Dissociative identity disorder on tumblr - Self-dx fun times
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Self diagnosis is still common amongst the "tumblr refugees" of twitter to this day (search up the term "headmates" and take a look.) but overall I think anyone here can see past that excuse.
It's no coincidence that as more people start to learn about a mental condition so fucking rare that the possibility of it even existing is controversial and has been debated for decades amongst professionals, that the tumblr/tumblr refugee crowd start wearing that label like a sticker. It is all but part of the contest to be the most oppressed and speshulist snowflake that no one can accuse of wrongdoing or being a liar.
On a side note, does anyone have any current interesting subjects of interest bullshitting D.I.D? They are always rather fascinating to observe.
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Imagine being a mental health professional that needs to debate the validity of this illness and then you see a slew of people that are clearly faking it for attention and just muddying the waters even more.
And the original case studies that popularized it turned out to be completely bogus (Sybil and Eve).
Yeah I think people miss that this is a completely fake mental illness. It literally does not exist. In a way these people are munchies since they're just making it up for attention.
My understanding is that the closest actual thing is where your sense of self is kind of just fractured and you have a lack of connection to certain thoughts, memories or feelings. Like, repressing a traumatic memory or feeling like you are a bystander watching the traumatic thing happen to yourself and not like you're really there in the moment. You don't end up with these other, fully formed people that continually switch in and out of your body whenever you feel like making a TikTok video.
Yes, and in the theory of the imaginary disorder of DID, these identities are usually formed in moments of incredible trauma. They're not just because your dad refused to buy you the latest game console, which is what tumblr is usually about.
Correct. There's a great theory that utilizes ego states to explain it. You know how you're a different person at work versus at home? These form as you grow and begin to develop in your sociocultural environment. This also explains why these disorders only form from childhood trauma. A young child has no concept of needing to be different in different scenarios. This typically starts to develop after the age of about 5. This also explains why those with developmental disabilities (such as autism and ADHD) have a longer timeframe to develop it (up to 9 years old) as they develop these ego states slower.
Anyways, trauma essentially causes the child to dissociate and instead of these states forming for social situations, they form around traumatic environments to become what they need. For example, if they need to be reserved and calm in the presence of a hot tempered/abusive parent. If they have to take care of their siblings or dug addicted parents they may develop a caretaker alter that they dissociate into. It's an extreme way to cope with traumatic situations.
Anyways, trauma essentially causes the child to dissociate and instead of these states forming for social situations, they form around traumatic environments to become what they need. For example, if they need to be reserved and calm in the presence of a hot tempered/abusive parent. If they have to take care of their siblings or dug addicted parents they may develop a caretaker alter that they dissociate into. It's an extreme way to cope with traumatic situations.
Without PL, yes, it's very difficult to advocate for these disorders when you have shit heads like this faking it for attention. I've encountered multiple people who've been taken advantage of by these assholes. Many fakers are extremely insecure and use these personas of traumatized children or suicidal parts to garner sympathy or violent parts to scare their victims into submission and gaslight them to hell. There are people out there who genuinely suffer with these conditions who have to face even more stigma now, just from the general population but also from professionals.
You hear self dx from a client and go 'oh shit, here we go again'. They are some of the most difficult people to work with, even when they aren't faking consciously. These people pathologize very normal behaviors and experiences, such as day dreaming, hormone related mood swings, burn out, etc. They convince teenagers and struggling for an identity that they should take on labels of highly stigmatized disorders. Truly, I hate what the self dx movement has done.
It makes it hard since the disorder does not present the way these people portray it. Or even how its portrayed by Sybil and Eve which of course you only see via sensationalism on television. I have worked with only 3 people with a dissociative diagnosis 2 being DID and one being DDNOS and they do not disclose because of people like this cause people see these tumblers and tv as reality when really these people are closer to PTSD reactions then cosplaying as different people.
Also, everyone dissociates to a degree when we do a commute so often that it becomes automatic and situatons such as that. Dissociation is a normal process and a majority of these tumblr people use the normal situations as a way to support their fantasy.
