Ok, my daughter plays World of Warcraft sometimes and some of the servers have characters that role-play in the game. They pretend to have storylines to back up their pretend characters.
My daughter just informed me that her newest character has MPD and when she told her fellow players someone said, “does that mean Magical Police Disorder?” and she said, “nooo, multiple personality disorder”.
I asked her why she had a character with MPD and she said she wasn’t sure. Is it wrong for me to be proud that she chose that?
For years I have made sure my kids know that MPD is not a joke but I don’t think she’s disrespecting that in creating a character with MPD.
Hey, this iPhone blogging is tha bomb!
– Post From My iPhone
So, your children know about your MPD diagnosis? I had not known that. My wife and I chose not to tell our kids. But, everyone needs to make that choice for themselves based on their situation. My reaction if my daughter chose that, would be to freak out completely. So, I guess that’s one of the reasons I haven’t told!
Yes, but they are ages 17 and 12 and I only told them when I felt they were old enough to realize it. I had gone into the hospital a few times with self-injury and they knew something was wrong. I felt I should tell them, with my therapist present, and allow them to ask questions and find out more. Otherwise, as children, they might speculate and be wrong in what was REALLY going on.
I didn’t want them misinformed and I hoped that it would allow them to realize that I am human. It’s okay for a mom to have flaws…
I think now, they have a very special understanding when dealing with others that have mental conditions. There are so many out there, many undiagnosed, that we deal with on a daily basis. I also was invited to be on the TV interview and prior to going I asked both of my children if they felt it was okay for me to do it. I wanted to be sure it wouldn’t adversely affect them at school.
I play WoW too, so this entry caught my eye.
I don’t think you are wrong in being proud. Like you said, it has given your children an understanding about mental health that other people just do not have. This will allow them to become better adults in the world.
I am very much in awe that you were able to tell them. It’s hard to “come out” multiple as it were, and it really speaks to your healing process to be able to do that.
Thanks for the post!
-Hannah