My boyfriends alter doesn't want to give up smoking.
My boyfriend has decided to stop smoking so he asked one of his alters to stop as well and he did but he really didn't want to and now he's really angry all the time. He used to talk to me a little...
View ArticleLooking for support, or a listening ear
I’ve been clicking through some of the topics and threads on this site and decided I need to just take the plunge, nervous as I am. So here goes. My partner and I have been together nearly five years....
View ArticleWhy is the support forum so quiet?
Anyone have any idea? I've been reading the daily topics and the coping skills section instead. How can we use our section better? Where do Supporters go? They seem to burst in in a great crisis but...
View ArticleWhat are alters anyway?
This may seem a daft question but I am like that with DID. Some days I feel it's all so logical and I am the best supporter ever lol. Then I am suddenly stumped by the most basic concepts and feel...
View ArticleWhat do supporters find helpful?
On a slightly lighter and more positive note, can anyone say what helps and refreshes them as a Supporter? Obviously when your SO makes some progress or you have a moment of connection or humour. But...
View ArticleWhy do sufferers put off starting therapy?
I thought it might be helpful to go through this as it is a thing that is really trying for supporters. It seems to be a common thing to go into a tailspin when diagnosed with DID. I think there are...
View ArticleTherapy for Supporters
Another thing that has been on my mind... Having had no success with it myself, I wonder if other supporters can tell me what they manage to gain from going to therapy for themselves. Of course I...
View ArticlePlease Help Me
I don't know whether I have DID or not but I want opinions from people who do. Whoever I am right now is writing this and I have been struggling for a long time. I am 21 years old, bouts of blackouts...
View ArticleBrain surgery and DID
My wife had DID and has been recently diagnosed with a pituitary adenoma. There are still ongoing tests to work out what is happening and what if any treatment will be offered. She has been bed bound...
View ArticleWho do you tell? And does anyone have the right to know? Possible *MT
Who does your SO tell about the DID? My H and I have had a few disagreements about who has the right to know, if anyone. I know that their entire system has survived through secrecy and that, at...
View ArticleAt the end of my rope
I've known about my BF's DID for over 6 years and we've been living together for 3. I feel like we're growing further apart. I am not getting along with some of his alters. They drink heavily and have...
View ArticleIs it as simple as just asking who they are? to tell which alter etc?
Sorry Im really new to all this and still trying to get my head around it all. If I simply say who are you if I suspect its another personality will they just tell me that alters name or could they...
View ArticleChange from 'Multiple Personality Disorder' to 'Dissociative Identity...
Hello All, it is very quiet here again. I do hope you are all doing well supporting, and looking after yourselves. I guess this probably ties in with my other topic 'What are Alters?' I could google...
View Articlewhat the hell to do
Hello it is quiet here again. Well for various reasons I suddenly feel at the end of my tether here and feel I don't know the first thing about DID. Had a quite horrible evening in which my partner...
View ArticleMiss my daughter so much since her alter has taken over
My daughter has DID and told me she is a paranoid schizophrenic. She is 24 years old. One of her alters has completely taken over and she will have nothing to do with me or her brother and sister...
View ArticleOn Loss
I would like to have a place where we can just forget all the practicalities of how to help our loved ones and just grieve for what we have lost. It may not be a great post for sufferers to read but...
View ArticleCarefulmaple
Haven't seen any posts from him for awhile and just wanted to let him know I'm thinking about him and hope everything is going well.
View ArticleHoliday message
Yuku has finally done it : wiped my entire inbox of all conversations and friends. However, thankfully I know I do have friends here. Thanks to everyone for their support and sharing of yourselves...
View ArticleIf you could ask about DID/Gender/Sexual Orientation
Hello Supporters~ Our system is rarely in this section, but we agreed to help a friend. They are presenting at a conference soon, and wanted some input or ideas as to possible audience questions, or...
View ArticleH starting private therapy
Hi, It's been a while as I have had no good news. After a long stretch of my H trying to get therapy for free on the British National Health System, we have given up. But that is good because I had...
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