[I_miss_my_kitty]

do you people ever get better of DID like can the alters go away and one person remain? I don't mean to be insensitive but i don't know how else to ask this. sorry

[DianasClan]

I believe you are talking about intergration. Yes some do this. But for our clan that is not an option as many in our clan see this as death or going away. We do not want this. We wish to learn to better communicate and work more as a team.

Denise of the Clan

[Elysium]

Great question!!

Yes, DID can be "cured" in the sense, like DianasClan said, all parts/alters can integrate.

The general theory is that all the alters are not technically different people. They are broken fragments of the one person which tend to take on a life of their own, including names, ages, physical characteristics, etc. With integration, which can be emotionally difficult from what I've heard, one goes through a lot of treatment to bring the alters back together so they blend into one more formed personality state. Some people choose this route of treatment and are okay with it. Some others choose to do like DianasClan and work on improving communication between the alters and to live more cohesively.(This is what I have learned and is my understanding of things)

There are some strong opinions out there as to what is the better way to go about treatment. As far as I'm concerned neither is better or worse than the other. It all depends on what the person wants and is comfortable with.

For me personally, I don't really want to integrate at this point. I think I share DianasClan's ideas of just improving the communication between my parts. I have been broken in pieces my whole life.....I don't know how to be any other way and the thought of losing that is very scary. Someday, I may feel differently but for now I think I'll keep all my parts around.

Thanks for your question. I appreciate it when people want to learn and instead of just getting it off the TV or something they actually take the time to speak with the people who live with it.

[I_miss_my_kitty]

thanks for your responses, i think i want to do that interrogation? i don't think i want different fragments of me. but then i just got diagnosed with DID.

[turquoisesea]

kitty, I think this is a personal choice. Your choice to make.

Maybe you can talk to your therapist about this. Ask her what he/she suggests and maybe if the Therapist will work with you on integration you can start. I don't know much about integration, but please do be prepared for it to take some time. The fragments are there for a reason, as weird as that sounds, it takes time to heal no matter what way you choose to go

wishing you the best
~turquoisesea

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by I_miss_my_kitty

do you people ever get better of DID like can the alters go away and one person remain? I don't mean to be insensitive but i don't know how else to ask this. sorry

Yes it is possible to be one person with no alters. I used to have over 20 alters. I am integreated. the alters didnt go away. what happened is everything that was the alters and me is now me, one person with all the alters and my memories, and skills intact.

[I_miss_my_kitty]

thanks for your responses. today i feel terrible for thinking this i'm confused. some days i feel angry i don't know who i'm angry at but sometimes i don't want to have DID and other times i'm curious. I want to work on it in therapy but then when my therapist start talking about it i get upset and last week i told her that i didn't have DID and that i didn't want to talk about it anymore.

[turquoisesea]

It's ok to be confused. Give yourself the time it takes to consider the possibility, to try to understand and see what's going on. I'm glad your posting here to find out more. do try your best to keep talking to your therapist about it.

Hang in there

Originally Posted by I_miss_my_kitty

thanks for your responses. today i feel terrible for thinking this i'm confused. some days i feel angry i don't know who i'm angry at but sometimes i don't want to have DID and other times i'm curious. I want to work on it in therapy but then when my therapist start talking about it i get upset and last week i told her that i didn't have DID and that i didn't want to talk about it anymore.