NEW TO ALL OF THIS...BUT 36 YO AND IT JUST COMING OUT

Hello Susan, I am Reah, my role in Angie's dx is to keep peace and calm the others as much as is possible, each of us has diffrent roles to play in protecting our Angie, you have met and spoken to Amy, she is the 7 yr old and come out when stress builds up and Angie needs a rest, Marie is the protector, she is the fighter and will not allow anyone to hurt any of us, Laura is about 12 yrs old , Angie basiclly never had a childhood so we believe she is here to be the teen Angie never was, there are others but we're still trying to identify them, hope this helps
Reah

There are degrees of disociation disorder short of did. I too have parts who are to manage certain things or who are to be protected. I too have lost oodles of time. For me the label is not important but the fact that inside we all need to learn to see, hear and value eachother. For example, I have a part still who feels like the only way to keep us safe is to beat us into quiet. If we are quiet then we are less subject to harm. The trick for me at least is realizing that the parts all have a roll and need respect. My little kid is funny. She is the one who hoards toys and bought a huge red wagon recently. Gave the wagon to a friend who does daycare as she can haul 6 kids in it.

Hope this helps.

I've found PC to be one of the few places on earth where all of me can be present at once. All my parts are engaged in caring about folks here and all of them are welcome to participate. What a wonderful thing for me to experience! Being safe is so important: this is a great place to bounce around and figure yourself out.

SJ, what you are experiencing sounds quite normal for dissociative disorder, and not made up or imagined at all. Often ppl who are dissociative, especially DID, come to grips with it as they age, if they hadn't before. Part of the reason for that is that the process of dissociation quits working as a person ages, and as lives change beyond the coping mechanism of dissociation. (A person still dissociates but it doesn't "work" as a coping mechanism quite so well.)

Share with your T all you can. And saying "I don't know" is quite acceptable. You don't have to know the answers to all the questions you come up with. Having a T alongside you as you figure things out is priceless. TC

hey, I know this is not my thread, but hope you dont mind I picked up alot of things here, some, well, not ready to accept just yet, but some that really hit home, so thanks to all of you who contributed to this, and I hope it has been a help to you as well SJ.

BIG HUGS to ALL
-Jodi

I have at least come to the understanding that whether someone wants to give or not give a DID dx is not important to me. I am however going through what I say I am and it is not a figment of my imagination.
I am always blessed when my post helps out another person who read it...((misfitamongstMisfits))
I have T session on Weds. and will do my best to talk w/ T although extrememly scared about opening up verbally.