Hi there! I dont mean this at all in a weird/rude way, but how did you know that you were a system? (if you knew before a diagnosis (if youre diagnosed-)) lately ive been heavily suspecting I might be but I dont really know how to tell
Thanks! have a wonderful day >^ • • ^<
We found out around beginning of high school, but had been in denial for a while before then. Our actual suspicions started back in 7th grade before COVID when we used to be obsessed with watching animation story time videos. We came across one about someone with bipolar disorder (it was terrible, didnt even describe bipolar disorder accurately), but the video described the person as having “multiple personalities” so we googled it and accidentally stumbled upon DID.
We did a bit of research but then later just decided to leave it cuz we didn’t think that we could possibly have such a rare disorder or anything
Fast forward to summer of Grade 10 (a year or so after lockdown was lifted), we were playing Minecraft with a friend on our favourite server and our friend witnessed us switch between Vince and Ennie (apparently during middle school our old host and I were frontstuck, and since me and the host were so similar we were basically one functional side system at that time)
At that time we thought it was OSDD-1b, because we didn’t think our amnesia was bad enough (it was, it was just really hard to tell because we dont get blackout switches often)
There were other signs that we kinda ignored, like how we would talk about ourselves like there were “different sides” of us and we also drew ourselves as 2 or 4 people, not to mention the amount of disconnect we felt towards the body at random times.
We started going for a diagnosis after we got sent to the ER not even two months after discovering our system. Its been a really slow process, feels like we’re going backwards because of how shitty doctors have been treating us (its gotten to the point where going to the doctor triggers our anxiety and dissociation).
If you’re suspecting, my advice, do not ignore it. Look into it, because even if it comes out to be something else, then itll be something else. Ignoring something as huge as being a system/plural is something that could result in consequences, especially if you actually have a CDD.












