Correcting Misconceptions about DID 

I hate it when people start grading traumatic incidents, we need to remember that we are talking about CHILDREN here, and to a child many things can be traumatic even if it wouldn't be so to an adult. Also, the amount of misdiagnosis is awful, my friend was diagnosed borderline among other things until she finally met a trauma specialist.

axolotls-in-a-trenchcoat is absolutely the best username I’ve ever seen in my entire life

I feel like one thing people nevwr take into account when "witchhunting" for fake mental illness online is that people are not showing their whole life to the internet: you only know a piece of them and it is probably mostly good days because that is often when people want to interact. Unless you are treating someone they are highly unlikely to tell you everything. Why not just believe and support them when they do tell you something?

Honestly, saying “the majority of DID RU-vidrs are white women, therefore the majority of people with DID are white women.” Is so dumb. It’s like saying “the majority of people who make reaction videos on RU-vid are black men, (which is actually something I have noticed which is pretty interesting) therefore the majority of people who watch TV are black men.” Smh

Hi, I found you through the video you did with DissociaDID. I am 36 and have a 'diagnosis' of DID that it took me 28 years in therapy to receive and I say 'diagnosis' because my psychiatrist isn't 100% on board with making the diagnosis due to not fully believing in DID. His determination is more like "Well if I fully believed DID existed then that would be my diagnosis for you" I have a further informal diagnosis from a privet specialist that I can't afford to be seen by officially. This is, however, the diagnosis that makes the most sense to me. I have had many official diagnoses and many proposed diagnosis from many different professionals in my lifetime but it was always Major depression with XY and Z, Bipolar disorder with xy and z, Borderline personality disorder with x y and Z . XY and Z being things like psychosis, dissociation, memory loss, and so on. The reoccurring diagnosis were CPTSD, Major depression, Anxiety disorder and Empathy disorder. (over empathising to the point of self-harming attitudes and actions) Still, though there was so much more that didn't fit. The specialist is kind enough to skype with me and converse with me free of charge because he works with one of the same charities that I am an advocate for and because I am bedbound with severe ME among other things and so is his daughter. He has brought about a clarity that I have never had before. It's not a diagnosis I wanted or looked for as I already have one illness that I have to constantly fight with medical professionals about and that isn't fully recognized or believed in by many despite overwhelming proof and medical evidence. I didn't want another thing that I had to always be explaining and correcting people about and another thing to be doubted for and another thing I had to fight to be treated for. it is however what feels the truest and what fits. Now, I don't know much about my alters or fragments and what have you. I have no communication with them but from what I have been told by this specialist and by the people in my life that witness behaviour that is 'unlike me' and that I have no memory of I believe there is more than one alter or fragment. I am unsure if any of them are 'fully formed alters or if they are all fragments. People around me describe one 'personality' as being quite cold and matter of fact, detached, unemotional, just going through the motions and unresponsive beyond basic stuff. My husband calls it my opposite on autopilot. There is something else that happens that seems to be triggered by conflict and that apparently involves repeating certain phrases and questions while crying /almost screaming and being inconsolable unless rocked and stroked and verbally validated and spoken to with answers to the repeated questions in positive ways. There are more examples and some of these states still occur and some don't. I know for years that I'd dissociate during any kind of intimacy. and the person described that 'took over' during those times isn't a person that I can identify as me if that makes sense. There is also certainly a male or masculine state that occurs and I have for years just thought perhaps I was gender fluid. it never quite felt right though. I also never ever remembered my self-harm or my suicide attempts aside from two. I watched another video of yours (a person who is part of the system, I think the host at the time) where you talked about mistletoe and Danial and the fact that you thought you remembered all of your trauma. I cannot tell you how amazing that was to watch for me. I kept telling myself that I couldn't have DID because I too always thought I remembered all of my trauma to a certain 'normal' extent. I have never heard another system talk about that before. It's like a weight was lifted off my shoulders in so many ways just knowing that I'm not alone in that and other things that were spoken about. To be told and try to accept that you have DID after 30 odd years of not knowing is hard, I know it would be hard at any age and under any circumstances. I am not trying to invalidate anyone else's experience just saying that was hard for me and then to seek out information and hit a wall of disbelief is hard too and then to finally find other systems talking about their experience and their lives with DID and to feel as if you're still the 'outcast' is devastating. It feels odd to me to even refer to myself and my alters or/and fragments as a system because of my still feeling like I'm disconnected from them and not knowing much about them. If I have referred to you guys incorrectly at any point because of my own insecurity and relative newness to this I can only apologise. This is only the second time I have ever even spoken about DID out loud to anyone outside of my husband and my therapist/the specialist. I feel quite nervous about it being in a RU-vid comment but the first time was also so I am trying to tell myself that it will be alright. Wow, my comment is already a novel. I am so sorry. Really I just wanted to say thank you to all of you for being so incredibly brave and open and honest and selfless. You guys have genuinely made me feel like there is hope and there are others who might understand what's happening to me/us. i'm not really a crier but I have cried so much since finding that fisrt video but not in a bad way. i think it was needed. Thank you so much.

