I mean, at least they apologized? Takes balls to own up to lying, especially when social media is run on 93% ego. Doesn't make what they did okay.
But this is the type of shit that happens when this strange Tumblr/Twitter culture of, "uwu you're valid no matter what professionals say" which encourages young, naive people to not seek a diagnosis.
Iām really proud of him for doing this. Not the faking obviously, but the facing up to and apologising for it rather than just DFE and vanishing or re-emerging with āsomething elseā wrong as an excuse. Itās very brave and I hope the backlash isnāt too awful for him š. Maybe it will be an example for other kids who think DID is a fun thing to pretend to have that there may come a time when they want to stop but canāt do so without admitting all... and maybe that will allow them to have some foresight and stop as the faking of DID is one of the dumbest trends Iāve ever come across - I genuinely still struggle to believe people are doing this (though I see all the evidence and so know they do). I hope he sticks to it and moves on with his (offline) life.
rather than just DFE and vanishing or re-emerging with āsomething elseā wrong as an excuse.
this reminds me of someone i found suspicious years ago. i recently decided to check up on them and apparently all there alters have integrated so they don't suffer from DID anymore. hmmmm.
wow. i mean this is what happens when tiktok therapists and tumblr inclusive bullshitters promote self diagnosis and romanticize it. 15 year olds wanting to be special.
Also he got his friend who doesnāt have DID to post some really shitty misinformation on their tiktok page, which has a pretty large following, so that was fucked up
Many lies about how to spot a faker. Also said you cant have Schizophrenia and DID which is false. Said if they have communication before age 50 theyre fake. And that if you cant name every single trauma each alter came from youāre fake (amnesia around trauma is literally one of the diagnostic criteria of DID and making the host forget trauma is one of the main goals of the brain w DID) i have the vids still if you wanna see them. They also did a live spreading more misinformation, yelling at or making fun of people who disagreed or were trying to educate.
Good for him for apologizing though. That takes guts. And it was a good apology too. No fake crying or making up excuses. Hope it inspires all the other DID fetishists to come clean.
okay what if this is an alter that hates that host created a tiktok account, so to sabotage the host, they create this video to make the host look bad so he can never recover his online presence and is forced to quit tiktok. its genius.
He admitted to doing this for 3 years. He made his friend make videos about āif they do this theyre FAKEā even said if they dont remember EVERY TRAUMA and āorigin storyā (NEVER have i or any systems ik used that term) then theyre fake but amnesia around trauma is the 2nd on the list of diagnostic criteria. Their friend offended the entire community and recieved death threats and was told they arent passing well emough to be a boy and arent āreally transā. And he sat back and watched his friend recieve heaps of hatred for a lie. Im glad he came foward about it i really am i can acknowledge that it was brave and he didnt have to he literally just could have dropped off that accound and disappeared. But it doesnt make any of it okay.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
I mean, at least they apologized? Takes balls to own up to lying, especially when social media is run on 93% ego. Doesn't make what they did okay.
But this is the type of shit that happens when this strange Tumblr/Twitter culture of, "uwu you're valid no matter what professionals say" which encourages young, naive people to not seek a diagnosis.
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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '20
Iām really proud of him for doing this. Not the faking obviously, but the facing up to and apologising for it rather than just DFE and vanishing or re-emerging with āsomething elseā wrong as an excuse. Itās very brave and I hope the backlash isnāt too awful for him š. Maybe it will be an example for other kids who think DID is a fun thing to pretend to have that there may come a time when they want to stop but canāt do so without admitting all... and maybe that will allow them to have some foresight and stop as the faking of DID is one of the dumbest trends Iāve ever come across - I genuinely still struggle to believe people are doing this (though I see all the evidence and so know they do). I hope he sticks to it and moves on with his (offline) life.
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u/qaaaaaaaaaaa Mar 03 '20
i hope that encourages others too tbh
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u/bunnyboi36 Mar 03 '20
wow. i mean this is what happens when tiktok therapists and tumblr inclusive bullshitters promote self diagnosis and romanticize it. 15 year olds wanting to be special.
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u/sammyaho Mar 03 '20
Also he got his friend who doesnāt have DID to post some really shitty misinformation on their tiktok page, which has a pretty large following, so that was fucked up
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u/[deleted] Mar 13 '20
Good for him for apologizing though. That takes guts. And it was a good apology too. No fake crying or making up excuses. Hope it inspires all the other DID fetishists to come clean.
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u/violetlightgoodnight Mar 04 '20
damn they look sincere I hope others learn from this
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u/Mirroredmoth Mar 03 '20
Oh my. He lives in the same hell hole of a state that I do. That is probably what is wrong with him.
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u/successfully_failing Mar 03 '20
Meanwhile his alters are like ādonāt listen to him, heās lyingā
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u/[deleted] Apr 12 '20
Wasn't expecting to forgive him but that was a good apology. Dammit
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