Multiple Identities Being A Symptom Of DID Doesnt Mean You Need DID To Have Multiple Identities

multiple identities being a symptom of DID doesn’t mean you need DID to have multiple identities

I really think people have forgotten just how bad things were under the Trump Administration. Literally every day there was news about some service being cut or someone terrible appointed somewhere they shouldn't be or what have you. He constantly flirted with WW3 and military dictatorship. It was such a blur of badness that there aren't big standouts for people to point to to make him "the XYZ president." it was everything. all the time. Why do we not remember this.

Yep, I agree that people should go to other options first. I do know that a lot of people do suppress their alters and ignore their pain, but not all systems do that. I appreciate you recognizing that this works for us. :)

At the end of the day what matters is that all alters are given a chance at a new perspective and are given understanding and a place to put their pain. All parts should be treated with respect, regardless of what they’ve done.

maybe it is because i view myself and my system as “parts of a whole” but i’ve never understood the idea of locking away alters who are doing bad actions.

i have at least one part whose whole identity at this moment in time is parroting abusive rhetoric from my parents. they can be cruel and mean and sometimes they go as far as to purposefully trigger us in hopes that we spiral and crash. but i know that this part is 1. a part of me as a whole and 2. a part that was created for a reason.

suppressing a part of myself wont help this part, one that is clearly hurting and still living in trauma times. if i lock this part away im just telling them that what they feel doesnt matter and that i dont care about their attempts to help. my brain couldnt contend with the things my parents said and did to me, so it made a part of me that believed them and told the rest of me the same things. if i believed what my parents said, it didnt hurt as much when they said it.

this part of me lives in trauma time still. they think that this belief is still necessary to keep me safe, as evident by them getting louder when my anxiety is already bad. approaching them with compassion and understanding has helped 1000x more than any attempts i did at suppressing them.

im not saying its easy, and im not saying theyre completely on board with therapy and change. but this part doesnt yell abuse at me anymore. this part isnt as cruel.

I'm sorry but the utter risks and dangers, both foreign and domestic, of a second Trump administration, or even simply a continued divided Congress, to say nothing of a GOP-controlled Congress, are so vast and so in-your-face, that the discussions and fantasies of a non-Biden alternative are fucking insane, futile, and wasteful.

cis people: *get plastic surgery to look different*

cis people: *get surgery to enlarge their breasts*

cis people: *get surgery to enlarge their ass*

cis people: *get liposuction to make them skinnier*

trans people: hey could i get top surgery so i can be comfortable with my body?

cis people: BUT WHY?! YOU’RE BEAUTIFUL THE WAY YOU ARE, YOU DON’T NEED TO MUTILATE YOURSELF TO BE HAPPY! this is just a waste of money! You could regret this later on and feel like a stranger in your own body!

happy disability pride month to everyone who is multiply disabled, especially people with both physical and mental conditions!!

most people with disabilities have more than one condition. comorbidities, aka associated co-present illnesses, are common with most physical conditions.

and this includes mental illness! MANY PEOPLE WITH PHYSICAL DISABILITIES HAVE MENTAL ILLNESSES TOO!

mental health in the physical disability community is so often overlooked or ignored but is SO important!

so if you've got multiple things goin on, and maybe are tired of listing everything off all the time, I LOVE YOU and I NEED you to live, and live as full of a life as you can