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a quick poem about our host's experience being diagnosed with DID

Diagnosis A pile of papers rest on my lap My history laid bare Yet it reads like fiction

I peer at the white-coat and tilt my head ‘Surely, this is a story?’ He shakes his head and explains

My mind fractured Far before I was old enough to remember it He explains my mind is in little parts ‘alters’ he calls them

The definition reverberates through my consciousness “Alter: a change in character or composition, typically in a comparatively small but significant way.”

I shake my head, a laugh bursting from my chest Humorous; stop messing with me He frowns

‘I’m not.. you have a personality disorder’

If I have a personality disorder, the world is flat He hands me another leaflet Dissociative identity disorder, formerly Multiple personality disorder—

my eyes blur before I can read the rest suddenly it makes sense every day, you’re a different side shame washes through my body

he says they have names and suddenly i feel ill

A kindly voice murmurs reassurance I can’t see her But she’s as real as my beating heart "Welcome to the family, kid"

*cutely redesigns your DID flag*

Playing around with our DID design assignment, tonight, and I made a thing...?

Look, it's just for funsies (and the assignment), I'm not expecting everyone to suddenly use my flag lol but I'd like to know, what do y'all think?

Coined for DID/OSDD (ie. complex dissociative disorders).

I took inspiration from the existing DID/OSDD symbolism in the Venn diagram (which is also a logo I'm using in the assignment). The colour scheme is inspired by the existing orange for DID, and the teal used in the OSDD flag coined by a deleted user on r/OSDD (and I've always thought of DID/OSDD as teal and orange!). The stripes are uneven to represent the fluctuating nature of having a CDD system, alters. The greenish-brown stripe is for amnesia and jarring day-to-day interruptions. There's a bit more meaning in it, but I can't remember right now.

I did a reverse image search with it, and it seems to be rather close to the pro non-traumagen "PMSC&" flag (according to pluralpedia..) and a little close to "venngender" which I hadn't heard of either until literally now... but…. apart from that little overlap… I think it's okay! Besides, there are only so many colour combos in the world!

Hope you like it!!

I can't tell anyone not to interact with this post: this is the internet, after all.. but we would appreciate it if it remained in DID/OSDD/trauma system spaces only.

The DSM 5 TR (most recent version of the DSM) does not list a history of trauma as needed for DID or OSDD, btw!

It did in past versions, but it’s been updated. The preamble for dissociative disorders says that they are “frequently found” in trauma victims, but it’s mentioned nowhere in the diagnostic criteria for DID or OSDD.

Thought I’d let you know since your pinned seems out of date w the current understanding of systems, per the DSM! Have a nice day!

yo do you know how systems split?? people aren't born systems the brain creates a system as a last effort to protect itself because it cannot process it enough that it needs seperation to keep itself safe. not only did you violate my dni like a fucking freak but you also come out with taken out of context "evidence"

stick to your own community dude STOP. VIOLATING. SAFESPACES. i don't care if i'm being agressive i was overstimulated enough and you're one of the reason your community gets shit you can't stop invading traumagenics safespaces I HATE THE SHIT THIS FUCKING DISORDER PUTS ME THROUGH AND I'M SORRY IF SEEING PEOPLE SAY THEY CAN JUST GO THROUGH MY HELL AND TREAT IT LIKE SOMETHING DESIREABLE MAKES ME WANT TO NOT HAVE THEM ON MY PAGE (sarcastic!!!!) FUCK YOU AND FUCKING BLOCK ME AND NEVER INTERACT WITH MY SHIT AGAIN