If a person has another person who lives in their head, yet they are completely aware when that person takes control, is this still considered DID? Technically, there is no dissociation. This other person has a name, identity, and a personality not that much different than the host’s; just a little more dark (don’t know how to explain it).
The person is fully aware of what is happening, but can’t stop it. They fight in their head with the other, and it takes a lot of struggle to get themselves back. They have to fight with the person, a lot on a regular basis, as they are always trying to take over.
What are your thoughts on this?
P.S. Not looking for a diagnosis, just curious about something that has happened many times, before, and my Pdoc was trying to explain to me.
A lot of people w sz have delusions of “possession” like this. It’s so common apparently that it’s used in a lot of diagnostic tests. Not necessarily DID
Well, this is not posession. I realize she may be a part of me, yet she isn’t me.
She is constantly trying to take over me, and sometimes I’m just not strong enough to fight her, and she does. She makes me say and do things I normally would not. She has a dark personality, and even taste in dress. She hates everyone and is very cold. My pdoc tried to explain DID to me, but I still don’t feel I fall under the category. He never officially diagnosed me with anything, though.
The only way to explain it is like having two brains.
Yes I have heard a lot of other people w sz or psychotic disorders have this. You acknowledge it as a part of yourself which is good and show insight. Other people may say the same thing is happening to them only with a demon or angel or alien or something.
yeah I couldn’t find depersonalization as a schizophrenia symptom, I found it’s a symptom of borderline personality disorder which I also have. it can also be depersonalization disorder or d.i.d.
I have always been able to have insight, no matter what. Even when caught in a delusion, I can see that it may not be real, yet I still believe it.
I hope that’s all it is, and nothing more. I’m always afraid of more people coming in and taking over.
You’re probably high functioning then. I’m high functioning as well. I didn’t always have insight but I do now and my experience w delusions is now the same.
Hi, I’m diagnosed with DID.
If there is no dissociation, then it is not any dissociative disorder, DID or OSDD-1b. The entire reason for the alters to exist is dissociative amnesiac barriers that are created in early childhood.
Children do not have a fully developed sense of self and identity or awareness, this is developed around ages 7-9 years. If a child is repeatedly abused or exposed to trauma, they will repeatedly have to internalize and compartmentalize the trauma, and create alternate self states in order to better deal and cope with this trauma. Because of this, the child will not develop a full sense of self and identity. Their self states will be dissociated parts instead of a full person.
I have 17 alters, including myself, formed by extensive child abuse. Very early age abuse and trauma are necessary for DID to form, and dissociation always accompanies alter switches.
If that doesn’t fit you, then you don’t have DID. Yay!
Very well explained, thank you.
I don’t think I have DID at all, and now I wonder why my pdoc kept mentioning and referring to it.
I did not suffer too much childhood trama.
My Mom was dx with DID many years ago. She is long passed away. She was a victim of childhood sexual abuse. I , myself have DEFINITELY experienced the phenomenon of having someone else take over my body and words. I have watched myself do and say things. I am NOT in control. While I understand that it is part of my illness, I will also say that I am VERY ill because, when it happens, I am NOT in control. In my case, I am under the belief that scientists are controlling (not always, but sometimes) my thoughts and behavior. This time last year, I thought the controlling was another personality taking over but the brain scientists told me (in my head) that it was them doing it. I don’t think I have DID. I just think I am very ill but the sensation of losing complete control is VERY real and VERY scary.
I was sexually abused by multiple people as a young child and teenager. I am still not over it. When I grew up, I had to live in a world where it is OK for men to sexualize and dehumanize woman so I never got treated well and never fully recovered. I am very damaged because of men. The only difference between the sexualization they do to you as a child and as an adult, is that it is suddenly legal to harass someone when they are 18. I know there are good men out there. I wish I had one but I have had some bad experiences.
Anyway…, I have never known (that I am aware of) someone who had been sex trafficked. I am very sorry to hear that. I hope you are doing well these days.
One day at a time really I am doing better after making the choice of I am a sirvior of it and not a victim of what was done.
I am no where close to being over it, I made a lot of good steps and being with my adopted family now in a safe country on the other side of the world form where I started.
Is goes for being okaie days to harming myself and wishing I could just delete my life wipe out everything all my history and past.
Each day each step to getting better.
The more I live my life the more well I become the more I WIN over them I beat them by living.
My history and past maybe one of horror as I was trafficked as a child. My life now and my future is not is one of Hope and my choice.
I only am beascuse of others.
With them the goo people that have form saving me the officers there the medical people that fixed and healed my abused and beaten body
the staff who would sit with me as I hulk angry! On walls myself sit with as I cry to it was Inpossblem to cry and I would just howl.
Who would talk with me and understand my complete miss understanding of the most basic things.
To my adopeted family who did take on me to how I think the most broken teen girl in the world and when nope your home.
They give me my Frist Home! The Frist truly safe place they show me it okaie to ask for something to want something is okay to be me ME! Not some other thing some nameless spawn wanted of me.
To learn I have a choice I can chose I can say no it taken me over Three years to bl be able to say no.
My family that shared the the joy of things like movies Star Trek with me and showing me there is. Joy in life giving me reasons to live.
With out them I am nothing I am just a abused teen girl with a life time of horror.
All of those people who have helped me on each step I know all of them, they are the Insiption not me.
