Living With 7 Personalities: Helen's Extreme Dissociative Identity Disorder

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • Meet Helen, a woman with Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. Helen navigates life with seven distinct personalities, each with its own unique traits and memories. This episode provides an in-depth look at her daily struggles, her coping mechanisms, and the ongoing support from her lifelong friend. Watch as we uncover the realities of living with DID and the journey towards healing.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 414

  • @janegeorge-john854
    @janegeorge-john854 Місяць тому +85

    This is heartbreaking to watch. I just can’t imagine the suffering that she went through, that caused all of this pain. My heart goes out to her.

  • @wylmacobb268
    @wylmacobb268 Місяць тому +86

    So glad that you found each other again and you seem a real, true friend. Happy that you are there for Helen.

  • @rebeccamccready1135
    @rebeccamccready1135 Місяць тому +147

    Have seen this documentary so many times i would love an update as to how she is and it a very interesting documentary and I hope she is ok ♥️ I really feel for her ♥️ just incredible woman to share her disorders and very brave to do this documentary with her school friend show the world about her

    • @Poreckylife
      @Poreckylife Місяць тому

      She was r@ped as a child by church cult members. Made to abort her babies and eat them.

    • @JustaBubu
      @JustaBubu 14 днів тому +1

      I love You ❤

    • @rebeccamccready1135
      @rebeccamccready1135 9 днів тому

      @@JustaBubu😊♥️😍

  • @pumpkinpuna4087
    @pumpkinpuna4087 25 днів тому +38

    Reuniting with Helen and then finding out she's got DID sounds absolutely heartbreaking. ❤😢 But she's so fortunate to have you supporting her and not being judgemental for what shes endeared and the end result. Youre also fortunate to be reunited with her and learning from her.

  • @jerrihall7330
    @jerrihall7330 26 днів тому +38

    I'm sitting here crying because this is the heart and soul of true love and friendship. As the mother of a special adult who will always be in my care, to see this beautiful commitment despite the myriad challenges, makes my heart sing. Thank you so much! All my love to you guys!

    • @marilyncalvert4143
      @marilyncalvert4143 2 дні тому

      My youngest daughter is bipolar and severely learning disabled. I was told she will always live at home. She’s 40 now and still lives at home. She’s had two children the older one is nine and I had to adopt him as she gave him away when he was one. My oldest daughter knows that she will have to care for her when I’m gone. She knows she will always have someone to care for her. Maybe her own son. After years of me tracking her down on the streets she doesn’t smoke crack anymore. That made it much harder to care for her.

  • @moiraslater8526
    @moiraslater8526 Місяць тому +207

    I have DID. My voice never changes, you would never know. My thought patterns and reactions to things change drastically though. With severe trauma/abuse I would zone out so I didn't have to deal with it...we maladapt at times like this and somehow keep living as though through someone else. The alters, the other selves are protective and come about to live when I can't. With loads of trauma healing we live as one now. Before proper diagnosis it was a chaotic not knowing what was going on. With recognition of each self and the associated trauma the chaos has subsided and I function very well.

    • @CL-kn1rq
      @CL-kn1rq Місяць тому +18

      Everyone splits differently. No two are the same.

    • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
      @LeahDyson-kq4bd Місяць тому +12

      I didn't even realize how messed up I was because I dissociate which helps me to not understand myself. I don't have DID but I would imagine what it would be like to be other people or try to live vicariously through them when I would watch TV stuff like that and I blurred the line with reality pretty easily

    • @queenofwater8783
      @queenofwater8783 Місяць тому +7

      Blessings to you ❤️

    • @CL-kn1rq
      @CL-kn1rq Місяць тому

      @@LeahDyson-kq4bd that is a form of DID, your alters are not fully formed. Everyone splits differently. A mirror when smashed will never break the same way twice. The fact that you recognise that you dissociate means this part of you, shuts down, goes away or does whatever you need to manage what is happening. People are not robots, you can't shut down and just become a shell, another part of you takes over whether you know it or not. Many people with DID do not know their alters. I definitely know how it feels to feel like I'm someone else, I just have to shrug my shoulders like a guy and somebody else takes over, a man and I'm physically a woman and I identify as a woman and I'm heterosexual, but I promise you as soon as I shrug him on, I'm instantly more at ease in my own skin. I share this as an example of how much or how little form and personality an alter can have. Everyone is different.