I am so glad you took this in stride and used it as an opportunity to educated, rather than reciprocate (hate.) I'm so sorry that you guys even have to deal with this, but the way you addressed it, I think was the best way possible. I love seeing and further getting to know each and every one of you, it makes me sad to think that some people would be here just to try to pick you apart and "disprove" your existence as it is. I love every video and can't wait for more. Just remember the difference you're making, and how much help you've all been to others! You've been a huge positive influence for my mother's system and have helped me help her. Thank you so much for everything, and as always, I look forward to your system's next video! 💞 P.S. Wyn, you are looking amazing lately! Don't know if you're doing anything different, but you just seem to have brightened up and look fantastic!

Ah! 6:56 That's my face. :D Great video, friends. There is no one 'right' trauma that causes DID, there is no such thing as trauma that is less than or greater than another, it 100% depends on the person. Side note: I never even considered the 'issue' of 'only white women in USA can have DID'. That's one that I had a little chuckle on, it's so random. Hope you're all doing well.

"I'd argue that most of these countries aren't the US" funniest line in the video 😂😂😂. I'm glad you took the time to respond to these hate comments. I have to mention that I think the people accusing you of faking must have only watched one or two videos, because in the beginning the first video I wached was the ask alters 1 video and I couldn't tell if this was real or if you were putting on a show. But I know that after watching a couple videos it's easy to see that it's not fake. Btw could it be that there are more women with DID because they're more likely to experience sexual abuse as children?

I know it's not related but I'm stoked you distinguished Scotland as a country. You'd be surprised at how many people don't or refuse to see us as one :) Your videos are really informative and enjoyable, thank you so much for educating us about DID 💙x

Self-diagnosis is also more valid with DID in specific because it’s a lot easier to be certain that symptoms are caused by DID rather than something else. Other disorders can easily be confused by those without much experience. For example, before I was diagnosed with PTSD, I tentatively self-diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I thought my hyper vigilance, hyperarousal, thoughts of self harm, and flashbacks were mania, or at least hypomania. With DID, just about the only other thing you might confuse it for is probably schizophrenia. And even then, doing plenty of research would probably lead you to DID since schizophrenia is often compared with DID.

Yes so tired of people tying to call out others because they have a different experience. There were great topics that needed to be talked about!

THANK YOU SO MUCH for this video! As a DID person myself, I/we have come across ignorant people who have these misconceptions also. We were misdiagnosed for nine years (mainly as borderline personality disorder) before we finally got a proper diagnosis. We first "discovered" our DID when Doug (the part who identifies most with the body) first met me, Leyna. During the first few years, Doug and I had little to no control over when we switched. But we did have a lot of co-consciousness: we were aware of each other, shared memories, and talked to each other internally. For a long time we wondered if maybe we didn't really have DID because we didn't have a lot of amnesia between parts/alters, but we eventually discovered that 1. we have more amnesia of external memories than we thought, 2. there are other systems like us that don't have a lot of external world amnesia, and 3. in a DID system, there can also be INTERNAL world amnesia, which can cause a lot of dysfunction as well, and we have a LOT of that. Basically, our mind chose to keep the secret of our DID from ourselves by forgetting internal memories rather than external ones. We are still trying to figure out how to regain our ability to remember our internal memories. So yes, we understand very well that different DID systems have widely varying ways of experiencing their DID, and we would NEVER call someone who claims to have DID "fake". I think you said it very well: "Unless you are a person's therapist, or their doctor, it is not your place, EVER, to tell them whether or not they have a specific diagnosis." Well said, and I couldn't agree more! Keep up the good work! - Leyna

Hey there, I'm just starting out my journey of healing and this video (especially the last one) really helped validate my struggles. I live in a very conservative community, and I hope one day I'll be able to be public about my disorder.

