ask or say there was anything going on with my mental health.

When people know someone very well they just accept them as they are,they just learn that's how they are as a person and don't really put much thought into it.Just the same as we learn and see how other people behave and react and know that's just how they are.Like my husband,I know when he's really upset his behvior is way different.Or someone else giggles like a little girl when she's excited about something.To my husband I acted like a little girl at bedtime and wanted tucked in right from the very beginning.He expected it and accepted it as who I was.

So in my opinion what's the point in telling people if they already know you?If they've known you awhile then they've already seen it all.