    • @CATNAPREAL1188
      @CATNAPREAL1188 Місяць тому

      How many of you agree ?

  • @petsmart1000
    @petsmart1000 Місяць тому +85

    She seems like such a sweet person. I’m glad they have such a great friendship. We all have our own issues to face and deal with, I hope everyone is able to find peace one day. 😊❤

  • @lesabri
    @lesabri Місяць тому +85

    Her inner dialogue is broken due her (probably) abuse. The environment triggers her back to childhood, the brain trying to protect the adult/child. Poor woman.

    • @LionelColes-wp6fk
      @LionelColes-wp6fk Місяць тому +11

      Yes. 💔😢😢😢I wish her nothing but love, healing, and the very best, also. 🩵🩵🩵🩷🩷🩷👼👼👼👼👼👼👼🩷🩷🩷🩵🩵🩵Xoxo

  • @jazzyetta1
    @jazzyetta1 8 днів тому +10

    What surprises me about this film is that no one seems to want to find out who did this to Helen, and make sure that they are not continuing to do this to other kids. Who were her family, and why were they not keeping her safe?

  • @nancisailormoy9135
    @nancisailormoy9135 28 днів тому +30

    This made me cry. We may never ever know what happened to her as a child, but whatever it was it had to have been so very terrible. I hope someday she is able to let go of the others and feel safe again and having found her old friend might just be the best thing that ever happened to her.

  • @alexisjames5894
    @alexisjames5894 22 дні тому +36

    I have DID. Diagnosed at sixty after a lifetime of knowing I was strange and unsure what was wrong. I was abused by my adoptive parents with an element of possible ritual abuse and being pimped out by my father after being given alcohol and temazepam . First alter came at six yrs old. Possibly even as a baby . I’m not suitable for integration as my alters fragment easily and also very prone to dissociation. That doctor who denies the existence of DID is retraumatising victims of horrific abuse. Where does he thinks the brain goes when a little child cannot cope with the levels of trauma. Disgraceful man. Most likely a Freemason and busy being an abuser!

    • @ArtyAntics
      @ArtyAntics 19 днів тому +3

      I have a similar background to you and I have integrated and fused a lot of parts.

    • @sleepr22000
      @sleepr22000 9 днів тому +3

      That's what I thought when I watched this! The Dr. who is denying that DID exists should be checked out for being involved in ritual abuse! Also please don't believe that you aren't suitable for integration. I believe healing is possible for all, but a person needs to learn new coping skills to replace dissociating and fragmenting. If a therapist is telling you you can't integrate, get a new therapist!

  • @nicolabishop996
    @nicolabishop996 Місяць тому +69

    Current trauma experts agree that DID can be a result of trauma. There's excellent doctors doing research on this in the US. The English are such a cynical bunch. I'm English, but luckily ditched the cynicism. Whatever the reason for Helen's condition, she deserves compassion like everyone else.

    • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
      @LeahDyson-kq4bd Місяць тому +15

      You're not gonna have this condition without trauma

    • @Poreckylife
      @Poreckylife Місяць тому

      She was r@ped as a child by church cult members

    • @SkromnitsaKrasotka
      @SkromnitsaKrasotka Місяць тому +1

      They said she was abusing alcohol, - possibly that has affected how her brain functions?

    • @Poreckylife
      @Poreckylife Місяць тому +4

      @SkromnitsaKrasotka she was Not abusing alcohol. She was r@ped.

    • @SkromnitsaKrasotka
      @SkromnitsaKrasotka Місяць тому +1

      @@Poreckylife I heard them saying in the beginning she was drinking.

  • @jenniferkelly6450
    @jenniferkelly6450 26 днів тому +26

    So sad, brought me to tears. She is so lucky to have you as a friend. I hope things improve.

