I want to be another person

[slunken]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

I dont want to be me, i would make the same mistakes or new simlar ones

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

When the problem is you what is moving to a new environment going to do but create crippling lonliness?

real talk. glad you know.

do you believe in reincarnation?

[Trotskilicious]

I believe iN the void

SWANS

[Eulogy]

Originally Posted by Trotskilicious

When the problem is you what is moving to a new environment going to do but create crippling lonliness?

If loneliness isn't contributing to the current situation then yeah it probably wouldn't be the best idea.

[Order 66]

morespoon i have no idea what youre talking about 90% of the time

[The exploding boy]

I think this forum should start a life switching program where someone exchanges their life for the life of someone else for a period of at least a year. then they see if they like it.

[Trotskilicious]

The idea that gender reassingment solves yr probs is misleading at best

[yo soy el mejor]

if i look back three years my life and outlook has gotten considerably better. but if you had asked me each day i would have said nothing is improving.

being anyone else doesn't seem appealing. although i do wish i could just flip a switch and willingly change some things about myself. some physical. some emotional.

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

if i look back three years my life and outlook has gotten considerably better. but if you had asked me each day i would have said nothing is improving.

Soooooo truuuuuuue

[slunken]

Crawl further inward. Only society will drive you mad.

[Trotskilicious]

In other words: keep 'batin

[noyen]

I just wanna die.

I wanna die just like jfk
I wanna die on a sunny day

but I know what you mean. reset button. start over. erase all data. launch new instance.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

MPD is a myth.


Unless you're talking about Minneapolis Police Department. That very much exists.

MPD/DID is not a myth, but it is not what people think it is because it is sensationalized in the media.

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

"No systematic, empirically-supported definition of "dissociation" exists"

Also from wiki

"DID is one of the most controversial psychiatric disorders with no clear consensus regarding its diagnosis or treatment."

Certainly the way you've seen it portraye in movies has pretty much never happened. Or at least been generally proven to be bull.

Just because no one can define how "dissociation" feels does not mean it doesn't exist. Even if you don't think DID exists, dissociation absolutely does. There is little to no controversy that dissociative symptoms exists; the only controversy really is if people fake DID or if it is iatrogenically produced in therapy.

The diagnosis is in the DSM and is generally accepted as valid. There is absolutely a controversy, and people absolutely fake it or otherwise think they have it when they don't, but the consensus is generally that it does in fact exist. Wiki has to present both sides of the debate and that is fair, but framing it like the sides have equal supporters is not accurate. If you look up DID in an academic database you will see that there are many, many more articles about DID diagnosis and treatment than there are about DID not existing. People with DID also generally have other disorders, in fact you would be hard pressed to find someone with DID who also does not or at least did not have PTSD in the past. Other common co-morbidities are BPD, MDD or Bipolar, and anxiety disorders including the aforementioned PTSD and others. This complicates diagnosis and treatment.

I wrote some parts of this article and had many discussions about the fairness of it a couple of years ago. I spent a lot of time researching and writing for the article. I know a lot about the topic. The major thing that is sad to me about the controversy is that people with DID are constantly aware of the stigma and it does not help them accept it and contributes to their instability. On the other side, the media depicting it as existing like Sybil and The United States of Tara is generally inaccurate and also contributes to the stigma surrounding the diagnosis (in my opinion). I have yet to see an accurate representation of DID in the media.

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by morespsoon

If someone was really serious about that, they could try to give themselves MPD by traumatizing themselves. I wonder if anyone's ever done that before?

This is probably not possible. The whole point is that the splits in personality start before the person has established a stable personality (like, before the age of 5-7). People don't spontaneously create other self-states as adults, at least not ones distinct enough to call a "personality."

I mean the idea is really silly and short sited to begin with but lets not create more myths mmkay?

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by noyen

I just wanna die.

I wanna die just like jfk
I wanna die on a sunny day

but I know what you mean. reset button. start over. erase all data. launch new instance.

this time i'm going to specialize in plasma weapons

[Trotskilicious]

i love the mental illness isn't real because i can fake it logic

it's the best

[reprise85]

yeah me too. like no one's ever faked schizophrenia or thought they had it when they did it. and anyone who fakes it has other mental health problems and should be in therapy anyway.

[Trotskilicious]

Hah hello psycho/sociopathy

[The exploding boy]

Everyone knows there is no such thing as mental disorders, just people who want to get on welfare/give excuses for their failures in life.

[The exploding boy]

<----

(not on welfare though but could/should be)

[The exploding boy]

I have to say when i DID see a shrink she basically thought that i was probably ok with my life. She gave me potential diagnosis and asked me what i thought of them... like i don't know you figure out what you may have k? Basically gave indications she might have thought i was just being lazy and/or satisfied with my life.

One psychiatrist who saw me once in the hospital specifically to give a diagnosis so my doctor could prescribe something said i most likely probably had Avoidant Personality Disorder though (I mean aside from my anxiety/panic problems)

[teh b0lly!!1]

i was never properly diagnosed but i always thought i'm probably avoidant too

[reprise85]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

I have to say when i DID see a shrink she basically thought that i was probably ok with my life. She gave me potential diagnosis and asked me what i thought of them... like i don't know you figure out what you may have k? Basically gave indications she might have thought i was just being lazy and/or satisfied with my life.

One psychiatrist who saw me once in the hospital specifically to give a diagnosis so my doctor could prescribe something said i most likely probably had Avoidant Personality Disorder though (I mean aside from my anxiety/panic problems)

The being lazy thing is bullshit. Most people aren't satisfied staying at home without a job and struggling to survive. Definitely APD and/or a depressive disorder (MDD or dysthymia) and/or anxiety disorders.

I had a therapist once who kinda implied I was being lazy and just didn't want to get a job. It bothered me a lot and I even had to talk about it later in therapy with my current therapist. Being depressed and not getting pleasure from things and being anxious to leave the house and whatever else does not equal lazy.