The major DID conference of the year is coming up in a week. I had in the past offered to do a speech on DID 101 from an empirical standpoint with actual history of disorder, etc. involved but it was denied (Can't do speeches that are actually researched ya know or that show the history of a disorder is in somnatiform disorders and neurosis).
Here's some examples of the goodies from it:
Ancient Egypt : circa 500 B.C. Hippocrates
Hysteria as a “women’s disorder” which has physical or psychological symptoms appearing without a biological cause
Christianity : 1400-1600 A.D. Witchcraft
Hysteric symptoms were manifestations of demonic possession
17th Century Uterine Theory
Return to belief of Hysteria as a “women’s disorder”
Franz Anton Mesmer : 1770s Hypnosis
Form of physical therapy to “cure” hysterics
Double Consciousness : 1816 Somnabulism
Patient switching between two personality states that were polar opposites, at least one-way amnesia and usually a good-evil split
Jean Martin Charcot : 1870s Neurological
Hysteria as a central nervous system disorder caused by emotional trauma
Robert Louis Stevenson : 1886 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
First book to portray a “Split Personality”
Max Dessoir : 1890 Double Ego
Upper and lower consciousness, which speaks via our dreams. Lower consciousness accessible via hypnosis, or occurs without provocation in double consciousness.
Pierre Janet: 1892 Childhood Trauma & Désagrégation
Memories remained and attempted to invade all aspects of the person's life, in Double Consciousness and Hysteria it completely invaded. Cure was catharsis, usually via hypnosis.
Sigmund Freud : 1897 Seduction Theory
Rejected hypnosis and dissociation. Hysteria caused by sexual abuse as children. Later changed theory to be fantasized not actual seduction.
Eugen Bleuler : 1911 Dæmentia Præcox
Becomes Schizophrenia.
Pierre Janet : 1940s Recinded Beliefs
Now believed to be form of manic-depressive illness
DSM : 1952 Dissociative reaction, Psychoneurotic Disorder
This reaction represents a type of gross personality disorganization, the basis of which is a neurotic disturbance, although the diffuse dissociation seen in some cases may occasionally appear psychotic. The personality disorganization may result in aimless running or freezing. The repressed impulse giving rise to the anxiety may be discharged by, or deflected into, various symptomatic expressions, such as depersonalization, dissociated personality, stupor, fugue, amnesia, dream state, somnambulism, etc. The diagnosis will specify symptomatic manifestations. Must be differentiated from schizoid personality, schizophrenic reaction, and other symptoms of neurotic reaction. Formerly classified as type of conversion hysteria.
DSM – II : 1968 Hysterical neurosis, dissociative type
In the dissociative type, alterations may occur in patient’s state of consciousness or in his identity, to produce such symptoms as amnesia, somnambulism, fugue, and multiple personality.
DSM – III: 1980 Multiple Personality Disorder
A. The existence within the individual of two or more distinct personalities, each of which is dominate at a particular time
B. The personality that is dominant at any particular time determines the individual’s behavior.
C. Each individual personality is complex and integrated with its own unique behavior patterns and social relationships.
D. Two or more alter personalities must exhibit individually distinct and consistent alter personality-specific behavior on at least three occasions.
E. There is evidence of some type of amnesia or combination of types of amnesia among alter personalities, the amnesia does not have to include all of the alters
DSM – IVR : 1994 Dissociative Identity Disorder
A. The presence of two or more distinct personality states (each with its own relative enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self).
B. At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person’s behavior.
C. Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness
D. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. black outs or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g. complex partial seizures) Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.
DSM – V : 2013 Dissociative Identity Disorder
A. Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession, as evidenced by discontinuities in sense of self, cognition, behavior, affect, perceptions, and/or memories. The disruption may be observed by others or reported by the patient.
B. Inability to recall important personal information, for everyday events or traumatic events, that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetfulness
C. Causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (Necessity being determined)
D. The disturbance is not a normal part of a broadly accepted cultural or religious practice and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. black outs or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g. complex partial seizures)
Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.
