Siblings with Dissociative Identity Disorder
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- Опубликовано: 30 июл 2024
- We had conversation with our sister about the differences between our DID systems. We both have Dissociative Identity Disorder, but our systems are very different from each other.
We are not medical professionals. Everything we discuss is based on our own experience and research. Not every system is going to experience DID the way we do.
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) - disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states AND recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events, important personal information, and/or traumatic events inconsistent with ordinary forgetting. symptoms are not a result of accepted cultural or religious practices, or the use of substances.
Alter - distinct personality state in DID. Alters can have different personalities, beliefs, and tastes from one another.
In the most respectful way and totally acknowledging the trauma that must have induced this, this is so interesting. I am one of those people who has no inner voice at all. Like just run of the mill people hearing their own thoughts is mind blowing to me. So this is a whole other ballgame, the mind does impressive things. I think it's important real people like you talk about DID since I feel like the media has portrayed it in some crazy ways.
I'm so jealous lol I'd give anything for my inner voice to shut the hell up. Omg it doesn't stop lol
@@_Amanda_Lynn I'm not going to lie, when I found out I was relieved as well, I don't think I'd be able to handle anything other than the crickets 😅I must be the orange cat of humans.
i have DID and no inner monologue, actually. its more like being harassed by intense feelings from multiple directions than hearing voices of any kind.
@@abbiepancakeeater52 yep, same ! Well actually we all have our inner voices, but don't hear each other. The alter fronting doesn't even feel the others very often, unless another is very close to the front. We just... switch. When I hear systems say they can hear each other I'm amazed
How do you think? Do you just think outloud??
as a system, it’s got to be interesting to be able to have another system who lived a life adjacent to yours. crazy to witness how even though you’re siblings, your systems differ as much as any system does. having this disorder can be a struggle but it’s a beautiful show of the true power of our minds. thank you for this video, love seeing DID content creators on youtube!
Thanks for explaining how moment to moment, your awareness is continuous, but your memory storage varies based on who is fronting. That helps me understand my partner.
My system has changed so many times over my lifetime or maybe it’s my understanding of my system. Thank you for sharing also I enjoyed seeing how you both relate to your alters the way I do it’s like I’m feeling with a person outside of me because they cause us the most negative energy and issues that we sometimes have to clean up after them 😂
Thank you for filming this video together. So proud of you!
Having lived with alters as imaginary friends sounds similair to my own experience where there is a sort of base hierarchy when I found out about the system. It makes communication "easier" because when *someone* asks for system information we always tell bc theres a hierarchy already in place. In my mind its somone on a throne in front of a control panel, and the workers who move the body accordingly but the thronemaster doesnt take anything seriously bc theyre just hanging out and dont have to feel what the workers feel. I think this is what conteibutes most to my PDA autistic label bc when I tell you I have to listen to people telling me to do shit ALL DAY so when someone outside of the system tells me to do something it gets me mad mad real quick.
Also in terms of hierarchy, i was middle oldest in the siblings, but my older siblings was inadequate in his "job" (we were all children his job was being a child) and so its very easy for me to reign in my alters bc theyre like my ramboncous younger siblings I had to reign in when i was parentified in my youth.
❤ thanks
Wow... I'm becoming convinced more and more that this is what I have. I feel a part of me that doesnt want to even bring it up to a therapist because Im scared they will say I dont have it or accuse me of lying. It almost seems easier to pretend my symptoms dont line up.
use a symptom tracker. ❤
Thank you for sharing your stories. We are so sorry y’all both had to go through it. ❤ happy healing with each other. That’s unique.
I love how diff yall are but make it work. It reminds me of me and my bff who’s a system. Yin & Yang but we had our struggles with protectors. Stopped talking a few times but now we have patience for each other. It’s a great thing. Special. Sadly they’re in a diff country but. But nearly ten years strong!
To Nicky? Sorry if wrong.