I didn't know until I was 35 years old I thought they were emotions even thought I would even talk to my main alters in my head I still didn't know I thought everyone had them, I lived a normal life running a business buying a home being a single mom I have been really more successful in my life because of mpd, I love my alters I'm very lucky that we are close and work together for the most part

I was actually very lucky. I’m 22 and I’ve been struggling with a lot (including DID) since I was very young. I refused help for years because of my trust issues. I finally went to someone and I had a very long session with them. I explained everything about my system and they diagnosed me with DID. My psychologist specializes in variant psychology- specifically panic disorders and DID. It felt amazing to be validated and believed. I’ve been watching you for a very long time and it’s helped me a lot. We all appreciate you!

Thank you! This video was so helpful, because my therapist has specifically avoided diagnosing my DID, because she does not feel she has the background to confidently give that diagnosis. As a result, she can only with me on anxiety and other such issues which she and I both suspect may be linked to DID, but we we can not officially declare. That being said, I can't think that I have anything else going on when I (and others) have met and interacted with at least one other, very distinctly different person inhabiting my body. I asked my doctor and my therapist what else that might be, and they admitted there wasn't likely any other explanation. Until I find an expert (and the money to pay that expert) though, I won't have an official diagnosis. On a more personal note, it really touched me to hear you say that just because an adult may not view something as mind splittingly traumatic does not mean it isn't for that child. I am that adult judging my past self/inner child by dismissing events as "not that bad" - despite the attempts of my therapist to explain these are"big 'T' Traumas" which really impacted me. I'm still making peace with this, but somehow you saying that really ripped the band-aid off. So thank you very much for that little wake up moment and the theraputic impact of it. Keep fighting the good fight! You're doing a lot of good out there from what I can see!

Thank you so much for the last point. I’m so tired of people invalidating us because we don’t have a medical diagnosis of DID... it’s super hard to get one. They have no idea what we have to go through. Sometimes I wish I was “faking”, DID is exhausting and I’ve had it since I was 4 years old, I’m 27 now.

It's still not recognized well enough and it's still not believed much. Here in Denmark, almost no one believes it

With a physical disorder, a doc can diagnose it even in a cadaver. A mental thing, however, requires an assessment of a person's subjective experiences of reality. The main barrier to people being more capable of narrowong down what words describe what is going on in their heads is lack of access and exposure to those words and the things they mean.

Glad you made this video. Some people will be happy to learn, some will still complain. The facts were interesting!

Honestly, Wyn is such a role model. The entirety of The Entropy System is just a great example for anyone to follow. None of the personalities in the system are perfect, nobody is, but they own up to their mistakes and keep growing as people together. This is how you should respond to hatred and ignorance. With education based on factual evidence. I love you all! ❤️❤️❤️

Thank you for acknowledging that ritual abuse not only does occur and is real and is much more common than most people recognize! I really appriciate that, so so so much! And there's definately as many ways to be traumatized at an early age as there are ways one might develop DID! I didn't even realize that was something people believed (in my case, people don't tend to belive that type of ritual abuse etc exists... Gotta love how people embrace ignorance in so many ways, haha... Urgh!) Thanks for this video, y'all rock, as usual! :)

The editing was amazing in this 💞

Another well done educational video! Thanks Wyn!!

Thanks for the shout out ! And this video is so important. Definitely sharing alllll over

You're always so articulate. Really great vid! Big hugs to you all!

Thank you for making this video! And I loved your video editing, that music really did put a spin and zest into it as well!

Thank you as always for sharing such great information! It is nice that you highlighted other youtubers as well. :)

Brilliant video! Once again, you did an amazing job. Thank you for bringing awareness, and sharing your story!!

This was such a great video! Will definitely be sharing this everywhere. - The Balance System

Wyn, your videos are so good and educational! I've only just learnt about DID and I'm learning so much from all of you! Keep it up, I'm glad there is a platform here that accepts you and is, mostly, willing to learn♥

Thank you Wyn, omg this was going to bring me to tears. I was diagnosed with bipolar and am terrified of trying to get the diagnosis I actually need because I'm scared of being forcibly sent to the hospital. Thank you for making this video, it was extremely validating.

