I would like to meet friends that have Dissociative Identity Disorder (MPD)

Hi How is everyone? I would like to meet friends that suffer from DID. People just don't understand me. I have kids from the ages of 3 years from 90. I hope to talk to someone soon.

Hi Jacqueline!
So glad there is another soul out there like me! I am MPD(DID) as well. I always kinda knew something was different about me. Learned it was MPD(I prefer MPD) when I was about 39ish. Have not been clinically diagnosed though.

I too have many little ones, and teenagers. I am seeing this great Art Therapist whose clients are almost all MPD's.
She is just great and has such a great understanding of it, and us. We love to go there and draw and paint & stuff.
I am also in a support group for PTSD. Me & a few from a former group out of VGH decided we wanted to continue
our group when the later disbanded, so we started our own.

I know what you mean about people just not understanding you. I have experienced so much stigma because of who
I am. And some people, I regret telling; are just so rude because they don't understand and some of the comments
just make me sick.
I have been kicked out/asked to leave (what ever!) from groups, when I have disclosed I am MPD, as some previous experience they had with 'one' turned out bad or something so now they don't allow any in.
I tried explaining to one group; most of them are just little children who have been abused and are more scared then you are and probably would not come out because of trust issues any way. I don't have any one violent in my system for them to worry about.
They said; you can stay if 'they' don't come to group (what the f . ck is that about!) and we want a list of all your alters names! Uh, ya . . . that was the last time I saw any of them!
Don't bring them to group! People just don't get it.
I believe mostly from media/movies that always make the multiple with a violent personality that goes around killing everyone.
I feel like I have to come with a list of books for them to read and educate them selves, just so I am 'allowed' entry into
their group.

I recently bought this great book, I think its called; I am more than One Person, my therapist is reading it right now. I think it should be a recommended read for all doctors working in Mental Health.

HOw long have you known you are DID? Have you been able to develop good communication with your alters?

MOst of my memories of the abuse as a child come to me threw my dreams. I have been journaling them as long as
I can remember. Drawing them brings out even more details and understanding. I have when I go back years or months later and read them all of a sudden it clicks, and I think, Oh My God, how could I have missed that, or not seen that!

HOw do you work with your insiders (alters)?

I hope to hear from you soon!

always,
coper

Hi Jacqueline and Coper. Its nice to meet other person/s and oh wow a local. A party of 16 here. Unlike ^Coper^ above me, we were diagnosed yrs ago when this was called MPD in the DSM-III. We are in a 51 yr old body but we all range in age from 3 to 81.

We are one of the Woodlands School survivors. Straight.com Vancouver | News and Views | Woodlands justice in doubt

Most of our abuses came from iatrogenesis, hence we do not like nor trust doctors, shrinks or the medical system. Before we were properly diagnosed we were considered a genetic freak and a schizophrenic child. We've gone through some very traumatic therapies such as ECT's plus abuses from some of the hospital staff. We no longer take pharmaceuticals for our problems, as we have totally gone the holistic and alternative healing route. We know we still have a long way to go and are still trying to hunt down a counselor to help us with this, but its difficult when there are so few people qualified to deal with people like us. Then there is the problem for us that they are in the medical system and we have enough fears about that that we doubt that we will ever get over.

It has taken all of us yrs to first meet each other, then be able to get along with each other. We still have our days of arguments but they do eventually get sorted out. We try to give each other equal time being out, so each of us can grow. Some of us have grown while others still remain as they were. This is probably due to the ECT treatments or side effects from the old pharmaceuticals that the Doctors would load us up on to keep us quiet.

Some of us do quite allot of visual art work. It sort of started out as a means of therapy for us and now its also what keeps us financially fluid as each of us have our own styles. Others have musical talents if drawing or painting isn't their particular means of communication but most of us write and we keep our journals, diaries, or ledgers done up a least once a week.

Anyways its been nice talking with you both.

We hope to hear from both of you soon.

Namaste.