Specify if: (Under Consideration)
a) with non-epileptic seizures or other conversion symptoms
b) with somatic symptoms that vary across identities (excluding those in specifier a)
Hysteria as a “women’s disorder” which has physical or psychological symptoms appearing without a biological cause
Christianity : 1400-1600 A.D. Witchcraft
Hysteric symptoms were manifestations of demonic possession
17th Century Uterine Theory
Return to belief of Hysteria as a “women’s disorder”
Franz Anton Mesmer : 1770s Hypnosis
Form of physical therapy to “cure” hysterics
Double Consciousness : 1816 Somnabulism
Patient switching between two personality states that were polar opposites, at least one-way amnesia and usually a good-evil split
Jean Martin Charcot : 1870s Neurological
Hysteria as a central nervous system disorder caused by emotional trauma
Robert Louis Stevenson : 1886 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
First book to portray a “Split Personality”
Max Dessoir : 1890 Double Ego
Upper and lower consciousness, which speaks via our dreams. Lower consciousness accessible via hypnosis, or occurs without provocation in double consciousness.
Pierre Janet: 1892 Childhood Trauma & Désagrégation
Memories remained and attempted to invade all aspects of the person's life, in Double Consciousness and Hysteria it completely invaded. Cure was catharsis, usually via hypnosis.
Sigmund Freud : 1897 Seduction Theory
Rejected hypnosis and dissociation. Hysteria caused by sexual abuse as children. Later changed theory to be fantasized not actual seduction.
Eugen Bleuler : 1911 Dæmentia Præcox
Becomes Schizophrenia.
Pierre Janet : 1940s Recinded Beliefs
Now believed to be form of manic-depressive illness
DSM : 1952 Dissociative reaction, Psychoneurotic Disorder
This reaction represents a type of gross personality disorganization, the basis of which is a neurotic disturbance, although the diffuse dissociation seen in some cases may occasionally appear psychotic. The personality disorganization may result in aimless running or freezing. The repressed impulse giving rise to the anxiety may be discharged by, or deflected into, various symptomatic expressions, such as depersonalization, dissociated personality, stupor, fugue, amnesia, dream state, somnambulism, etc. The diagnosis will specify symptomatic manifestations. Must be differentiated from schizoid personality, schizophrenic reaction, and other symptoms of neurotic reaction. Formerly classified as type of conversion hysteria.
DSM – II : 1968 Hysterical neurosis, dissociative type
In the dissociative type, alterations may occur in patient’s state of consciousness or in his identity, to produce such symptoms as amnesia, somnambulism, fugue, and multiple personality.
DSM – III: 1980 Multiple Personality Disorder
A. The existence within the individual of two or more distinct personalities, each of which is dominate at a particular time
B. The personality that is dominant at any particular time determines the individual’s behavior.
C. Each individual personality is complex and integrated with its own unique behavior patterns and social relationships.
D. Two or more alter personalities must exhibit individually distinct and consistent alter personality-specific behavior on at least three occasions.
E. There is evidence of some type of amnesia or combination of types of amnesia among alter personalities, the amnesia does not have to include all of the alters
DSM – IVR : 1994 Dissociative Identity Disorder
A. The presence of two or more distinct personality states (each with its own relative enduring pattern of perceiving, relating to, and thinking about the environment and self).
B. At least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person’s behavior.
C. Inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness
D. The disturbance is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. black outs or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g. complex partial seizures) Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.
DSM – V : 2013 Dissociative Identity Disorder
A. Disruption of identity characterized by two or more distinct personality states or an experience of possession, as evidenced by discontinuities in sense of self, cognition, behavior, affect, perceptions, and/or memories. The disruption may be observed by others or reported by the patient.
B. Inability to recall important personal information, for everyday events or traumatic events, that is inconsistent with ordinary forgetfulness
C. Causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning. (Necessity being determined)
D. The disturbance is not a normal part of a broadly accepted cultural or religious practice and is not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g. black outs or chaotic behavior during Alcohol Intoxication) or a general medical condition (e.g. complex partial seizures)
Note: In children, the symptoms are not attributable to imaginary playmates or other fantasy play.
