I'm shocked to see my story in here. But yeah. Update I guess (I was system 2) I almost got back into faking DID last month. and holy fuck my mental health has been bad, but it's also gotten a lot better. I have real friends now, I enjoy talking to them. I've deleted all of my DID related things and stuff. I'm actually in the process of getting diagnosed with autism and ADHD, but sometimes I still feel like I'm faking, even though most people around me (reasonable adults) agree that I have it. I'm still pretty active on discord, but I've distanced myself from those communities. I'm open to answer questions !!
I'm an old woman of 30, but I still remember what it was like to be 12 years old. My heart goes out to these kids. I'm willing to bet many of these "fakers" are lonely kids who have been emotionally neglected in some way.
That's crazy. I'm part of a system that's 22 years old and remembering something even yesterday is impossible. You remember more than flashes at 12? Can I genuinely ask what that's like?
@@alexfraze12087I'm not that person but honestly I hated being 12 and it's just as childish AND hormonal (put together) as you'd imagine. Plus the awkward stage between cute little kid and teenager is in full swing so I guess just picture kinda sorta knowing who you are but not really feeling much comfort or achieving it yet, or still having some babyish features despite also having adult ones. All around its just kinda a mess and I'm almost 15 and STILL grtting over it. Also middle school just sucks! The meanest people will ever be is then. But full disclosure I am autistic so my experience might not match other people's! What I listed here is just generally what I share in opinions with my friends of the same age (as for 13, it was awesome, then 14 mostly sucks, i think 15 will be better.) (Ps. Sorry for replying twice my tablet glitches my replies)
Same I was just telling my boyfriend that 12-15 I was so lonely, neglected and attention starved I would have easily made up an online persona of having this or some other disorder. I'm glad the Internet was different back then than it was today. I hope this doesn't follow these kids in the future too, there needs to be legislation passed to protect them from that.
As someone who genuinely has it, this gives me hope. I'm glad people are growing past it. It is NOT a fun disorder to have and I really wish I didn't have it. Sadly it was necessary.
Do you really have it? Really honestly? Do you really really really have it? You suffer from disassociative identity disorder? Multiple personality disorder? You're not just saying it?
I actually have Tourette’s but got my diagnosis right when the “hype” on it came around. I can pretty well tell when certain kids are faking in my school, but I could never try to call them out because they’re the kind of people who would be on a witch hunt if I said anything and then would probably say I was faking instead, even tho I have the real diagnosis 😂 I think it’s great that these people have the courage to come forward tho and be honest with what they did. Owning up to your mistakes is such a big thing for people to do and it’s a big step in their own healing process of getting through what they did. Super proud of these guys.
You should have called them out. You could have easily accused them of making fun of you, and if they doubt that you have it, just pull out a letter. You should have gotten those jackasses suspended from school. They shouldn't be joking about something you can't control. It's cruel.
I believe it’s horrible that Tourette’s is being faked, but the thing about tics is, it’s more common than you think, my sister had them because of her mental health and the stress school put her under. I, personally have anxiety and when it gets worse, my neck makes a jerking motion I cannot control. Me and my sister both never wanted to claim to have a disorder, but there are so many people who get tics who immediately assume it’s Tourette’s and then say it’s that, then there’s other people who see that and genuinely fake having tics. Tics is more common than people think, but it’s not always Tourette’s.
@@theopond1799 im aitistic and some of this fake tics online remind me of stiming. It's not totally involuntary, but it's more like scratching an itch
As a medically diagnosed system I've noticed some of these things myself, like when I tell someone I have DID 50% of the time they MAGICALLY have it now too despite not having any symptoms. Which is really irritating because it only comes up because I'm having symptoms of my DID. So I just don't tell people irl.
I so appericate you opening up. Because I have been really really hurt by fakers and this just helps me see their side even more and makes it hurt a little less. Thank you.