  • @sonoAlex
    @sonoAlex 20 днів тому +9

    Her friend is so sweet with Helen and all of the personalities, it's sad and sweet at the sane time.. emotional.
    She could be herself in each personality without any fear thanks to her friend. This what all people with DID need ❤

  • @mooncakerabbithender7203
    @mooncakerabbithender7203 15 днів тому +5

    Dear Helen I remember seeing this year back and wonder how she is today. What a lovely friend she has a true friend. I hope that today there is further research that can help with this painful illness .One cant imagine living each day like this. Best wishes for Helen

  • @sandrasaunt6441
    @sandrasaunt6441 28 днів тому +19

    I have watched this many times and each time is still heartbreaking, i wish i could find out how you are Helen, i hope you're well and found some sort of peace in this crazy world. ❤ xx

  • @amandae5165
    @amandae5165 Місяць тому +97

    It's too bad that the ppl.who have been faking this disorder are making it harder for those who genuinely have it to get proper support or treatment. It's just a damn shame. I believe that DID is real. It's just very rare and grossly misrepresented

    • @sadpanda2633
      @sadpanda2633 Місяць тому +7

      I couldn't agree more with this comment.

    • @tennisfan8979
      @tennisfan8979 Місяць тому +8

      That's tiktok for you! DID along with Tourette syndrome seem to affect every other person on there.

    • @Squeaks60bird
      @Squeaks60bird Місяць тому

      It is not rare at all, just think of all the kids that grew up in severe trauma, there are a lot of misdiagnosed people out there because therapist believe the lie in their psychology training that is so rare, what a freaking lie. I have a psychology degree, but I didn't fall for the lie. I was also DID, 37 personalities, I am fused now after a long time in therapy. People quit spreading the misinformation that DID is rare!!!!!

    • @sammie875
      @sammie875 26 днів тому +3

      It's actually not as rare as many people believe

    • @pumpkinpuna4087
      @pumpkinpuna4087 25 днів тому +7

      There's a famous UA-camr who found fame deceiving the world with her DID lies. What a wicked web we weave when we choose to deceive !!!!

  • @Riku_addict
    @Riku_addict Місяць тому +31

    4:45 the way she said cozy corner made me cry. I don't know why.. 😢

  • @terrinew9474
    @terrinew9474 23 дні тому +5

    Thank you so much for finding Helen and reconnecting with her, you ate an amazing friend and soul to her. I agree with the lady who said it's a shame that professionals don't believe it's a disorder. I truly believe it exists especially with people who have been horriably traumatized, I believe the other personality protect them.

  • @hollyshinn1274
    @hollyshinn1274 Місяць тому +166

    Dissociative Identity Disorder seems to be one of the worst mental illnesses...dangerous and no effective treatment. It breaks my heart that there are professionals who deny the condition even exists and say the people are role-playing.😢

    • @moiraslater8526
      @moiraslater8526 Місяць тому +39

      I have a DID system and while it took many years to find a proper diagnosis and good help I did. I will always be a DID system and I have had to make allowances for that but I have healed very much and live an
      Integrated and functional life. I was only ever dangerous to myself, not to others.

    • @CL-kn1rq
      @CL-kn1rq Місяць тому +9

      Don't worry, you can tell when someone's faking.

    • @plan4life
      @plan4life Місяць тому +17

      I really don’t think it is one of the worst. If you ask me schizophrenia is the worst. Many people with DID live happy productive lives. Unfortunately for Helen she/they need therapy and a full-time carer.

    • @CL-kn1rq
      @CL-kn1rq Місяць тому +2

      @@plan4life I think you're right

    • @InkaPley
      @InkaPley Місяць тому +8

      ​perhaps..although statements like "worst" or "best" seen very subjective.
      I really like this documentary...a very personal view and approach and seems like a very gentle yet close approach to see Helen's life and almost feel her experiencing life. An excellent work done.
      All the best xoxo
      @lan4life

  • @trebbneify
    @trebbneify 23 дні тому +8

    Such a sweet friendship. What a beautiful film! Congratulations to both of you on completing such an interesting and heartfelt, helpful film. Well done!!!!

