Unfortunately with DID/OSDD being so stigmatised by both the psychology industry and by the media, e

Unfortunately with DID/OSDD being so stigmatised by both the psychology industry and by the media, every (out) system has probably heard this at one point or another. Hopefully next time it happens you can send this to them.

Alters are not imaginary friends. We are not doing this for fun and games. Dissociative disorders stem from terrible, terrible events that no child should’ve witnessed, let alone repeatedly. Alters are dissociated states of self, with or without amnesia depending on the disorder. They are not “people” we outwardly interact with. They, including the host, are all parts of the same person. Furthermore, having alters and amnesia, an inability to distinguish oneself, etc is not something that’s considered fun.

 
Okay I’m off my soapbox now. Thank you for reading.