Specify if: (Under Consideration)
a) with non-epileptic seizures or other conversion symptoms
b) with somatic symptoms that vary across identities (excluding those in specifier a)
Here's some examples of the goodies from it:
Melissa Parker LMHC
Melissa is a survivor of complex trauma and psychiatric abuse who lives with DID. She is a psychotherapist at Center Psychotherapy, a group mental health practice in Arlington Massachusetts, where she specializes in the treatment of trauma. Melissa’s work and perspectives are rooted in Transpersonal Theory, Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, and principles of the Antipsychiatry Movement. Melissa seeks to work from a place of cultural humility and strives to improve upon her ability to be a worthy ally to BIPOC and fellow members of the LGBTQ community.
Serenity Serseción PhD; They/Them/Their
Dr. Serseción is a plural, genderqueer, bilingual, Puerto Rican, and licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Serseción has a private practice that focuses on the plural community, people of color, sexual and gender minorities, and people in various subcultures (kink, poly, furry, fandoms). Clinical focuses are depression, anxiety, trauma, and dissociation. They have worked as a clinician in various sites such as universities, community mental health agencies, hospitals and more. They were previously an interim director at a local LGBTQ+ specialty clinic. In addition to supervising new doctoral student clinicians and teaching psychology and diversity courses at various universities for over 5 years.
Jane Tambreé
Jane Tambreé was born and raised on Long Island, NY. She is a survivor of ritualistic sexual trauma, physical violence and emotional abuse. Jane was diagnosed with DID in her mid-20s. Educated at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, (LCSW-C), Jane has 35 years of experience working as both a clinical and forensic social worker. She specializes in working with those who have suffered trauma, those marginalized and incarcerated, those diagnosed with psychotic disorders and asylees and refugees from East Africa. Jane currently lives in Maryland.
Kali Tambreé
Kali Tambreé is the only child of Jane Tambreé, and was born and raised in Maryland by Jane and her system. Kali has, from a young age, developed close relationships to many of Jane's alters, and considers a number of them siblings. She is currently based in California, where she is on track to receive her PhD in Sociology from UCLA. She is an abolitionist who supports political education in juvenile detention centers in the broader Los Angeles area.
Melissa is a survivor of complex trauma and psychiatric abuse who lives with DID. She is a psychotherapist at Center Psychotherapy, a group mental health practice in Arlington Massachusetts, where she specializes in the treatment of trauma. Melissa’s work and perspectives are rooted in Transpersonal Theory, Neuroscience, Developmental Psychology, and principles of the Antipsychiatry Movement. Melissa seeks to work from a place of cultural humility and strives to improve upon her ability to be a worthy ally to BIPOC and fellow members of the LGBTQ community.
Serenity Serseción PhD; They/Them/Their
Dr. Serseción is a plural, genderqueer, bilingual, Puerto Rican, and licensed clinical psychologist. Dr. Serseción has a private practice that focuses on the plural community, people of color, sexual and gender minorities, and people in various subcultures (kink, poly, furry, fandoms). Clinical focuses are depression, anxiety, trauma, and dissociation. They have worked as a clinician in various sites such as universities, community mental health agencies, hospitals and more. They were previously an interim director at a local LGBTQ+ specialty clinic. In addition to supervising new doctoral student clinicians and teaching psychology and diversity courses at various universities for over 5 years.
Jane Tambreé
Jane Tambreé was born and raised on Long Island, NY. She is a survivor of ritualistic sexual trauma, physical violence and emotional abuse. Jane was diagnosed with DID in her mid-20s. Educated at the University of Maryland, School of Social Work, (LCSW-C), Jane has 35 years of experience working as both a clinical and forensic social worker. She specializes in working with those who have suffered trauma, those marginalized and incarcerated, those diagnosed with psychotic disorders and asylees and refugees from East Africa. Jane currently lives in Maryland.
Kali Tambreé
Kali Tambreé is the only child of Jane Tambreé, and was born and raised in Maryland by Jane and her system. Kali has, from a young age, developed close relationships to many of Jane's alters, and considers a number of them siblings. She is currently based in California, where she is on track to receive her PhD in Sociology from UCLA. She is an abolitionist who supports political education in juvenile detention centers in the broader Los Angeles area.
DID: Common Misperceptions of Extreme Skeptics by Colin A. Ross M.D.
