I guess I should start this blog with explaining what DID is. Realize that I am not a scholar, doctor or therapist. I am simply someone that lives with DID. This is what DID means to me:
DID stands for Dissociative Identity Disorder. I guess that means that people struggling with this, have deeper issues than anyone really realizes. When someone has had such extensive trauma in their life sometimes the brain can no longer handle the information so the brain creates a "part" that holds the pain for that particular memory. We will call them parts. I'm not exactly sure that's what the experts do, but hey. I am not an expert and I am used to calling mine parts. I've heard them called alters too.
People that are diagnosed with DID deal with it differently. I don't expect that anyone deals with it the same way that I do. I hope there are similarities and that together we can know that we are not alone. Having DID, for me, is sometimes a blessing and other times a curse. I will get into that at other times I'm sure.
This is a very short explanation of DID because I am still learning what it is myself. What I know is how it has been for me. That is the purpose of my blog. Even if no one else reads it. I want to remember how I got through this time in my life.
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