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Whenever people say thier scared of people with DID I have to laugh cuz one of us crys if you step on a stuffed animal

Yeah super scary

Boo

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Crazy how Severance can have one of the most realistic portrayals of having DID without the show having anything to do with DID

While other media with canon characters with DID usually fall short

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Something that stinks about being a system is it feels like you can’t do anything permanent 

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(Image description in alt text.) This is a comic that I found in a decades old issue of a magazine about multiples and DID systems, Many Voices: Words of Hope for People Recovering from Trauma and Dissociation, Vol XI, No.4, August 1999, ISSN 1042-2277. Illustrations and comics in this magazine are usually credited only by an artist's signature, which may be unclear or absent. This one doesn't have an artist credit, so Noah might be the signature, a name that doesn't appear elsewhere in the issue.

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You’ve changed my mind

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Hi :]

Hii :]]

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Idk maybe that's why

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I don’t have a ton of time or energy for drawing right now

But I was thinking about maybe doing a comic on symptom holders?

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Having an alter that wants you dead is so weird

Like this isn’t Jekyll and Hyde, if I die you die too dude

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Crawls out of a pit

Boy do I have some system art to make

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uhmm... sorry if this is weird but what are your stances on endos?

I kinda answered this before but we are just neutral in general when it comes to that stuff

Ik that seems like a non answer but I’d like to just be left out of these things

I have DID, I make content geared towards those with the disorder, so I really have no reason to get into anything endo related anyways. I don’t think that just because I make DID content means I need to have a stance on them ✌️

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Crawls out of a pit

Boy do I have some system art to make

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Different ways to tell someone you have DID/OSDD/MPD!!

1: Explain to them what it is and what it’s caused by. It’s better to let them know what it’s caused by before you let them know about the alters themselves. I suggest the glass bowl method! Example: “Imagine the child’s brain is a glass bowl, and the trauma/abuser takes that bowl and smashes it. There are going to be different pieces of it, even if you put it back together there will still be cracks. Those pieces are the dissociative amnesia barriers. Those pieces are my alters. I can’t control it. It’s a coping mechanism my brain developed for me.”

2: Test the waters. Ask whether they know or what they THINK about people who have the disorder. Sometimes there are people who you just shouldn’t tell. Example: “Hey what do you think about people who have DID/OSDD? You know, people with different personalities/alters?”

If they say no, explain. If they do and make fun of them, you could explain but sometimes it’s best not to.

3: Tell them the full cause of it. Example: “Dissociative identity disorder, or other specified dissociative disorder is caused by repetitive childhood trauma. When a child is under the age of 8-5 their brain hasn’t fully developed yet. When the trauma disrupts that developing process it causes the child to dissociate. If they continue to experience the trauma, their brain mentally splits into dissociative amnesia parts. These parts hold different memories. Over time they become independent within themselves and become alters. They are more than just personalities. They have their own memories, preferences, and even sometimes gender and sexuality. The brain protects the child when they can’t be protected physically. People with these disorders, their brain’s go-to coping mechanism is to split new alters. This usually happens when there is new stress, trauma, etc.”

You don’t HAVE to tell them all of this but it helps people who are interested in the full cause.

4: Send them an article! Sending them articles or videos can better help them understand, especially if you are too nervous to tell them yourself! There are many articles and videos you can show. We also made a video of what it is ourselves on YouTube!!

5: Don’t tell them at all. It’s okay not to tell someone about it. Sometimes it’s better not to!! Don’t feel entitled to tell someone everything about you. Especially if it’s as personal as this.

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I wish I knew who I am