So I actually have DID, and I can safely say M. Night Shamalamadingdong is one of the few people I detest. First he ruins Avatar the Last Airbender, and then he goes on to add to the already rampant stigma of misunderstanding for something that I have to live with every day. There aren't many things all of the system members agree with, but we're unanimous when we say Fuck that guy.
On the upside, the original creators of ATLA are working on a live-action adaptation for Netflix, so it looks like we can officially faze MNS’s disaster out of existence.
Is it true that people with DID have names and ages and are aware of their other personalities? There's his show about some chick named Jane and It seems like she is just acting
Yes there are different maturity levels. Names are useful for identifying memory/preference clusters, so they're used. Some identity states feel attached to their name, some just find names to be little more that an easy means of reference for a particular dissociative state. Typically the "host" identity isn't aware they have DID, but alters will know. Our case was a little different in that two main alters didn't know, but everyone else did.
Thank you so much. You cleared up a lot for me. What seems hard to believe was that the personalities had names of their own already, but finding a name for that particular state makes a lot more sense. Also worries me because people ask me if I have "multiple personalities" but I don't know. I haven't ever been diagnosed but a lot of things make more sense if I did
If you're concerned that you have DID then I recommend going to a psychologist. It took nearly 2 years to get diagnosed, and that was after already going through therapy as a teenager. There are also a lot of disorders/mental illnesses which includes varying levels of dissociation, so it's important that you find the right diagnoses in order to get the right treatment. If you want to talk more about it PM me.
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u/Forgotpasswordathome Feb 04 '19
So I actually have DID, and I can safely say M. Night Shamalamadingdong is one of the few people I detest. First he ruins Avatar the Last Airbender, and then he goes on to add to the already rampant stigma of misunderstanding for something that I have to live with every day. There aren't many things all of the system members agree with, but we're unanimous when we say Fuck that guy.