  • @allie54774
    @allie54774 Місяць тому +15

    Oh my goodness...i wasnt expecting what she said about what happened to her as a teen when she got pregnant. That absolutely stopped me in my tracks 😢 that one incident alone must scar a person for life. Let alone what else could have also happened 😭😭

  • @laurelpowell8536
    @laurelpowell8536 26 днів тому +11

    I worked as a caregiver for a woman with multiple personalities. It is a very real.

  • @annetteslife
    @annetteslife Місяць тому +80

    I saw this 10 years ago. I have slways wondered how Helen is doing. Any updates on her?

    • @rebeccamccready1135
      @rebeccamccready1135 Місяць тому +23

      Same here I hope she is ok and I wish there an update version of this story

    • @annetteslife
      @annetteslife Місяць тому

      @@rebeccamccready1135 same here

    • @annetteslife
      @annetteslife 27 днів тому

      @@rebeccamccready1135 I hope so as well

    • @gracelove2774
      @gracelove2774 6 днів тому

      Same ❤

  • @archerandthemouse
    @archerandthemouse Місяць тому +12

    What a lovely testament to friendship. I wish someone could have explained why she had to leave home at 17, where her parents and family are, what her siblings are like, what stories they all have to tell. Did anyone look at the background of her parents?

    • @nancisailormoy9135
      @nancisailormoy9135 28 днів тому +1

      I thought the same thing, surely this would shed some light on her past.

    • @emmahayward6333
      @emmahayward6333 23 дні тому +5

      Sadly, Helen may not remember the reasons she left/doesn't have contact with family. Other alters called trauma holders will undoubtedly know, but won't share that information in order to protect Helen and other alters who wouldn't be able to deal with knowing about the trauma.

  • @vancamerawoman7399
    @vancamerawoman7399 27 днів тому +8

    What a gentle and thoughtful documentary.
    Two of the most beautiful women ever.
    Love to you both ❤

  • @Sh0cks420
    @Sh0cks420 26 днів тому +11

    Id love to know how helen is these days. I genuinely hope she is doing well. I watched this many years ago and i still feel as compassionate towards her and her alters today as i did then. Regardless of the science behind why she is how she is, she is suffering and struggling and its heartbreaking to watch

  • @luticia
    @luticia Місяць тому +27

    DID can be but need not to be always the result of sexual abuse! It makes me angry that the media shows only one aspect several aspects of trauma. I suffer from DID as well and haven’t experienced sexual abuse during my childhood but instead I experienced severe emotional abuse and neglect which destroyed me and lead to DID and also sexual abuse during my young adulthood .

  • @Blessedbeyond.
    @Blessedbeyond. Місяць тому +43

    It seems that each personality is the subconscious way to recapture those years in her life. Different years of personalities for different years of abuse. Jesus please show Helen how much you love her and how healing is found in you❤

    • @ernstderniere1957
      @ernstderniere1957 Місяць тому +11

      Where Jesus was back then when she was abused?

    • @Blessedbeyond.
      @Blessedbeyond. Місяць тому +8

      @@ernstderniere1957 fall of man from the beginning of time . We, mankind, allowed sin in the world.sinful people are capable of sinful things. We are in this world and Satan has his hold on people that don't know Jesus. We are not in heaven yet. i, too, was severely abused for 30 years and fled the state. Jesus healed my heart and I forgave the people that did it. It's mans fault not God's.

    • @ernstderniere1957
      @ernstderniere1957 Місяць тому +2

      @@Blessedbeyond. I'm so sorry for what you've been through, you must be really strong person to forgive that. Best wishes.

    • @Blessedbeyond.
      @Blessedbeyond. Місяць тому +7

      @@ernstderniere1957 thank you so much ❤️ I'm not strong enough to forgive but Christ gave me the strength. Be blessed!