In this talk, Dr. Ross will review common misperceptions of skeptics about DID and will explain why each one is mistaken. This information could be useful when talking to mental health professionals. Examples of such mistaken beliefs and attitudes include that DID: is rare; is mostly confined to North America; is a passing fad created in therapy; is made worse by therapy; is just an excuse not to be responsible for your behavior; is based on false memories; is not accepted by the relevant scientific community; is a disorder that cannot be diagnosed reliably; is not based on science.
Parenting and Dissociation: What's Play Got to Do With It? by Amy Wagner, M.A., LMFT, LMHC
This presentation will explore both sides of the same coin; being a parent who experiences dissociation and parenting a child who experiences dissociation. Parenting brings a new level of understanding towards embracing dissociation for all the parts involved, inside and outside parts. We will get a chance to explore parenting dynamics, strategies for wholehearted parenting with dissociation, ways to engage with parts through play, and a joy and deep understanding of the underlying reasons for the parents or child's dissociative response. As the presentation wraps up, an open Q and A time will allow participants to ask questions of the presenter.
Dissociation of Identity and Traumatic Learning by Randy Noblitt PhD
This presentation discusses the concept of dissociation of identity, an alternative way of understanding people who experience DID, OSDD and other multiple self representations or plurality. Some individuals with this experience also describe abusive experiences that included traumatic training, or programming. This presentation will integrate these concepts and discuss how clinicians can avoid imposing their preconceived ideas on those with dissociation of identity and best support their clients in self-directed recovery.
Crazy: In Search of a Narrative by Lyn Barrett
Sometimes the symptoms are there, the diagnosis is made, but the memories forget to show up. What happens when you wait for concrete memories to come out of hiding and they never do? Is recovery possible without access to narrative memory? DID is disorienting enough but the lack of memories is the true stuff of crazy making. Drawing on my memoir, Crazy: In Search of a Narrative, as well as research on traumatic memory, we will explore this phenomenon inside and out. You may complete a voluntary narrative form to collect data on the prevalence of “persistently hidden memories” in DID.
It Takes A Village: Raising A Child In Co-Consciousness by Jane and Kali Tambree
This presentation will attend to the relationships and practices between a parent with DID and an only child. We will reveal aspects of Jane's life that created the conditions of DID's emergence and diagnosis, and discuss the specificity of her system of over eighty alters. We will offer a discussion on how Jane introduced DID to Kali as a young child, and how her system was incorporated into her parenting. Kali will share her experience of being raised in a home of multiples, and demonstrate the power and uniqueness of her mother's rearing.
In this talk, Dr. Ross will review common misperceptions of skeptics about DID and will explain why each one is mistaken. This information could be useful when talking to mental health professionals. Examples of such mistaken beliefs and attitudes include that DID: is rare; is mostly confined to North America; is a passing fad created in therapy; is made worse by therapy; is just an excuse not to be responsible for your behavior; is based on false memories; is not accepted by the relevant scientific community; is a disorder that cannot be diagnosed reliably; is not based on science.
Parenting and Dissociation: What's Play Got to Do With It? by Amy Wagner, M.A., LMFT, LMHC
This presentation will explore both sides of the same coin; being a parent who experiences dissociation and parenting a child who experiences dissociation. Parenting brings a new level of understanding towards embracing dissociation for all the parts involved, inside and outside parts. We will get a chance to explore parenting dynamics, strategies for wholehearted parenting with dissociation, ways to engage with parts through play, and a joy and deep understanding of the underlying reasons for the parents or child's dissociative response. As the presentation wraps up, an open Q and A time will allow participants to ask questions of the presenter.
Dissociation of Identity and Traumatic Learning by Randy Noblitt PhD
This presentation discusses the concept of dissociation of identity, an alternative way of understanding people who experience DID, OSDD and other multiple self representations or plurality. Some individuals with this experience also describe abusive experiences that included traumatic training, or programming. This presentation will integrate these concepts and discuss how clinicians can avoid imposing their preconceived ideas on those with dissociation of identity and best support their clients in self-directed recovery.
