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Post by geminilee on Feb 21, 2011 17:10:14 GMT -8
It isn't an imaginary world, at least not in the sense you mean. Most people have different aspects or emotions: an angry side, or a strong side, or a sensitive side. For me, they are almost separate (while at the same time being me). Not only do they have the emotions or qualities that define them, I envision them as having personalities and identities. I know that these are all simply parts of myself; there is no amnesia associated with this, I am aware of the "thoughts" of all of these personas. I guess if you had to put a layman's term to it you could call it DID-Lite . It isn't a fake life, because none of my parts do anything that I do not, they just give their separate opinions and viewpoints on the things that I do. I don't imagine them doing anything different than I am doing. They are just part of me. To Nico: the roommate is my BFF, I have (now) 4 people that I am with nearly constantly. This is an improvement over a couple years ago when I only saw 1 or 2 people regularly. I do see people, I just do not leave my house unless forced.
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Post by Nico on Feb 21, 2011 22:53:06 GMT -8
Cool, I'm glad you have friends you see regularly.
I think it's pretty natural to feel uncomfortable about losing your distinct personas. It's a loss, and I think it would be unnatural not to be upset about it. I can't say that I relate, because I haven't been through it, but maybe it would help to try to record them in some creative way. I don't know if you're artistic, or if you write - but if it were me, I would try to make them more concrete and permanent in some way if I felt them slipping away.
I used to date a guy who, in hindsight, probably had the same dissociative personas you do. One day, he'd react a certain way to something I'd say or do, and then another day react a completely different way to exactly the same thing. It didn't feel as though I was talking to a different personality, just a different aspect of his personality. It used to drive me nuts, because I didn't understand it. I kinda wish I knew then, because if I'd had an explanation - and trust me, this guy had plenty of reason to be building partitions in his brain and using personas as coping mechanisms - I would have just shrugged it off, rather than thinking he was deliberately trying to vex me. I suppose that other than that, he was so much more normal and functional than I was, I was too busy thinking about my own problems to realize he had his own.
On that note, I don't want to make this all about me. Although, thanks, because you talking about your problem shed some light on an old mystery.
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Post by littlematchstick on Feb 22, 2011 8:43:44 GMT -8
It isn't an imaginary world, at least not in the sense you mean. Most people have different aspects or emotions: an angry side, or a strong side, or a sensitive side. For me, they are almost separate (while at the same time being me). Not only do they have the emotions or qualities that define them, I envision them as having personalities and identities. I know that these are all simply parts of myself; there is no amnesia associated with this, I am aware of the "thoughts" of all of these personas. I guess if you had to put a layman's term to it you could call it DID-Lite . It isn't a fake life, because none of my parts do anything that I do not, they just give their separate opinions and viewpoints on the things that I do. I don't imagine them doing anything different than I am doing. They are just part of me. To Nico: the roommate is my BFF, I have (now) 4 people that I am with nearly constantly. This is an improvement over a couple years ago when I only saw 1 or 2 people regularly. I do see people, I just do not leave my house unless forced. hmm that's definatley something I haven't heard of before, at least not in the way you're presenting it. I did some reading in a few of my psych books and online. (Sorry if I'm being too nosey..lol). I found something interesting, but again..not sure if it completely pertains to you. I found that there is something called Dissaciative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified. There are 4 dissoaciative disorders that can be diagnosed..you fall mostly under DID. However with a "Not otherwise specified" disorder, you have only some of the diagnostic criteria but not all. For example you have the seperate identities but you don't have the amnesia and they don't "take over" like someone with regular DID. Basically it's a "catch all" diagnosis for those that don't have all the diagnosis criteria for the 4 main dissaciative disorders. From what I can find there isn't a lot of information out there about this yet, so I'm not sure if this is something new that they've added to the DSM (if you don't know its the diagnostic manual for psychologists/psychiatrists). Here's a link for a little bit of info: www.psychcentral.com/disorders/sx99.htmAlso if you follow that link they have a GREAT forum for just about any mental illness (I'm on there as well..although I haven't been on for quite a while). They even have a section specifically for people with dissaciative disorder NOS. Again, not sure if this is helpful or not..and sorry if I'm overstepping my place (tell me to mind my business..haha.) This kind of thing gets my wheels going in my head.
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Post by kmcm on Feb 22, 2011 17:58:55 GMT -8
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