This is so sad...I have borderline personality disorder and I've had people (young tiktok folk) openly say they're jealous of me because ‘dissasociation is cool’ Ugh. I feel like we really are in the middle of a mental health epidemic and it's so heartbreaking 🫶
This has never been a new trend, faking disorders/personalities for the sake of getting attention. Many theater plays, movie storylines and people in real life have done this throughout the millennia. So don’t feel bad for making a mistake that humans have done forever. The difference now is that it’s more widespread, accepted and validated via social media. Misery loves company and sometimes people who get inspired are jealous of the attention and become a copycat too. Thus creating a culture gang within your peers. The true unfortunate truth is that there was good parental guidance nor good peer role model. :(
Thank you for talking about this. I have DID and I have fakeclaimers. It's a societal disease. I don't understand why anyone would want to fake having this disorder, it's stigmatized and the way it is acquired and affects your life isn't cool, it's tragic.
I have dissociative symptoms. I have not been evaluated to this disorder yet because when I was diagnosed years ago, my diagnosis was CPTSD with dissociative symptoms. My psych said I may want to be evaluated as I got older because DID tends to take a long time to fully manifest, and they were concerned about the holes in my childhood memory. I have noticed I deal with more lost time now that I’m around the age most people get diagnosed and/or fully notice symptoms. I hope I don’t have the disease, because I already have to lie to explain odd behavior. Thankfully I don’t introduce myself with a fake name though my voice apparently changes. I don’t have any memory when I dissociate. It’s not fun. It has happened when I was driving! It scares the shit out of me. It’s shameful. I get that kids don’t understand the impact of this at 10/12. But it’s ruining things for anyone who dissociates. I really don’t want to be linked to people faking this disorder because they make it look fun and not inconvenient.
I'm hyperfixated on total drama I did not expect it to show up in this video😭 it's very bad representation but I'm pretty sure the creator of the show acknowledged that and made a lot of effort to portray more diversity in the show. 🔥🔥
This is sad to watch. Because these are some disorders that i literally fucking have, and i have seeked profressional help, and have gotten multiple professional opinions agreeing that i do have these disorders but i am not capable of aquiring the diagnosis because of the stigma caused by things like this. The second person should talk to a professional instead of chalking it up to faking because they were very much right that you genuinely CAN'T fake something unconsciously. Genuinely believing you have something and ending up wrong, ISN'T FAKING. And there is literally no such thing as Trauma being 'not bad enough'. I think this was a good respectful video but i worry about the effect this will have on the already demonized and stigmatized community of people living with these disorders. Fakeclaimers are very much just as harmful if not even more Harmful than Fakers are. PS. Endogenic is not a real thing, any amount of studying an actual reputable source will prove this.
Honestly thank you for saying this because there is for sure a difference between misunderstanding/believing you have something, for whatever reason, and actively faking. I used to believe I had certain things, because with all my research it really fit my behaviour. Now I realise that it was most likely a misattribution of symptoms from other things. So basically: similar symptoms, wrong underlying cause. This affects a lot of people even professionals can do this and get it wrong.
Gonna be real with ya here, this video is nothing but truth. And trauma shouldn't be thrown around losely, you can't say everything is traumatizing-someone could say they're trauma is being told they couldn't play video games or something like that- it's just an example but that is very well not "Traumatic" being traumatized is a serious thing. And nobody is fake claiming here, it's just showing how bad this has gotten as a trend and honestly half the people who comment they have it is hard to believe.. it is a vary rare condition to have.
Its pretty messed up to fake disorders, but if someone can admit it and apologize, what else can we actually ask for? As long as you know its wrong and youre able to talk about it and people understand how it got to that or what made you start down the path of deluded deception
I remember back in 2013 instagram was unmoderated full of harmful mental illness posts and hashtags. It was cool to have them and show them no matter severe their depression was, these kids also weren't faking (can't say why but if you were around back then, you'd know). 14 year old me wished she had depression and wished she had this cool bipolar disorder, not realising she had already experienced her first manic episode before knowing what bipolar was, or that she was severely depressed herself and these posts were only making her spiral even further. As an adult, I wish I got help sooner before my mental health deteriorated to a point of no return and I wish I didn't have to rely on lithium and antipsychotics just so I can function and not endanger myself. I wish I wasn't covered in scars from when my bipolar was out of control due to a psychiatrist who thought I had BPD so gave me antidepressants and I was frequently in a manic state. If I didn't have bipolar, I could take antidepressants for my PMDD episodes (severe PMS), I could take a second nerve blocker for my chronic pain until it's under control (it's an antidepressant), I may not be predisposed to psychosis and dealing with it every time I have a PTSD episode, I wouldn't have to make sacrifices around my medication I can't go more than 3 days without. I'm scared for the next time I have a manic episode and I just hope to god it isn't worse than the last ones and that it stays dormant for years to come.
