Elysium,

I just have to ask, are you certain these people are actually friends? Their response to you sharing your DX and your aversion to certain things seems off to me. At the very least they do not show any empathy at all. I know I have told people my dx and lived to regret it strongly because they did not respond kindly or they broke off our friendship and rejected me for my problems. I want to be understood and accepted and some of my risks have turned out badly.

If you choose to try to educate them and their responses are still so mocking and unkind I would consider backing off socially and protecting yourself and your insiders until you can actually find some trustworthy people. These are just my opinions. I have had to live with the fact that most people around me will not understand what I live with as a dissociative person or understand the pain that made me become DID in the first place. Right now keeping myself and my insiders safe is the TOP priority in my life. I feel sad that they did not respond to you in a kind way, you deserve that much.

Don't even get me started on Disney..... yuk!

Leslie and her pixies