Please tell your parts. Self love is hard but it’s worth it. One of the parts I felt a lack of love. Like I could see them right there but not fronting. Just my opinion idk at all ❤ all love. No hate.
33:49 we feel the same ❤ in saying that, We are both covert and overt. We yo yo. So we understand both sides.
Thank you for this video. It's really interesting to see how siblings can grow in the same household environments and either have the same issues as adults or wildly different. We grew up with an overly full house. It still is to this day. A hectic and.uncontrolled environment that lead us kids to have to deal with things on our own. I always wonder how I could have DID when no one Else in my family does. And that's another thing is idek if I have it, I just know I have alters or parts.. and grey outs with small bits of black out. Our childhood doesn't seem that bad, like you said. But it must've been for our brains to react this way. It's hard to accept. I guess it would be easier to believe if another family member had it, but that's just not the case for us. Though it would be nice to know someone in person that understands it like we do.
I talked about this a bit in another comment, but I'd recommend reading about the window of tolerance related to things like trauma, stress, and similarly. Not everyone is going to respond to one thing the same, let alone to the same degree due to things like the window of tolerance. If one person has a support system as well, the likelihood of them developing something like PTSD or DID is relatively lower than someone who has none of that either.
There's also different defence mechanisms outside of dissociation, as well as it could be very likely that family members of yours still have a DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER like OSDD-1 (most similar to DID) or CPTSD which would still be in response to trauma. It's just that our brains will respond and give us different defence mechanisms as well.
For others, the likelihood of developing a personality disorder is high too (as while I don't think it's directly stated, there is a strong correlation to PDs being caused or linked to childhood trauma). It very much could be the case that others in your family are traumatised and deal with dissociation even, just either not to the degree you do or they simply developed other disorders in response to the trauma.
Tramua is #1 , but many are from not having that support system to help through certain thoughts . #2 worst is Finding someone and Many times = ANYONE that relates
This is really helpful for us because we have pretty bad communication but in the past we just dont know anything so seeing this is very helpful for us ^^
Thank you for being so open about your lives. I learnt a lot from listening to your conversation. :)
I don't have DID myself, but i am engaged in a constellation of relationships built of systems. I'm always eager to learn more about DID and hear people's experiences with it. It is mind opening and helps nurture empathy and respect. I liked this video, will be watching more.
i think there might be also some genetic factor that makes some people develop DID easier with less trauma needed
Thats exactly what it is apart of. I'd recommend looking into the window of tolerance and similarly as well. It's often talked of whether or not someone develops DID in particular being a mix of environmental but also genetic factors, such as the propensity to dissociate to such a degree iirc (which is the genetic factor of that).
Thanks to both of you 💞💞👊👊🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻. Interesting. Think I’m dealing with some form of dissociation not yet identified. Currently unable to go to counseling. I’ve been thinking lately oh my gosh - my parents both were and somehow think my siblings demonstrate it too 💔😥. We all did not have good growing up experiences whatsoever
Ive been exploring nonspecified dissociative disorder, and my younger brother is DID, Ive talked to him about myself a few times (because myself and others inside this noggin want to be validated idk) but it sounds like it could be really cool to have system specific conversations so we dont have to enforce a singlet mask 🙏
Hi!
Thanks for making this video! It must be so helpful to have a sibling who is also multiple.
Why don't you include yourself when you count alters?
Did you know you ARE one?
There's no like "real" self and they "have" alters. You're part of a DID system. You are one of many.
-Oxymoronchick system
This was very interesting and insightful to see. Thank you(s) for the video! :)
Thanks for being brave
If you ever want me to come talk about my system, just let me know.
-Sami❤
Thanks! That would be awesome!
You kids are really nice.Best wishes😊
Do all alters from both systems feel like sisters or you call each other sisters just because genetically the bodies are related?
That's a good question. We'll have to post a system poll. Might take us a bit to get everyone's answers 😅
@@FragmentDID alright