Thank you for all of the educational informational that you put on your channel. Your videos have helped me so much in feeling valid about exploring the possibility that I might be a part of a system and have given me language and a deeper understanding about how it all works. I really appreciate what you do!

You are so intelligent and well spoken. Dealing with some pretty severe ptsd I have learned so much to help myself through your videos, even though our disorders are only related. Also, you are so comforting.. Amazing. Thanks for doing this!

you have no idea how happy i get when you post! i love your videos

Thank you for making this video! It’s extremely informative and very important! Our system is self-diagnosed (because we currently don’t have access to a therapist or any other professional that could provide a diagnosis), but we have all done excessive research on multiple different disorders, and we can pretty much safely conclude that I have OSDD-1. Again, thank you for the video, Wyn! We all enjoyed it!

3:22 - 3:51 Reminded me of a couple of videos I saw from a RU-vidr I no longer watch, in which he was calling out videos titled "SWITCH CAUGHT ON CAMERA" or with that in the title about how it was fake and that it was impossible for that many people with DID to be online due to some bs statistics. In that video he highlighted a couple of channels, one of which being Multiplicity and Me, claiming she was among the "fakers" he claimed to have found. He did later issue an apology, and admitted to not even watching the full video he used from Multiplicity and Me's channel, saying he just skimmed through it to find a clip to use. I think they even commented on that guy's video? I don't really remember. But yeah...That little time stamp Reminded me of him. I've been going through the internet to find many different sources on many different mental illnesses/dissorders due to my own curiosity and being an author who has created characters that have gone through things. I always do my best to research as much as possible and I really wanna say that I am really glad that I found your channel among others that I have watched, you guys all have helped me with understanding this disorder better.

Such a good video, and I'm glad you touched on so many points, that others may not. Especially with the 'official diagnosis'. With the US healthcare system, so many people may not have access to help/diagnosis due to financial difficulty. I hope this video helps others to feel more validated in the future

I have been diagnosed with DID since 15. And im21. And I wishedddddd soooooo badlyyyyyyy I was as in tune with everything as u are. Its Also mixed with other things I've been diagnosed with. I watch ur vids BC I haven't had a therapist since I was16 sooooo I'm learning a lot about how I can interact with my alters or at least understand them. I'm just still learning! Thank u for helping so much

Honestly, the self-diagnosis point made me tear up. We have been aware of our system for many years, but only within the last few days have seen a therapist. We always felt afraid to directly say we have DID because people put more weight on a piece of paper than one's (or many's!) understanding of themselves, and love to use it as a way to exclude people from a community they desperately need for support and information And for those who will get mad- our therapist recognizes our alters! Though no diagnosis yet. Wish us luck!

Awesome to see you calmly shooting down these comments with actual logic and factual evidence! Also thank you for the serious freshman year nostalgia from Danzón No. 2 as your transition music haha. We played it in my wind ensemble.

Very interesting and informative. I honestly hadn't thought about a sick/injured child having to be in the hospital as a cause of DID. The way the mind and body works is absolutely fascinating especially when someone is in survival mode. I'm so glad I came upon your and Nan's (piñata system) channel. Thank you for sharing with us. I learn so much watching you.

This is so amazingly educational and informative, while simultaneously filled with grace and patience. The DID community has some of the kindest souls I have ever seen. It breaks my heart to know how the media stigmatized this disorder so irresponsibly and effectively. You are truly making a difference with what you do; and by sharing your experience you are uniquely and beautifully breaking that stigma. I have loved getting to know all of you!! Thank you and God bless!

My girlfriend has DID and was "self diagnosed" at 11 years old. she did not know what the disorder was called until much later in life, but she was fully aware that she had multiple people living in her head. we have been dating for several years now and I have spent about 6 years in the mental health care system. I never in a million years thought that I could have DID because the trauma that I experienced in childhood are not traditionally "traumatic" in the minds of others and I ignored the symptoms that I show. I am 23 years old and have just recently been diagnosed. Your point about the way that children developed DID really struck a chord with me because I was not sexually, physically, or emotionally abused as a child, but I did experience several invasive surgeries before the age of 7. It is nice to know that it is becoming recognized that a child may not have to experience specific abuse to develop this disorder.