Crazy: In Search of a Narrative by Lyn Barrett
Sometimes the symptoms are there, the diagnosis is made, but the memories forget to show up. What happens when you wait for concrete memories to come out of hiding and they never do? Is recovery possible without access to narrative memory? DID is disorienting enough but the lack of memories is the true stuff of crazy making. Drawing on my memoir, Crazy: In Search of a Narrative, as well as research on traumatic memory, we will explore this phenomenon inside and out. You may complete a voluntary narrative form to collect data on the prevalence of “persistently hidden memories” in DID.
It Takes A Village: Raising A Child In Co-Consciousness by Jane and Kali Tambree
This presentation will attend to the relationships and practices between a parent with DID and an only child. We will reveal aspects of Jane's life that created the conditions of DID's emergence and diagnosis, and discuss the specificity of her system of over eighty alters. We will offer a discussion on how Jane introduced DID to Kali as a young child, and how her system was incorporated into her parenting. Kali will share her experience of being raised in a home of multiples, and demonstrate the power and uniqueness of her mother's rearing.
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This made me want to commit die.
Amazing that these folks seem to be able to control or at least know when they're gonna "switch". Totally not faking anything here.
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Where can I found out about it being bogus? A cursory wiki and Google search isn't bringing up anything about it being fake or another diagnosis.
"Sybil" outright admitted she completely made it up.
Real 'Sybil' Admits Multiple Personalities Were Fake
In Sybil Exposed, Debbie Nathan explores the life of Shirley Mason — the psychiatric patient whose life was portrayed in the 1973 book and 1976 TV movie. Mason later admitted to her psychiatrist that she'd made the whole thing up — but not before the story manufactured a psychiatric phenomenon.
www.npr.org
God, you really have to have some kind of mental illness to post on TikTok. These people are stupid
Sizemore later did her own book that discussed her questioning the diagnosis. There is also a book called Sybil Exposed which talks about how her diagnosis may not have been true.
Theres no way to know the accuracy of either of their diagnoses though its quite possible they did have DID and it just presented as it does with the patients i've seen where it is amnesia and PTSD and the authors just sensationalized it for books and media.
What I have gathered from this and other compilations is that in any “system” (funny how they come up with the same name to refer to themselves) everyone has the exact same alters:
- The cynical, sarcastic host who films their alters quirky antics after coming back to consciousness and complains about it
- The one who is always quote “just vibin’” who likes to wear hippie clothes and big glasses and do peace signs
- The moody hoodie-wearing fuckboy who rarely “fronts” because they’re shy
- A little for some fucking reason?? Like, not a younger alter, but an alter specifically referred to as a “little” who likes to wear pink pajamas and color a lot
- The sexually free girl in hooker clothes flipping off the camera
- All of these will have trademark tumblr names
The saddest thing is when they pretend that all of their different moods and conflicting interests are separate people living in their body, they fail to give their “host,” i.e. their genuine selves, a personality at all. They like crocheting but also electric guitar, so crocheting must be Marianne’s interest and the guitar must be Cecil’s. They’re not allowing themselves to be one developed, complex self with a variety of styles and interests. In TikTokers cases I think their pretending has very little to do with trauma and everything to do with insecurity about how others see them, and it’s sad (and funny) to watch them try and manually create more interesting versions of themselves while taking away from their actual self. Luckily they all seem to be between the ages of 15 to like max. 25, so let’s hope once they’re brains are fully developed they will be able to shut their cameras off and self-reflect for ten seconds.
To be fair, this is how "legitimate" DID is meant to work. It's supposed to be one personality fracturing off into different parts, not multiple fully-formed people in one head. In theory, a person with DID would have disassociated with different elements of themselves as a response to strong, repeated trauma, so it would be likely that the "host" would be lacking a lot of personality traits as those aspects of identity split off.
This is a pretty good explanation of legitimate DID. We dont use the terms hosts and alters anymore because people realized by doing so in someone that was already suggestible could lead to them portraying it. Now we pretty much treat it as you would a complex version of PTSD because dissociation is a trauma response. We try to get them to learn to function in the present and not in the past and work on coping skills for the responses that are distressing in nature. If I as a therapist had a patient come and I found out they ran a youtube like this and were presenting like this I would deem them as malingering because in the DSM it states this behavior (specifically how fleshed out alters are) is representative of someone faking DID.
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