    • @annebalderston2520
      @annebalderston2520 23 дні тому +2

      Amen🙏🏻

  • @peace.404
    @peace.404 Місяць тому +12

    Wow, this was so informative and important to share, and so respectfully done. Brava! 🌹

  • @beckyflower7297
    @beckyflower7297 Місяць тому +17

    I love Helen. I’ve seen this documentary many times and when she laughs about the light bulb it’s so funny and I always think of her when I find a random one in my house 😂

  • @MichelleKessinger
    @MichelleKessinger 24 дні тому +7

    I wish i had had a more positive upbringing. Mental health is my passion. I dissociated as a child, blessed it wasn't to this degree. So amazing how humans cope

  • @andersonsystem2
    @andersonsystem2 Місяць тому +43

    We are a DID system with 31 alters that’s what we have discovered in therapy. Each system presents different in a DID system. For example when we shift we don’t have voice changes but our desires and food preferences do. Having DID is not dangerous to the public. A person with mental disorders have a greater chance of being a victim then be a predator.

  • @tashashouse
    @tashashouse 28 днів тому +19

    Make contracts with alters that harm. Reward them for not harming. Make contracts with protectors about helping. Build a house in your head where each personality has a room. This makes communication easier.

  • @rayleneertle951
    @rayleneertle951 Місяць тому +18

    You can tell by her eyes that she is switching

  • @meljoy8699
    @meljoy8699 29 днів тому +16

    Most DID abusers are parents/guardians or family members. Being abused a handful of times isn’t likely to cause the DID. It’s an inescapable abuse that is constant when a child is young. She said she’s not close with her family so I’d guess it’s very possible a parent. If you want to read one horrific account of a person with DID and almost 100 personalities, you can get When Rabbit Howls. It’s horrific but you really get to see life from the person with DID perspective. There are some really evil people in the world.

    • @zoezzzarko1117
      @zoezzzarko1117 5 днів тому

      Also the book... First Person Plural
      Very good book as well !!😮😢❤

  • @loriaarvig-heimel1927
    @loriaarvig-heimel1927 24 дні тому +5

    Precious and lovely! Such a genuine friendship ❤️

  • @Red-ns9ny
    @Red-ns9ny 25 днів тому +12

    I wonder if some of the personalities were other children who also suffered abuse alongside Helen. Those abusers should be caught. Too much abuse in this world .

  • @juliej5917
    @juliej5917 Місяць тому +9

    As someone who is neurodivergent, I try and read up on mental health medical info. The LAST I remember reading was that multiple personalities “is not a thing.” How horrible for the people and their loved ones hearing “it’s not a thing?” I’ll see if they state this woman’s full name, and I’ll do some internet sleuthing.

  • @gretta9589
    @gretta9589 20 днів тому +3

    I know this is an old video, BUT I also live with D.I.D, and I've made major progression with E.M.D.R. therapy. I hope this is a possibility for Helen. In the States, it's used to treat p.t.s.d among our enlisted & mental health concerns. I highly recommend this for Helen & her Littles. ❤

  • @plan4life
    @plan4life Місяць тому +25

    From everything I have ever heard about DID it usually happens before the age of 7 before the personality is fully formed. She must have had it at the age of 7 and her friend just didn’t realise.

    • @Poreckylife
      @Poreckylife Місяць тому

      She was r@aped as a child

    • @deuphoria2587
      @deuphoria2587 Місяць тому +2

      Or she never had it in the first place.

    • @kosmaukaszczyk8401
      @kosmaukaszczyk8401 25 днів тому +1

      Or maybe her alters feeled safe enough too not mask

    • @krissyraymond7067
      @krissyraymond7067 24 дні тому

      I'm dealing with this with my husband he has 4-5 that I can count...in 1.23 seconds I counted 3 ..and this time there was a personality that came out and hated me so he threw me out of the house even though we have been married for 8 yrs...but it wasn't safe for me there anyway..I have stuck it out on other episodes...but this time was totally different.,sad very sad....I hope she gets well and learns to be happy! Jesus loves you always!

    • @sleepr22000
      @sleepr22000 9 днів тому +2

      The alters hold the traumatic memories so the person can have a normal life. Later in life when a big stressor happens or when it's time to heal, the personalities begin to outwardly manifest because they are triggered.