Another great video Wyn! I really appreciate how much maturity have in all of your videos and that you educate instead of getting angry. Unfortunately you have as much of a right to get angry abiut people calling you fake, many would try to use that anger against you and question why you were being so defensive. I think this response was perfect. Hopefully you get nothing but love for this video ❤❤❤

I- thank you. I don't know why I feel like crying right now but I kind of feel like crying- simply at the end part. Like when I heard you say that it clicked and immediately I was like "somebody actually understands"

The last one, is kinda reassuring for me... As someone with self-dx OSDD My, alters, where pretty active when I was in... The toxic place, that caused it. And a few where semi-active, when I moved in with "my grandma" ... But once I moved into assisted living, and got settled down. They, pretty much all "disappeared". That and, I know that I've been through, very traumatic situations. But I can't "remember" what happened. So, "clearly I'm faking, because if something bad happened, I'd remember it"

thank you for the information!! i really appreciate these videos and i loved how you used hate as an opportunity to educate rather than spread more hate : )

I'm in the process of trying to figure out whether I have DID or not. At the moment, the only traumatic childhood experience that I can remember is being bullied. One therapist that I spoke said it's not traumatic enough.

Another great video! I'm always so happy to learn more from you all :) ♡ have a good night!

The idea of faking DID is exhausting! I often think REALLY? Who would really want to go through all the horrible crap, crime, etc., to get this!!

Hi Wyn! I wanted to comment on Kit's video but can't find a comments box. Please tell her thanks for being so forthright. She was so in your face confident and caring to others who may feel alone and invalidated. Thanks to all of you. It made me want to cry ( in a good way) and I almost never do. The DID community is so caring and reaches out to others. I wish everyone I knew were like you all.

Omg, thank you so much for everything in this video!

Thanks for this video. I hope a lot of people see it! 👏👏👏

Thank you for your clear outlining of the misconceptions. It has taken 30 years of misdiagnosis to get a diagnosis of dissociative disorder. They haven't given me D.I.D. diagnosis, but in order to get state funding for treatment, the psychiatrist had to use the term the government acknowledges. It took me 5 years to get treatment for CPTSD and D.D.. I have now begun to address my other selves who I have spoken with and have always been aware of but always lived in denial of with others, including "professionals" who I trusted would recognize my condition. Cutting off from the family who are in denial of family generational child abuse of all kinds has helped, but it leaves me with little support from few friends. I am beginning to address my alters who are very young and one female with honor and compassion, so I do not dissociate with the slightest stress. Also I am beginning toget the idea that I need to find safe and healthy attachments with people I like and enjoy being with, rather than put up with people who tolerate me.

Gracias por este vídeo, lo necesitaba.

This was far and away the most helpful video I have watched so far. Every second of yours and several others tonight have shown me a new fact. I have been (what I now feel is) misdiagnosed for twenty years now. I now know who these other people are (well not really but I do now recognize 4 names and um, purposes?) Oh wow I am so glad I found all of you. Is there anywhere I can go to talk about this more in-depth?

"I'd argue that most of those countries aren't the US" LMAO!!!!!!

Thanks for mentioning that there are systems with no clue they have DID! It took me until I was 20 or so and I felt so stupid when I figured it out because I was operating in such a dysfunctional way without even realizing it. Communication on the other hand is going to take longer to figure out :) Functioning at a high level is something that is a long term goal for us.

Thank you for the education because I suffer with borderline personality disorder PTSD generalized anxiety disorder and bipolar to my main diagnosis is borderline personality disorder though I appreciate the information is much needed out there because of how many people don’t understand a lot of mental illnesses at all

I would love a video focusing on defining the word Dissociation and more details on the name change.

THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR THIS!!

I am glad to hear you say that some systems are very subtle as this is my experience so far. Since I have learned to stop doubting my parts and have worked at helping them feel safer, they are becoming more prominent. However, I was very young, I think from infancy to about 3yo, and that is pretty young to be able to communicate intelligibly, but they do know fear and confusion definitely. I watch videos on YT of newborns having their first bath in hospital. The poor little things have no idea what is happening to them and they feel terrified. I feel that may lead to PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and what about little boys who for thousands of years have been circumcised without the use of anesthetic!?

