Category Archives: Impact of DID Diagnosis
It seems many people think of Dissociative Identity Disorder as the pinnacle of crazy. But if I’ve ever truly lost my mind I did so when I was trying desperately to escape DID. It was when the confusion, fear, loneliness, … Continue reading
In my current series, Diary of a Newly Diagnosed Dissociative, I’ve been writing about what I’ve observed to be common emotional reactions to receiving a Dissociative Identity Disorder diagnosis. I say, “emotional reactions,” but I don’t know if that really … Continue reading
Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder can be excruciatingly lonely. I endured my loneliest moments with DID in the first few years after diagnosis. Granted, my primary relationship at the time was drawing its dramatic last breaths and I’d recently lost … Continue reading
Prior to my Dissociative Identity Disorder diagnosis my alters existed and operated outside of my awareness. They affected my life in ways I had no explanation for, like invisible strangers living in your house and rearranging the furniture. Receiving the … Continue reading
The first couple of years after my Dissociative Identity Disorder diagnosis are heavily documented in my diaries. The entries tell a disturbing and, I now know, common tale. I wish I’d known that what I was experiencing, as unhinged as … Continue reading
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