Category Archives: MPD

General info on life as a Multiple Personality

DID Detectives :)

Posted on November 5, 2011 by

I (or “we”) are playing “DID Detectives”.  I know we’ve got a missing person or two in the system.  This wouldn’t seem to mean much – it might even seem a good thing, because face it: who needs more “alternate … Continue reading →

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Missing Time

Posted on October 18, 2011 by

It’s come more and more to our attention that we are missing some time.  Maybe even years.  This would explain some “distortions” in our timeline; our confusion sometimes about when what happened where . . . You see, this is … Continue reading →

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DID and Me

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

Sam Ruck put out a good post the other day: “A Husband’s Definition of Dissociative Identity Disorder”.  For anyone who wants to gain some insight into someone with DID, his blog is an excellent resource.  And Sam’s blog has made me … Continue reading →

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Being Different

Posted on September 30, 2011 by

I suppose we all knew we were running a little bit out of ‘normal’.  Like Bill Engal says about cool: running about fifteen degrees off kilter.  It’s always been like that.  It’s always been normal. Being beaten as a child … Continue reading →

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Random: 09292011.1642

Posted on September 29, 2011 by

(LO quiet laffing going on . . . check out that date.  And yah – we’re a Star Trek fan, BTW … Matthew here So … What if when you die you suddenly wake up to someone unbuckling your body … Continue reading →

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DID (MPD) vs Bipolar

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Apparently the psychologists and shrinks don’t “get it”.  People who are ‘multiple’ are not suffering from “bipolar disorder”.  What they are suffering from are changes in personality. Bipolar refers to swings from classic depression to extreme ‘mania’ (meaning nervousness and … Continue reading →

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Medical Mistakes

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Here’s the list of diagnoses I was given in a period of about three days (taken from my medical records): Original diagnosis (by doctor’s secretary or police, depending upon who you wish to believe): “Psychotic Break” and “Delusional paranoid idealization”. … Continue reading →

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DID Means Never Being Alone :)

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

DID – or MPD (or BPD – it depends) – means a lot of things to a lot of folks.  To some it merely means “being crazy”.  For others it means being plagued by interior demons.  And for some others … Continue reading →

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Death and Rebirth

Posted on September 13, 2011 by

First, a note. This occurred somewhere around July 1st while we were being held in Puerto Rico. We had been starved down by about twenty pounds in ten days; verbally and emotionally abused, and we’d tried to escape, walking for … Continue reading →

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DID: The Souls Within

Posted on September 5, 2011 by

DID.  MPD.  The Souls Within. When the mental health community decided to merge MPD (multiple personality diagnosis) and BPD (Borderline Personality Diagnosis) within the DID (dissociative identity disorder) definition, they did themselves and others a great disservice.  But never mind.  … Continue reading →

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