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ATTENTION SYSTEMS

A diagnosis of DID/OSDD is not going to take away ANY of your rights. Those posts you're seeing on Twitter are nothing but fearmongering.

There is no requirement to report your diagnosis at work, outside of a few key areas (healthcare, childcare, and working with other vulnerable sectors), and even in those cases, you can't be denied a job solely on the basis of the diagnosis.

A diagnosis will not cost you your license.

A diagnosis will not prevent you from owning or renting a home.

A diagnosis will not prevent you from living alone.

A diagnosis will not stop you from having children.

A diagnosis will not prevent you from transitioning.

And no, it won't stop you from buying alcohol.

People, think about the logistics of enforcing these types of things. Think about the protections in place currently (disability and discrimination laws, fair housing laws, etc). These things aren't possible. All it takes is one second of critical thinking. Why don't these things apply to other disorders? How would they enforce it? Where and when am I ever REQUIRED to disclose my medical history?

Learn your rights, and learn how to exercise them.

Stop listening to bullshit you see on Twitter.

These are rumors started in order to avoid accountability and scrutiny. Stop falling for it.

ADHD wasn’t an officially recognized diagnosis until 1980 (also DSM-III)

generalized anxiety disorder was introduced in the DSM-III in 1980 as well

bipolar disorder wasn’t properly identified until guess when. 1980 in the DSM-III

and guess what so was borderline personality disorder

and wow … even PTSD wasn’t proposed as a diagnosis similar to its current form until 1980

all of these diagnoses have a long and varied history of being recognized and understood under different names before that. we all generally accept this information and hold that these diagnoses are truthful, important, and necessary.

the first instance of a diagnosis with what is now known as DID/OSDD and then was called multiple personality disorder (and before that was sometimes called double personality disorder) was in 1882. in contrast the first official autism diagnosis and modern clinical observation is generally pinpointed at 1904, about 25 years later.

we have documentation of firsthand accounts of systems as far back as 1584, with very similar symptoms to what’s now called DID, and exclusively associated with trauma.

endos need to end this trend of saying that DID/OSDD “isn’t very well documented” or that “the psychology field isn’t very credible.” endos NEED to stop cherry picking the DSM-V based on only a small part of the entry, as well as outright ignoring the testimonies of our history.

this includes endlessly citing the single known study of nontraumagenic systems in existence, which is both unfinished as well as inherently biased due to the probable involvement of one of the main researchers in t*lpamancy. plus you guys know this is just a survey. it’s a fancy formalized essay like you might do for your own school papers, collecting data from random visitors to your discord server or tumblr blog. it proves nothing about legitimacy, it literally just reiterates that there are many t*lpamancers. celebrating its connection to a college that’s steeped in classism isn’t the best look either but i digress.

most egregiously you need to stop deliberately misusing and misunderstanding the neurodivergency movement for your own gain. by discrediting the research that’s gone into DID/OSDD for centuries you are undermining and invalidating every other disorder in the DSM-V. by saying that you know more than current psychologists about DID/OSDD, trauma-based disorders, and dissociation … you’re by proxy throwing under the bus all the current knowledge we have on the disorders i’ve listed above and many more.

until you do your own research and understand it for yourself you will be susceptible to repeating the same debunked talking points over and over. a very basic starting kit of DID/OSDD history (with further sources also worth noting) will be linked in the notes and other blogs are encouraged to add more resources.

“Fictive is a stupid word” went over fairly well, so let’s go again. 

I see the word “host” regularly on system youtubes channels, obnoxious DID terminology lists, and all over 30-days-of-DID / system-ask type content here on tumblr. But I experience the condition more like this, from The Haunted Self, by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R.S Nijenhuis and Kathy Steele:

I’m not sure WHY the common DID online presentation of ‘host’ bothers me so much, but it really, really does :|

How to Recognize Abuse

**Emotional Abuse of Men

**Sexual Assault of Men and Boys

**Men Can Be Victims of Abuse, Too

**Domestic Violence Against Men - Know the Signs

**Information for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

**Help for Battered Men

**Battered Men, Battered Husbands

**For Male Survivors of Rape and Sexual Abuse

**Male Survivors of Incest and Sexual Child Abuse

**Help for Men Who Are Being Abused

Help Lines (Phone and Text Chat)

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233 (or 1-800-787-3224 for TTY)

National Dating Abuse Hotline: 1-866-331-9474

National Sexual Assault Hotline: 1-800-656-4673

National Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-237-8255

Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men: 1-888-743-5754 (US and Canada)

Hopeline Suicide Prevention Hotline: 1-800-784-2433

National Hotline for Victims of Crimes: 1-855-484-2846

National Human Trafficking Hotline: 1-888-373-7888

Polaris Human Trafficking Text Line: Text “BEFREE” to 233733

**1in6/RAINN Chat for Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse

Support Groups

**1in6 Support Groups

Male Survivor Support Groups

Pandora’s Aquarium - Chat (includes chats specifically for men)

Pandora’s Aquarium - Forums (includes forums specifically for men)

How to Find a Shelter

Domestic Shelters Search (shelter locator with filters to find shelters specifically for male survivors)

SAFE (located in Austin, TX, but states they can help people find resources/shelters in their area)

How to Find a Therapist

**Male Survivor Therapist Directory

Mental Health Services Locator

Resources for and About the Abuse of Kids/Teens

Love is Respect Hotline: 1-866-331-9474 (Hotline for teens)

Darkness to Light Helpline (Sexual Abuse): 1-866-367-5444

Darkness to Light Text Line: Text “LIGHT” to 741741

ChildHelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline: 1-800-422-4453

Children of the Night Hotline (Children in Prostitution): 1-800-551-1300

National Runaway Safeline: 1-800-786-2929

Covenant House Nineline (Homeless Youth): 1-800-999-9999

Stop it Now Hotline: 1-888-773-2362 (for adults concerned about the welfare of a child)

Jennifer Ann’s Group (for teens experiencing dating violence)

Other Resource Lists 

(While I tried to include the most helpful resources I could here (i.e., resources that lend themselves to one-on-one communication, individual reading, etc.), there are plenty of other great resources, including regional resources, listed in these links. Some of the resources are specific to men and others aren’t, but they are all helpful for male survivors.)

**Male Survivor (regional, international, and online resources)

**Husband Battering: Men and Domestic Violence

**Help for Battered Men: Online Resources

**Help for Battered Men: National and International Resources

No, no they aren’t. No part is irredeemable and you really should not be talking about alters / parts like that. It’s a really bad mindset and really disgusting rhetoric.

All alters / parts are redeemable. All alters / parts deserve to heal.