I know that there are people who fake DID, duh, those even admitted it. But I myself know a system who found out they're a system after I got very interested in DID and talked with them about it for a while, and after one of their close friends came out as a system to them - and I'm 100% positive they're not faking. DID is not as rare as it's believed to be, it affects around 1% of the population, which is a damn lot when you consider the genesis of this disorder. Sometimes one system coming out or someone educating someone else on the topic of DID can result in a person realizing that this is what they have, and I wish it wasn't seen as this suspiscious, and that people wouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that it's just social contagion. Still, I see *why* it's perceived in that way, and it's because all the people who *do* fake\misdiagnose themselves with different disorders. But we need to have in mind that life writes amazing stories and what may seem as faking may just be many people finding answers together. Plus, it's possible that a real system could unknowingly reinforce the belief of having DID in someone who in fact does not. It's not like every system Discord is a safespace for fakers who just encourage each other to fake - I think there can often be all real systems, fakers and people who are just confused.
Well put I'm getting tested again for a dissociative disorder after being diagnosed with everything under the sun at hospitals and just being shit confused. I'm also Jewish and we make up like 0.2% of the population so most of these disorders I'm being tested for is less rare than being raised Jewish lmao.
Yeah, I had a very similar experience, I decided to tell one of my close friends about some serious childhood trauma, and in telling that I mentioned Alex, which is an alter, but I didn't know he was at the time. When I was a kid he was just an entity in my head that would be around sometimes or sometimes take over for me and I had conceptualized it as me secretly being an alien and Alex was sending me radio signals sometimes. But now after doing research and talking with my therapist, and heavily dissociating all last year I figured out what was actually going on. And so when I was telling this to my friend they caught onto that very quickly and a few weeks later one of their alters told me over the phone, after they'd just experienced a traumatic incident, that they're pretty sure they have DID. And a much more severe case than I have, apparently some family members told them about times they held entire conversations in Spanish, but as far as they were aware they didn't know how to speak it anymore. I was the first person they told about their condition because they knew I had it too and so felt like it would be safe for them to tell me. And I think that's pretty important for this type of awareness to be out more because some people just will have no idea about this condition until someone else they know is experiencing it too or is talking about it.
It's a rare condition, I wouldn't say it's likely that you would meet someone who actually has it. It's definitely becoming a trend- I had a friend who said they had it and it was no big deal to me or whatever I didn't't really interact with it, but when another friend came over and hung out, the friend with DID basically convinced them they had it. It was really uncomfortable hearing them both "switch" while it was clear they were just making up characters and playing pretend. I don't really see myself being friends with ppl who say they have it anymore. It's a serious thing that's just been thrown around so much and quit frankly I don't believe most ppl who say they have it at this point. If you do have it I'm not saying whether you do or not, I'm just not personally associating with it.
You're stats are off and you're repeating faker talking points so I highly doubt you're "friend" is legitimate if you can't even get the stats right. The limited studies on the population of those with a GENERAL Dissociative disorder (which includes Dissociative Fugue, Depersonalization/derealization, Dissociative amnesia, and DID) show that UP TO 1% of the **Psychiatric INPATIENT** population meet the diagnostic criteria of a Dissociative disorder but less than a third of those who meet the criteria could be diagnosed with a Dissociative disorder due to the symptoms being explained by other conditions like Severe depression, Borderline Personality Disorder and Manic Bipolar disorder, however the highest comorbidity was Depression and Borderline personality disorder. So the more accurate statement is that up to 1% of psychiatric Inpatients meet the criteria for a Dissociative disorder, majority being Borderline personality or major depressive disorder patients. By the way there were only 77,622 inpatient clients in mental healthcare Nation wide and the study relied on only a handful of facilities that treat severe mental illness. But let's actually run these numbers: 1% of 77,622 is 776.22 The US population alone is 331.9 MILLION general pop. Plug into a calculator and we get: 0.0002% Compare this to even MDC1A muscular Dystrophy which is an EXTREMELY rare physical disability, 0.0033% of the population has this disability... But if compared to OTHER dystrophy disabilities it is 24% of muscular dystrophies. By your logic, 24% of Americans have this rare disability and just don't even know it. Obviously and factually false just looking at the numbers. Additionally DID patients are never referred to as "systems" in the clinical literature. This is a faker term made up by Internet users to keep their OC's lined up. The person with DID is referred to as a DID patient SINGULAR. Because while the patient has alternative mind states (shortened to "alters" in the clinical literature) the patient is still a singular person suffering from a clinical disorder. It makes as much sense talk about depression or anxiety as if it was a separate human being. They are not. It's a disorder. If your "friend" really had this disorder and wasn't self diagnosed or doctor shopping then this would be the common clinical approach and parlance. But she doesn't because she isn't because it's a fad.
That is likely because they don't understand it. The alters do not just believe they have different personalities. They genuinely have different personalities. They do not have the same goals, fears, interests, loves, introversion, intelligence, etc.
At 43 and only just learning about my dissociation because it literally hides from you. I think young kids with DID is a red flag. The key to these disorders is not knowing you have them.
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I'm shocked to see my story in here. But yeah. Update I guess (I was system 2) I almost got back into faking DID last month. and holy fuck my mental health has been bad, but it's also gotten a lot better. I have real friends now, I enjoy talking to them. I've deleted all of my DID related things and stuff. I'm actually in the process of getting diagnosed with autism and ADHD, but sometimes I still feel like I'm faking, even though most people around me (reasonable adults) agree that I have it. I'm still pretty active on discord, but I've distanced myself from those communities. I'm open to answer questions !!
I'm an old woman of 30, but I still remember what it was like to be 12 years old. My heart goes out to these kids. I'm willing to bet many of these "fakers" are lonely kids who have been emotionally neglected in some way.
That's crazy. I'm part of a system that's 22 years old and remembering something even yesterday is impossible. You remember more than flashes at 12? Can I genuinely ask what that's like?
@@alexfraze12087I'm not that person but honestly I hated being 12 and it's just as childish AND hormonal (put together) as you'd imagine. Plus the awkward stage between cute little kid and teenager is in full swing so I guess just picture kinda sorta knowing who you are but not really feeling much comfort or achieving it yet, or still having some babyish features despite also having adult ones. All around its just kinda a mess and I'm almost 15 and STILL grtting over it. Also middle school just sucks! The meanest people will ever be is then. But full disclosure I am autistic so my experience might not match other people's! What I listed here is just generally what I share in opinions with my friends of the same age (as for 13, it was awesome, then 14 mostly sucks, i think 15 will be better.)
(Ps. Sorry for replying twice my tablet glitches my replies)
Same I was just telling my boyfriend that 12-15 I was so lonely, neglected and attention starved I would have easily made up an online persona of having this or some other disorder. I'm glad the Internet was different back then than it was today. I hope this doesn't follow these kids in the future too, there needs to be legislation passed to protect them from that.
As someone who genuinely has it, this gives me hope. I'm glad people are growing past it. It is NOT a fun disorder to have and I really wish I didn't have it. Sadly it was necessary.
Do you really have it? Really honestly? Do you really really really have it? You suffer from disassociative identity disorder? Multiple personality disorder? You're not just saying it?
@@Indie9999 trust me I WISH i was just saying or faking 😭
I actually have Tourette’s but got my diagnosis right when the “hype” on it came around. I can pretty well tell when certain kids are faking in my school, but I could never try to call them out because they’re the kind of people who would be on a witch hunt if I said anything and then would probably say I was faking instead, even tho I have the real diagnosis 😂 I think it’s great that these people have the courage to come forward tho and be honest with what they did. Owning up to your mistakes is such a big thing for people to do and it’s a big step in their own healing process of getting through what they did. Super proud of these guys.