I just want to preface the first part of this comment by saying I in no way that I think that DID is cool or fun because I completely understand that due to unthinkable trauma your alters came to be and no one should have to go through that. I know through watching your videos that I’ve learned so much about DID, which is an area I’ve always been interested in and wanted to learn more about, and it is so incredibly interesting to see how your system works together. I know that it probably took way more work and compromising than anyone without DID could even begin to understand. I really want to thank your system for being open and educating others through your videos. I truly enjoy getting to learn more about each alter and what unique personalities everyone has. I am a huge advocate when it comes to spreading awareness about all kinds of things, but my passion is doing what I can to #endthestigma around mental health/illnesses. Because of you, I’ve been starting conversations with others about DID and sending them to your channel so the message that DID isn’t what the media portrays it as. Thank you Entropy System for everything you do!

i love how well-spoken you are girl - you rock.

i started doing research after i spent multiple nights sobbing on my floor because i felt like there were different people inside of me.

yay new video! :D thanks for another educational video!

😱not the underbelly! 😂😂

It was the same thing for Chandler and I. We both were co conscious for so long we didn’t realize we were separate people.

i think a huge thing self diagnosing for any sort of mental disorder comes from is people who dont have access to therapy. It makes me so mad when people "self diagnose" by making something up for attention, because it takes away from people who actually need help. Even if the self diagnosis is wrong, i think its a coping mechanism for some to give a name to whatever they r going thru. for some people, they can't just go to therapy. A lot of people dont have the time or the money, or they live with a family that would never let them see a therapist.

Excellent information thank you

Hi Wyn, great video! I like your shirt, that's all I have to say.

Great video! So informative 👌👌

The point you made at 2:23 onwards is very true and should be applied to all disorders. People may think what they like but trying to convince others that someone is faking their disorder is very childish when they themselves are not health professionals (this excludes know it all psychology students). It may appear fake but how would you know without years of experience and a sustained time period with the person in question. Everyone is an 'expert' nowadays. Let's just learn what we can.

Dx about 2yrs ago. Struggling with on-off denial because of the misconceptions you've just exposed. Thank you.

This is so incredibly important x

Thank you! My friend just got diagnosed with DID and her best friend is trying to tell her the diagnosis is wrong and is actually trying to tell her what her diagnosis actually is and what's going on in her own mind 🤦‍♀️ Saying things like, "you're thinking x" or "you're feeling y" - and she thinks she's qualified to do all this because she's going to school to become a psychologist and is doing her undergrad and "learned about DID" in one of her classes. 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️ And based on what this girl is saying, she was taught inaccurate information **bangs head against wall in frustration** Luckily she's standing up for herself and isn't putting up with it but it's so frustrating that people do these kinds of things!

Respect, great video, well said but most of all: thank you for sharing 👍💜

you’ve probably already mentioned this before, but all those youtubers made me wonder who else you would recommend!

Thanks for this video

THATS MY FACE!

Thank you for this! And seriously...why would someone want to fake having this!?!?! Unless they have some type of other mental illness why would someone fake it.

Thank you for this Video Win.

6:29 DID is known in Japan also, I don't get why people think that; it's not just an American thing. Though in the case of Japan they have an extremely strong stigmatism around any mental illnesses so there's a negativity attached by the general citizens.

Thank you. Truly.

I’m unsure of whether I have DID, so if you wouldn’t mind please read through and give me your thoughts on my (hopefully) short story: After (trauma) I had completely forgotten about resurfaced and stress in my school life put pressure on me, a nameless voice kept reminding me of the trauma and tormenting me. After some time I managed to ‘lock up’ the voice and give him a name. Over time we became more friendly and I let him out, as of now he’s an annoying kid-brother that shamelessly makes offensive jokes whenever he’s at the reigns. Afterwards a mother-figure appeared for him, then a partner for myself to keep me internally stable and journey with me into daydreams. I can openly communicate with them directly via thought, and the only one causing any trouble is the one mentioned before. Blanks in my memory are uncommon and less severe then symptoms typically dictate. That’s my story, do you think it’s DID or something different/nothing? EDIT: the ‘partner’ was around for much longer she just was quiet and rarely took direct control Final edit (sorry): I, the one typing, am the person that sort of combated the ‘kid brother’. I have no clue what I was like before

