[Claritytoo]

I got a hold of some old cds. I have been listening to music I haven't heard in years. Some of it brings back memories of people I loved. The feelings are so real even now. The pain the love the joy. It is as if it is happening now. So real. Do people without DID feel this way? It's a mixed blessing. The feelings of love are joyful but the feelings of sadness are painful. I am glad for the joy and the love. And if it means I also have to have the pain and sadness I think I am ok with that. I have been lucky to have loved and to have been loved. Needed to share. Take care.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

I got a hold of some old cds. I have been listening to music I haven't heard in years. Some of it brings back memories of people I loved. The feelings are so real even now. The pain the love the joy. It is as if it is happening now. So real. Do people without DID feel this way? It's a mixed blessing. The feelings of love are joyful but the feelings of sadness are painful. I am glad for the joy and the love. And if it means I also have to have the pain and sadness I think I am ok with that. I have been lucky to have loved and to have been loved. Needed to share. Take care.

yes people with and without DID have this. even normal non mental disordered people can do this/ experience this....

here in NY this is called having a flashback. flashbacks are reliving a memory or event as if its really presently happening at that moment.

a common sensory flashback is eating a banana one day and on another day seeing or hearing aobut something containing a banana makes a persons mouth water and taste buds sense the taste and feel of the banana....

flashbacks can be positive or traumatic. here in NY like with some locations we also call it sensory hallucinations depending upon other accompanying symptoms.

just part of having the type of brain human being have that stores and retrieves memories, a thinking brain.

[Claritytoo]

The memories pour in to my mind bringing with them full deep emotion. But a sense of loss is always present. Do non DID people have that? I know I am lucky to have felt what I have felt in my life. I just was thinking that it would be nice to remember my feelings of love without the feeling of loss.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Claritytoo

The memories pour in to my mind bringing with them full deep emotion. But a sense of loss is always present. Do non DID people have that? I know I am lucky to have felt what I have felt in my life. I just was thinking that it would be nice to remember my feelings of love without the feeling of loss.

yes here in NY its called grieving when a person feels a sense of loss. it doesnt matter what was lost. every human being grieves for lost items, pets loved ones and even memories of things that happened in the past. I know someone who felt this deep sense of loss over their favorite tv actor, some one who had this deep sense of loss over a piece of jewelry, I know a guy who was looking at pictures of when he was a child and burst into tears over the loss of days gone by that he cant reclaim now...

human beings have many different things that cause them to feel a deep sense of loss/grieve for things in their lives past and present. its perfectly normal thing for humans to do. some even make up or hold ceremonies or party/ .... around their losses as a way to celebrate that loss and help them to achieve a sense of closure and moving on from that deep sense of loss.