Hi! We just have a few questions. Weāre a professionally diagnosed DID system and are in treatment, along with other comorbid disorders verified by multiple doctors.
Weāve read through your blog and agree with most points, however there are a few that genuinely seem to come off as ableist and with the way theyāre worded, seem to discredit those who have a different experience from yours just based on that.
One being diagnosis- having an official diagnosis added to record can be very difficult to get especially in terms of requiring it for disability forms (from personal experience; we did it), however itās very possible (and not bad) to be treated for DID/OSDD because you meet the criteria very well, without having that on-paper diagnosis. Even with on paper diagnosis, itās extremely difficult to receive a proper diagnosis other than āunspecified dissociative disorderā due to the current stigma against DID/OSDD. Getting the physical diagnosis is especially more difficult in more rural areas, even if all professionals are agreeing itās something that the individual deals with.
Second would be regarding alters and introjects. While initial splits cause directly from trauma, many systems (especially polyfragmented ones) split due to āsmallerā things after the āsignificantā trauma caused in early childhood. This has been recognized by professionals as being just as valid, so weāre curious as to why denying those who have introjects from more recent media is considered to be alright in your mind while this is something thatās understood and supported by professionals. (obviously certain behaviors by systems canāt be supported or endorsed when regarding introjects of real people, but we genuinely havenāt seen people take it to an inappropriate level)
An answer would be very much appreciated, as we do understand most of the blog and relate to a lot of the issues brought up. Much love! - Riley š of the rose sys
Hi! We just have a few questions.
Iāve gone through your entire message multiple times and have found absolutely no questions.
Weāre a professionally diagnosed DID system and are in treatment, along with other comorbid disorders verified by multiple doctors.
Side note: I find it genuinely funny how many people come into my inbox claiming to be professionally diagnosed. There are a lot of people in the notes of my posts with xyzsystem usernames. I see you.
Weāve read through your blog and agree with most points, however there are a few that genuinely seem to come off as ableist
Where?
No, seriously. You canāt just throw this at me without at least quoting something Iāve said.
Do you know whatās ableist?
6,600 views ā āI have my desired altersā, āI can switch on commandā, āI have my desired traumaā
1,600 views ā āHave DID!ā, āSwitch as often as youād like!ā, āHave desired alters!ā
The de facto existence of DID subliminals means that DID is being seen as a trend, and is being seen as desirable to have.
People are associating with DID with roleplaying and escapism, no repercussions (since itās a mental illness, you can just cry āableismā), and a one-way ticket to increased engagement and clout on social media.
It is a free invitation into a community that they see as being desirable to be part of. By claiming you have DID, you can just enter the community and start making friends right off the bat without having to put in any effort.
There are no common interests, just a common āillnessā.
This leads to a disincentivising effect where if you claim you no longer have the illness, you will then lose all your friends and your social media platform that you based your entire identity off of.
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and with the way theyāre worded, seem to discredit those who have a different experience from yours just based on that.
Iām having a damn hard time dealing with this, because youāre giving absolutely no examples of what youāve got an issue with, leading me to guess what youāre talking about.
Youāre welcome to come back and quote me or link to posts you have issues with, but for now I canāt address your problems because I donāt know what youāre talking about.
Is it about the 2021 paper studying misdiagnosis in DID? Is it about how Iām tired of TikTok? Is it the paper I referenced about how most true DID patients donāt change their wardrobe when they switch? Is it the flippant posts I made in my early blog days about how every single alter is a Minecraft YouTuber?
One being diagnosis- having an official diagnosis added to record can be very difficult to get especially in terms of requiring it for disability forms (from personal experience; we did it), however itās very possible (and not bad) to be treated for DID/OSDD because you meet the criteria very well, without having that on-paper diagnosis. Even with on paper diagnosis, itās extremely difficult to receive a proper diagnosis other than āunspecified dissociative disorderā due to the current stigma against DID/OSDD. Getting the physical diagnosis is especially more difficult in more rural areas, even if all professionals are agreeing itās something that the individual deals with.
Re: Self-diagnosis I refer you to my post here: https://itsnotanaccessory.tumblr.com/post/658670356209549312/before-i-get-totally-lambasted-but-i-will-anyway
About how self-diagnosis is not a valid tool, and I have no issues with symptomatic treatment.
Iāve already addressed this. Iām not doing it again.
Second would be regarding alters and introjects. While initial splits cause directly from trauma, many systems (especially polyfragmented ones) split due to āsmallerā things after the āsignificantā trauma caused in early childhood. This has been recognized by professionals as being just as valid, so weāre curious as to why denying those who have introjects from more recent media is considered to be alright in your mind while this is something thatās understood and supported by professionals. (obviously certain behaviors by systems canāt be supported or endorsed when regarding introjects of real people, but we genuinely havenāt seen people take it to an inappropriate level)
Cite your sources ā what āprofessionalsā?
(On a research point, I would like to also note ā just because one professional has reported something, does not mean it is a statistically significant trend, or itās āvalidā)
An āintrojectā refers to internalising the views and thoughts of others, and yes, they are created during traumatic events.
āFictivesā is a term used by the community, but has not been used in any scientific literature that I can find. While, yes, alters based off of fictional characters can and do exist, the most documented instances of them are in cases of severe histories of abuse, cult ritual abuse, and purposeful traumatisation to create specific alters ā MK-Ultra, war survivors, etc.
Given what we have previously documented, it is deeply concerning so many of these young individuals of privilege, with access to iPhones, BNHA cosplays and wigs straight off AliExpress, and all the makeup they need, are forming countless fictional alters based off of currently trending media that coincidentally will get them more interaction on social media by presenting as these popular characters.
I am being flippant because Iām genuinely angry about this issue. If you begin arguing with me that people can be traumatised and still have iPhones Iām going to ignore you.
Furthermore, re: āwe genuinely havenāt seen people take it to an inappropriate levelā
I find it particularly telling how many of these are āHot Minecraft Boy Except Heās Gay Like In My Wattpad Fanfictionā. If you were to go by the documented cases of individuals with introjects, they would surely follow the sexuality of the actual person the introject is based off of.
(Furthermore, all introjects shown on social media are extremely positive ones. A lot of introjects have been documented to be replicants of an abuser, to continue acting out the abuse. But that's not as fun to lip sync to.)
And for comparison, this is from 2015:
They last posted about Sans in February 2016ā¦ I wonder where he went.
An answer would be very much appreciated, as we do understand most of the blog and relate to a lot of the issues brought up. Much love! - Riley š of the rose sys
Once again, you didnāt ask any questions. But sure.