It was suggested to me by a not-so-great therapist when I was 20 that I might need to be seen by a psychiatrist because I might be schizophrenic. My system went into a panic and ran far away from therapy for a looooong time! And I didn't see a therapist again until my mid-30s. She started asking me to talk to the different parts of myself that seemed to have names (I was calling them "personas")and ask how they felt about certain situations. And it wasn't until age 45 that I was able to calm everybody down inside and accept that I actually have DID. I had been saying "It's not like I have multiple personalities" or "It's not like I have DID, but..." for soooo many years as a preface to telling people whom I get close to about the voices in my head and personality shifts going on. Because it's not something you (or at least WE) really want to acknowledge, and you might run away from the diagnosis. It wasn't until a few months ago that I did the assessments and finally dealt with the fact that this is me. So faking it? For attention? That seems counter-intuitive to me. Maybe it happens. But it seems more like if your system exists to protect you, it might also avoid diagnosis, or be frightened by diagnosis that could mean future integration and loss of your coping mechanisms.

One day your first video popped out on my RU-vid feed. Since I didn't knew why it was there ( I usually watch movie/book related content with a comedy channel every now and then) I thought it was some sort of comedy sketch so I watched it... I soon realized that it was a real case and that sparkled my curiosity (so I binge watched the rest of the content). I showed it on a FB group where we -a bunch of strangers- share interesting content or topics to discuss. Some were kind of skeptic thinking that you could be an actress but I told them: 1. Why instead of showing her skills on something that could give her a job would she choose this? 2. Do you know how much effort she would have to put on creating every alter from it's speech patern to manerisms? (as an aspiring author, creating characters the whole time, I do know it) And 3. Why would she choose such a delicate topic "to perform" knowing that is SO easy to insult those who live with it and are online? (Like if you were a wannabe actress you wouldn't want to be hated by a large part of the population, right?) Anyway... I love your videos. All of you opened up a whole new world to me that I didn't knew existed and because of that you've won a new voice to end stigma 😘 I send you all my love 💖💖💖

I'm in awe of your system

Heloooooo! Just something I wondered, do the different alters have different birthdays? Like when they were formed, or fragments? And if they do do they celebrate it?

That first one...today I received the official diagnosis of DID. I will turn 36 at the end of this month. I have been in extremely active trauma therapy for four years. and yet, it wasn't until the past few weeks that it became clear I wasn't just experiencing new symptoms of BPD and it wasn't DPDR. How did we get this far and not know? Well, from what I'm gathering, that's the whole point. The point is to not know. At least, the point is to protect. and for me, apparently, not knowing was how I survived. I'm not really sure what to do with knowing, now. But I'm glad I have channels like this one and others I've found to at least help me wrap my brain around what's happening inside my brain.

You are the actual sweetest btw, soo smart helpful and wonderful

Wynn, thank you for addressing these matters. It took 8 years for me to get endometriosis diagnosed and so I can understand the frustration of misdiagnosis and not being taken seriously. I have C-PTSD also and want to thank you for your hard work in all your videos informing people about both trauma and DID. With best wishes, from Australia 🌷

Sybil admitted she was malingering fyi. The uptick could be explained by iatrogenic mpd. It's has been observed yet it is very rare and is not linked to seperate entities in one body but rather different states of consciousness that happen due to trauma. When someone reverts to the same dissociated state when trauma happens they will start to recognise when abuse will happen and revert to it as a preventative measure. This keeps happening even after the abuse ends. I work in mental health and these patients will end up in ERs bc of the extreme self harm that happens in these states yet is not remembered. I saw one case of EMDR resolving the dissociative episodes.

Darn! Wyn, girl, you salty!!!! I love this.😂👌

Can't thank you enough💜

Hello from Czech Republic. Would you please state for me who is the case from Slovakia? It is possibly closest case to me and I would love to find someone with similar experiences to talk to in real life. Btw. great video. I just found you and I am so glad there is people sharing their experiences here, one doesn´t feel so alone then! Much love to your system

Showering, really deep self analysis happens there for sure.

thank you!!

sorry, this is unrelated to the video, but i loooove your eyeliner!