You should have called them out. You could have easily accused them of making fun of you, and if they doubt that you have it, just pull out a letter. You should have gotten those jackasses suspended from school. They shouldn't be joking about something you can't control. It's cruel.
I believe it’s horrible that Tourette’s is being faked, but the thing about tics is, it’s more common than you think, my sister had them because of her mental health and the stress school put her under.
I, personally have anxiety and when it gets worse, my neck makes a jerking motion I cannot control. Me and my sister both never wanted to claim to have a disorder, but there are so many people who get tics who immediately assume it’s Tourette’s and then say it’s that, then there’s other people who see that and genuinely fake having tics.
Tics is more common than people think, but it’s not always Tourette’s.
@@theopond1799 im aitistic and some of this fake tics online remind me of stiming. It's not totally involuntary, but it's more like scratching an itch
I would argue most fakers are dealing with childhood trauma (possibly cptsd) and depression at the least. While I want them to stop I don't hate them.
As a medically diagnosed system I've noticed some of these things myself, like when I tell someone I have DID 50% of the time they MAGICALLY have it now too despite not having any symptoms. Which is really irritating because it only comes up because I'm having symptoms of my DID. So I just don't tell people irl.
Children do dumb crap all the time. If you were a literal child doing this then don’t let the guilt eat away at you like this. You were a child.
I so appericate you opening up. Because I have been really really hurt by fakers and this just helps me see their side even more and makes it hurt a little less. Thank you.
This is so sad...I have borderline personality disorder and I've had people (young tiktok folk)
openly say they're jealous of me because ‘dissasociation is cool’ Ugh.
I feel like we really are in the middle of a mental health epidemic and it's so heartbreaking 🫶
dissociation is not cool. Jesus
they can take my dissociation bc i don’t want it lmao
This has never been a new trend, faking disorders/personalities for the sake of getting attention. Many theater plays, movie storylines and people in real life have done this throughout the millennia. So don’t feel bad for making a mistake that humans have done forever.
The difference now is that it’s more widespread, accepted and validated via social media. Misery loves company and sometimes people who get inspired are jealous of the attention and become a copycat too. Thus creating a culture gang within your peers.
The true unfortunate truth is that there was good parental guidance nor good peer role model. :(
It’s heartbreaking how young they were when it started. The media def seems like a risk factor.
Thank you for talking about this. I have DID and I have fakeclaimers. It's a societal disease. I don't understand why anyone would want to fake having this disorder, it's stigmatized and the way it is acquired and affects your life isn't cool, it's tragic.
They were sooo young ! Social media are fucked up...
I have dissociative symptoms. I have not been evaluated to this disorder yet because when I was diagnosed years ago, my diagnosis was CPTSD with dissociative symptoms. My psych said I may want to be evaluated as I got older because DID tends to take a long time to fully manifest, and they were concerned about the holes in my childhood memory. I have noticed I deal with more lost time now that I’m around the age most people get diagnosed and/or fully notice symptoms. I hope I don’t have the disease, because I already have to lie to explain odd behavior. Thankfully I don’t introduce myself with a fake name though my voice apparently changes. I don’t have any memory when I dissociate. It’s not fun. It has happened when I was driving! It scares the shit out of me. It’s shameful. I get that kids don’t understand the impact of this at 10/12. But it’s ruining things for anyone who dissociates. I really don’t want to be linked to people faking this disorder because they make it look fun and not inconvenient.
It’s great you talk about this
Well compulsive lying is still considered a disorder... Creeps.
Ur channel derserves way more attention! Your videos are so well done
I'm hyperfixated on total drama I did not expect it to show up in this video😭 it's very bad representation but I'm pretty sure the creator of the show acknowledged that and made a lot of effort to portray more diversity in the show. 🔥🔥
The most startling thing, is the apparent transmissability of the fakery.
Very good vid, adored the editing and your comentary. Pls make more vids like this, such an interesting topic!!!
