“I have come to believe with fervent passion that the focus on multiple personalities is missing the point. dissociative identity disorder is not rare; it is not unique; it is not special. It is just a logical set of symptoms to some terrible trauma. It is a normal way to react to very abnormal childhood treatment. In fact, I only have it because I am normal. If I had not reacted normally to chronic trauma and disrupted attachment, I would not have developed it.” Dissociative Identity DisorderDissociationDissociative DisorderDissociative PartsOsdd Author:Carolyn Spring
“And if we do speak out, we risk rejection and ridicule. I had a best friend once, the kind that you go shopping with and watch films with, the kind you go on holiday with and rescue when her car breaks down on the A1. Shortly after my diagnosis, I told her I had DID. I haven't seen her since. The stench and rankness of a socially unacceptable mental health disorder seems to have driven her away.” PrejudiceShameMental HealthMental IllnessDenialRejectionRidiculeAbandonmentDissociative Identity DisorderDissociationSociety DenialFake FriendsMentally IllMental Health StigmaDissociative DisorderMental Illness StigmaPsychiatric DisordersSocially UnacceptableSocial Rejection Book:Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices Source: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices