Comments on: What is Multiple Personality Disorder?

By: cat

cat — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 02:36:17 +0000

jacqui I’m not sure what to say. It’s hard to find pathways in life and you have to truly work to make it a journey that you will want to come to the end of and be proud of what you’ve accomplished.

It sounds like you’re in much turmoil and I hope that you have a support system or some way to get help. If you want to talk further, I will do what I can, but remember I’m giving advice from afar, so it’s much harder for me to assist.

I can only say that you’re worth lots and you need to be sure when you make decisions that you work to heal and become strong!

By: cat

cat — Wed, 27 May 2009 14:52:53 +0000

GardenGirl! I’m so glad you shared this story and your mention of DBT is incredible to me because I feel it’s so important a step for someone with MPD/DID. I read and re-read your quick story about your life and I’m amazed at how similar our situations are. I feel most with MPD are highly intelligent individuals with so many talents, but some get lost in the sadness and desperation to find help.

Writing is a huge outlet for me and others and I find when I don’t write it builds up inside me and just begs to come out. It ends up being unhealthy for me. I wonder how many with MPD that aren’t writers are able to get things out of their heads…

I was the same with the “voices” question because they weren’t EXTERNAL voices, really, they were MY voices just from different parts of my head. That surely didn’t count, right? It’s also amazing to me that we’re so misdiagnosed. I think too often it’s scary to say that someone has this, because it does send many for a loop, but once you realize you have it and you know that you don’t need to be “fixed” but instead need to process things differently, I think it leads to a great healing moment. I see my future as bright and my system is helpful where before I felt it drug me down and was a bane. I’m thankful for my system, it saved me! Now I just need to give back and learn how to encourage all my parts to work together. We don’t have to be ONE but we can act in the interest of each other and be a group that works well together.

By: jacqui

jacqui — Tue, 26 May 2009 01:19:02 +0000

i am in a bad situation emotionally…
some of my alters(3)love a man, and others (2) want to stay single and play the field..
He also has alters, i think? because of a few comments and conversations we have had. one of his hates women and is abusive.. the 2 others are wonderful, and they are who mine love….

what to do?

By: GardenGirl

GardenGirl — Sun, 24 May 2009 08:25:41 +0000

Just happened on this website tonight and find it pretty intriguing.I am 55 and have been diagnosed with everything from temper tantrums, neurosis, clinical depression, borderline personality disorder, PTSD, Anxiety Disorder, and it took them until I was 37 to tak on Bipolar Disorder. The children in my family (five) suffered emotional, physical and sexual abuse from a very early age. I have been in and out of Psychiatric Hospitals such as Stanford and Langley Porter (UCSF San Francisco) since I was in my early twenties and DEFINITELY NEVER answered the question on the psychiatric tests when asked “Do you hear voices?” because I was afraid of what anyone would say. Besides my voices confused me so much and one alter was so crazy and destructive I attempted suicide many times, found abusive relationships,was raped, and was married seven times before we brought her under control. Yet I was a successful businesswoman who raised a daughter, and at times had a VERY clear understanding of the world of medicine, so much so those around me thought I was a doctor. The next minute I was a down in the dirt gardener who lost things, forgot things, lost time, forgot to call, was late to everything, and seemed to mess things up in general. If pushed to the wall I was a child who gathered herself in a ball, covered with blankets and refused to speak. My last sincere thoughts of suicide found me at a brilliant hospital with brilliant doctors who taught DBT skills (a long stay), and afterwards to a psychologist who understands MPD and knew what was going on. I have finally begun writing again and taking a few classes (with some help here and there from my organized women).I believe after reading these stories that you have done a wonderful thing here, to allow us to share so more are guided in the right direction.

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