Posted by terramiller on October 8, 2002, at 22:43:31
In reply to Disassociative Disorder/Alter Egos, posted by Lorelai on October 1, 2002, at 16:51:25
hi. i keep trying to post and have no idea what to say. sorry. i read a really helpful article, but i can't remember where i read it. i know i gave my therapist a copy of it, so maybe he'll know. the point was the mpd isn't what people always thought it was and that for the majority of people, it doesn't present like personality A and personality B set in stone kind of thing..... well, anyway, when i can pull my thoughts together i'll try this again.
other random thoughts: you are you and alice is you, but it's normal for alice to feel like alice. that's when it just takes time, especially when alice has alice's own opinions. also, if alice helps out then alice is cool and will continue to be alice until she's not needed anymore/you are able to do what she does and then you and alice will just be you... but an incredibly wellrounded you. and... it's normal not to want to tell anybody, or to feel like you're crazy, or that you want to hide, or that you are the only one. that's totally normal. it's amazing how the support comes out once you talk, which is very cool.
take care, terra
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