This is sad to watch. Because these are some disorders that i literally fucking have, and i have seeked profressional help, and have gotten multiple professional opinions agreeing that i do have these disorders but i am not capable of aquiring the diagnosis because of the stigma caused by things like this. The second person should talk to a professional instead of chalking it up to faking because they were very much right that you genuinely CAN'T fake something unconsciously. Genuinely believing you have something and ending up wrong, ISN'T FAKING.
And there is literally no such thing as Trauma being 'not bad enough'. I think this was a good respectful video but i worry about the effect this will have on the already demonized and stigmatized community of people living with these disorders.
Fakeclaimers are very much just as harmful if not even more Harmful than Fakers are.
PS. Endogenic is not a real thing, any amount of studying an actual reputable source will prove this.
Honestly thank you for saying this because there is for sure a difference between misunderstanding/believing you have something, for whatever reason, and actively faking. I used to believe I had certain things, because with all my research it really fit my behaviour. Now I realise that it was most likely a misattribution of symptoms from other things. So basically: similar symptoms, wrong underlying cause. This affects a lot of people even professionals can do this and get it wrong.
Gonna be real with ya here, this video is nothing but truth. And trauma shouldn't be thrown around losely, you can't say everything is traumatizing-someone could say they're trauma is being told they couldn't play video games or something like that- it's just an example but that is very well not "Traumatic" being traumatized is a serious thing. And nobody is fake claiming here, it's just showing how bad this has gotten as a trend and honestly half the people who comment they have it is hard to believe.. it is a vary rare condition to have.
Its pretty messed up to fake disorders, but if someone can admit it and apologize, what else can we actually ask for? As long as you know its wrong and youre able to talk about it and people understand how it got to that or what made you start down the path of deluded deception
I think it's great that you're talking about it without shaming them! cool video 🫶
THANK YOU 🩷
I remember back in 2013 instagram was unmoderated full of harmful mental illness posts and hashtags. It was cool to have them and show them no matter severe their depression was, these kids also weren't faking (can't say why but if you were around back then, you'd know). 14 year old me wished she had depression and wished she had this cool bipolar disorder, not realising she had already experienced her first manic episode before knowing what bipolar was, or that she was severely depressed herself and these posts were only making her spiral even further. As an adult, I wish I got help sooner before my mental health deteriorated to a point of no return and I wish I didn't have to rely on lithium and antipsychotics just so I can function and not endanger myself. I wish I wasn't covered in scars from when my bipolar was out of control due to a psychiatrist who thought I had BPD so gave me antidepressants and I was frequently in a manic state. If I didn't have bipolar, I could take antidepressants for my PMDD episodes (severe PMS), I could take a second nerve blocker for my chronic pain until it's under control (it's an antidepressant), I may not be predisposed to psychosis and dealing with it every time I have a PTSD episode, I wouldn't have to make sacrifices around my medication I can't go more than 3 days without. I'm scared for the next time I have a manic episode and I just hope to god it isn't worse than the last ones and that it stays dormant for years to come.
I know that there are people who fake DID, duh, those even admitted it. But I myself know a system who found out they're a system after I got very interested in DID and talked with them about it for a while, and after one of their close friends came out as a system to them - and I'm 100% positive they're not faking. DID is not as rare as it's believed to be, it affects around 1% of the population, which is a damn lot when you consider the genesis of this disorder. Sometimes one system coming out or someone educating someone else on the topic of DID can result in a person realizing that this is what they have, and I wish it wasn't seen as this suspiscious, and that people wouldn't immediately jump to the conclusion that it's just social contagion. Still, I see *why* it's perceived in that way, and it's because all the people who *do* fake\misdiagnose themselves with different disorders. But we need to have in mind that life writes amazing stories and what may seem as faking may just be many people finding answers together.
Plus, it's possible that a real system could unknowingly reinforce the belief of having DID in someone who in fact does not. It's not like every system Discord is a safespace for fakers who just encourage each other to fake - I think there can often be all real systems, fakers and people who are just confused.
Well put I'm getting tested again for a dissociative disorder after being diagnosed with everything under the sun at hospitals and just being shit confused. I'm also Jewish and we make up like 0.2% of the population so most of these disorders I'm being tested for is less rare than being raised Jewish lmao.
