Dissociative Identity Disorder: roles versus alters and the role of imagination

[Jennifr1966]

My daughter has something called disassociation avoidance. I didn't know this til I was looking through her records. Is this anything similar?

[1210donna]

@Jennifr1966 On the net I have found Experiential Avoidance as part of PTSD and peritraumatic dissociation. These would be on the SEPCTRUM of dissociative disorders of which DID is one of the most extreme ends of that spectrum. In 1995 I wrote a book called Exposure Anxiety; The Invisible Cage of Involuntary Self Protection Responses. It covers compulsive avoidance, diversion, retaliation responses and I see it as a forerunner to my DID but also a major part of my autism.

[kitty52269]

wow. Thank you. Thank you for being so brave and willing to expose your private personal hardships. explaing your private world.

[fulishproductions]

Beautiful video.

So is it correct that a person can have DID with predominantly '2-dimednsional' roles, as opposed to DID with more fleshed out selves? It seems both could develop and fit within the umbrella of the diagnosis.

[1210donna]

@fulishproductions My view is that where someone has only 2D roles, its probably BPD with associated dissociative traits including derealisation, splitting, but either not truly DID or its more like DDNos rather than DID. The treatment would also be completely different... where its roles these are not parts of the Core Self... where its fully fleshed out alters these are more likely to be split away varied re-combinations of the personality resources of the Core Self.

[fulishproductions]

@1210donna That's basically how I thought it was. Thanks

[myranagels]

Shadow was alway`s there, she didn`t apear at 19 , i don`t have any idea why her age stopped at 19 years, so how come she knows everything than?

[1210donna]

@myranagels the real question is if she's the original, the Core Self, how has she come to leave it to everyone else in your system and what would she require from your present life to feel safe enough to begin to be fully present in the body again

[myranagels]

I hate the word ALTERS grr..but you know that:)!!How can I find out ho my core is??!

I think it`s shadow from 19 years, how did you found out?

My youngest part snowy was 2 years..

I switch all the time and it`s driving me insane!

love Myra & co

[1210donna]

@myranagels The Core Self will always be the original one, the first self. So it won't be one who appeared at 19. It would be whoever had the earliest memories. I remembered back to 6mths-2 years. The others could only remember after 2 and a half. I was the most 'dead', thought I was a ghost, but clearly I am not at all once I started to get back into the body - reluctant? of course. But my team had become co-operative, done great work, they made it safe for me to come back.