showed the case of united states of tara to someone yesterday

the laughed and said... oh, who wants to watch a programme about a fake disorder made up for the US networks?

uggg talk about livid

what a comment

[elevatedsoul]

i found this interesting

Let's build a better "DID show" : Dissociative Identity Disorder Forum - Psych forums

[ruh roh]

I haven't seen that series. I think the problem is that d i d isn't very dramatic looking on the outside. It's an internal process. It makes for a hard story to tell. Hollywood amps everything up and that's what makes it so unbelievable. There is a movie coming out my therapist warned me about because the trailers are already being shown. It's a horrible sensational portrayal--complete with evil homicidal alter. Anyway, I pretty much hate what hollywood has done to d id. We are the one group it's okay to stigmatize and stereotype with no repercussions.

[amandalouise]

one thing is that the movie you are posting about is not meant to be taken as a real representation of DID. short version it was made as a comedy/ mockery of the disorder kind of show. because of this when you show someone this movie and say this is what I have its natural for others to laugh and say yea right. they may very well have researched information on that movie and discovered the movie is a work of fiction (not real)

also the USA now fully recognizes it as a mental disorder and is very open to mental disorders, stopping the stigma of mental disorder, bettering treatment options for various mental disorders of all kinds but places outside the USA may not be as open about mental disorders. I have a friend who has Depersonalization derealization disorder and somatic disorders. she just moved to another country (air force family) for the next 2 years. when she went to get her medications they told her, her mental disorders were not real and that she had to go through a new psychiatric assessment. when she asked them what they meant, she was told not real as in those mental disorders were not mental disorders in that location. she needed to be re assessed and rediagnosed based on that locations standards and diagnosis's before she could have the medication she needed for her problems.

my point is different locations have different standards and it may be that the movie United States of Tara is considered for what it is... a mockery/comedy series made up by USA producers for the cable channel's Showtime network.

not everyone like movies like this.. I bet if you think about the kinds of movies your friend watches you may find that you have some very strong dislikes and opinions about the movies she enjoys. I know my wife and I always disagree about a certain actor and his films. she enjoys watching his films and I absolutely refuse, and my belief on them is they are full of propaganda, nonsense, and belong in the trash.

As for the US of Tara I watched some of it then told my wife she wants to watch that ..... go for it record it and watch it when Im not home i wont watch something where producers are making a mockery comedy about mental illness. doesnt matter what mental illness its about.

I have found if you want someone to believe and understand about having a mental illness its better to use my own words telling them what that mental disorder is and how it affects me. people are more interested in knowing me then knowing / watching a made up/ fictionalized tv series that turns mental disorders into something to laugh at, make fun of and discriminate against.

Originally Posted by elevatedsoul

i found this interesting

Let's build a better "DID show" : Dissociative Identity Disorder Forum - Psych forums

I used to love the PHPBB boards

I should join this site just to relive the old days

(I actually saw some users online from here, so)

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

I used to love the PHPBB boards

I should join this site just to relive the old days

(I actually saw some users online from here, so)

be careful just because they have the same users as you see here does not necessarily mean they are the same members you know here...

i am on that website and someone with the same user name as this website messaged me there I discovered that they were not in fact the same member over there as here at psych central. this person took the user name from here and some of the posts from here pretended as if they were the same person. they did not take into consideration that i knew that User personally (had introduced that user to psych central).

its the internet so there is no way to know whether someone really is who they say they are. it is very easy to go to mental health websites where people post so much details and then go to another site and "become" that same user there.

which is one of the reasons I never, never post the same things and same user name on websites i am a member, including the one in the link in this thread.

psych central even advises members to never cross post and cross post your user names from one website to another for privacy and safety reasons. so there again when I find someone somewhere else that claims to be from here with the same user name I'm usually of the thought process of beware they may or they.....may not.... be the same person.

[Luce]

Yep. Some people really believe it doesn't exist.
Although, there has been a ton of research around dissociation since the turn of the century, and there is a growing acceptance and understanding of it now. Still some ways to go though I reckon.

I watched United States of Tara. There were some aspects I liked and some aspects I didn't like. Like switching so overtly... clothes and everything. Generally DID just isn't that.... florid.
I don't reckon a sitcom should be made about DID though. DID is intensely traumatic and painful. In USoT they did show some of the painful side which was 'good. But in general I would hate to see a sitcom made about DID as much as I would hate to see a sitcom based around a person with schizophrenia or bipolar disorder.

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

I used to love the PHPBB boards

I should join this site just to relive the old days

(I actually saw some users online from here, so)

no.

we certainly are going to

looks good

I totally hate watching disorder shows....it triggers us bad. I don't want to feel like I was taught to be a certain way....we are way to influential.

I watch these shows and become convinced that I'm not and faking and feeling all special alone ready to die.

I saw a CSI episode that is nothing like me (my symptoms are much more covert) and I feel invalidated.

The same applies for bipolar. I always feel not good enough to be one thing or another.

[DesperateWanderer]

I'm still struggling to believe it I or anything exists myself.

[Luce]

Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2

I totally hate watching disorder shows....it triggers us bad. I don't want to feel like I was taught to be a certain way....we are way to influential.

I watch these shows and become convinced that I'm not and faking and feeling all special alone ready to die.

I saw a CSI episode that is nothing like me (my symptoms are much more covert) and I feel invalidated.

The same applies for bipolar. I always feel not good enough to be one thing or another.

I hear you, AC. When I was first diagnosed with DID I did not believe I 'measured up' to my internal vision of what DID 'looked like'. I didn't think my symptoms were 'enough' or 'valid' or 'real'.
After many years of living in denial though I have a much better understanding of it, I think. This is DID. This is what it looks like / this is how it presents / this is its reality / this is how it feels. And it isn't florid and visible and obvious. It is quiet; internal; personal; painful; and intensely lonely.

we signed up their.

hmm.... looks bigger than this (and we're surprised)