Yeah, I had a very similar experience, I decided to tell one of my close friends about some serious childhood trauma, and in telling that I mentioned Alex, which is an alter, but I didn't know he was at the time. When I was a kid he was just an entity in my head that would be around sometimes or sometimes take over for me and I had conceptualized it as me secretly being an alien and Alex was sending me radio signals sometimes. But now after doing research and talking with my therapist, and heavily dissociating all last year I figured out what was actually going on.
And so when I was telling this to my friend they caught onto that very quickly and a few weeks later one of their alters told me over the phone, after they'd just experienced a traumatic incident, that they're pretty sure they have DID. And a much more severe case than I have, apparently some family members told them about times they held entire conversations in Spanish, but as far as they were aware they didn't know how to speak it anymore. I was the first person they told about their condition because they knew I had it too and so felt like it would be safe for them to tell me. And I think that's pretty important for this type of awareness to be out more because some people just will have no idea about this condition until someone else they know is experiencing it too or is talking about it.
It's a rare condition, I wouldn't say it's likely that you would meet someone who actually has it. It's definitely becoming a trend- I had a friend who said they had it and it was no big deal to me or whatever I didn't't really interact with it, but when another friend came over and hung out, the friend with DID basically convinced them they had it.
It was really uncomfortable hearing them both "switch" while it was clear they were just making up characters and playing pretend.
I don't really see myself being friends with ppl who say they have it anymore. It's a serious thing that's just been thrown around so much and quit frankly I don't believe most ppl who say they have it at this point.
If you do have it I'm not saying whether you do or not, I'm just not personally associating with it.
You're stats are off and you're repeating faker talking points so I highly doubt you're "friend" is legitimate if you can't even get the stats right.
The limited studies on the population of those with a GENERAL Dissociative disorder (which includes Dissociative Fugue, Depersonalization/derealization, Dissociative amnesia, and DID) show that UP TO 1% of the **Psychiatric INPATIENT** population meet the diagnostic criteria of a Dissociative disorder but less than a third of those who meet the criteria could be diagnosed with a Dissociative disorder due to the symptoms being explained by other conditions like Severe depression, Borderline Personality Disorder and Manic Bipolar disorder, however the highest comorbidity was Depression and Borderline personality disorder.
So the more accurate statement is that up to 1% of psychiatric Inpatients meet the criteria for a Dissociative disorder, majority being Borderline personality or major depressive disorder patients.
By the way there were only 77,622 inpatient clients in mental healthcare Nation wide and the study relied on only a handful of facilities that treat severe mental illness. But let's actually run these numbers:
1% of 77,622 is 776.22
The US population alone is 331.9 MILLION general pop.
Plug into a calculator and we get:
0.0002%
Compare this to even MDC1A muscular Dystrophy which is an EXTREMELY rare physical disability, 0.0033% of the population has this disability...
But if compared to OTHER dystrophy disabilities it is 24% of muscular dystrophies.
By your logic, 24% of Americans have this rare disability and just don't even know it.
Obviously and factually false just looking at the numbers.
Additionally DID patients are never referred to as "systems" in the clinical literature. This is a faker term made up by Internet users to keep their OC's lined up. The person with DID is referred to as a DID patient SINGULAR. Because while the patient has alternative mind states (shortened to "alters" in the clinical literature) the patient is still a singular person suffering from a clinical disorder. It makes as much sense talk about depression or anxiety as if it was a separate human being. They are not. It's a disorder.
If your "friend" really had this disorder and wasn't self diagnosed or doctor shopping then this would be the common clinical approach and parlance. But she doesn't because she isn't because it's a fad.
That is likely because they don't understand it.
The alters do not just believe they have different personalities. They genuinely have different personalities.
They do not have the same goals, fears, interests, loves, introversion, intelligence, etc.
At 43 and only just learning about my dissociation because it literally hides from you. I think young kids with DID is a red flag. The key to these disorders is not knowing you have them.
awesome vid
Is there subliminal messaging in the audio around the 9:30 mark?
Your channel will hit half a mil views within 6 mo to a year mark my words.
Well, this did not age well.
jeeeeeeeeeeeeesus