  • @Georgiaandfriends906
    @Georgiaandfriends906 Місяць тому +39

    I’m an introvert and I do enjoy being an introvert but it’s lonely sometimes that’s why I’m getting a dog to go out with because even though I’m an introvert doesn’t mean I can’t have a dog

    • @corriearnold9694
      @corriearnold9694 Місяць тому +7

      @Georgiaandfriendss906 I too am an introvert and I would be lonely as well but I have rescued 22 cats. And no I don’t have them all inside my home. Ten are inside and 12 are outside in an enclosure I had built for them so they are comfortable and safe. They keep me busy and are a great comfort to me. Pets are wonderful because they have no expectations and they love you unconditionally.

    • @InkaPley
      @InkaPley Місяць тому

      ❤❤❤​@@corriearnold9694

    • @2listening1
      @2listening1 28 днів тому +1

      Best wishes. 💛🐶

    • @2listening1
      @2listening1 28 днів тому +1

      @@corriearnold9694💛😻best wishes

    • @annebalderston2520
      @annebalderston2520 23 дні тому

      But you must take your dog
      to walk in a lovely park three
      times a day🩷

  • @soulsparkadventures
    @soulsparkadventures 27 днів тому +4

    Its very unique, i kind if feel if people like this were more accepted i society it would be way more interesting. So many people are so rigid in their personalities, she exhibits the remarkable capabilities of a human to be many things. ❤ hugs to you Helen , it cant be easy because of us all who expect people just to behave in one way. You are actually the ultimate creative mind and still have a childlike heart which adults can never recapture. ❤ i hope people are kind to you

  • @LeahDyson-kq4bd
    @LeahDyson-kq4bd Місяць тому +28

    This is what trauma does it breaks people it makes them split... DID is just the extreme end of the spectrum

  • @Godschild52909
    @Godschild52909 12 днів тому

    Wow, that was such a good documentary. My heart really goes out to Helen. I pray for you and for healing. God bless you ❤

  • @OLCarmel
    @OLCarmel Місяць тому +11

    Hope she gets better .best wishes .

  • @speedemonxs
    @speedemonxs Місяць тому +7

    Psychedelics are just an exceptional mental health breakthrough. It's quite fascinating how effective they are against depression and anxiety. Saved my life.

  • @annafitzgerald4939
    @annafitzgerald4939 Місяць тому +18

    Would be interesting to see if there are changes in the brain that can be recorded when the switches happen.

    • @beckyflower7297
      @beckyflower7297 Місяць тому +4

      There has been some

    • @moiraslater8526
      @moiraslater8526 Місяць тому

      @@annafitzgerald4939 there is

    • @sleepr22000
      @sleepr22000 9 днів тому

      There are studies that show there are changes in consciousness when they switch.

  • @Bobbyfawn
    @Bobbyfawn Місяць тому +12

    I wonder if she’s integrated any of her alters and what her life is like now. Hopefully she’s happier

  • @motherdaughtertravels
    @motherdaughtertravels День тому +1

    😢 Heartbreaking how people can harm children and ruin their lives.

  • @Deedge420
    @Deedge420 12 днів тому

    I really hope Helen is looked after, and lives her best life. You are a wonderful friend to her..would love to have updates!

  • @gigipg1
    @gigipg1 23 дні тому +6

    I havve seen videos of people pretending, like changing their makeup and accesories and saying 'now I'm x and I'm very flirty, now I'm y and I am very detatched' or whatever: THOSE are fakes, not these or other cases, where is plainly clear. My sister has dissociative epissodes where she looses track of time, space and doesn't know where she got somewhere or even pees on her pants. It's not as serious as in Helen's case, however one thing they both have in common is child sexual abuse. My sister's episodes are triggered by stress.

    • @honeywitchASMR
      @honeywitchASMR 10 днів тому

      i think this woman is a fraud

    • @erah4994
      @erah4994 7 днів тому

      @@honeywitchASMR witches are involved in satanism, right?!

  • @yolandelyle
    @yolandelyle Місяць тому +18

    This girl must have been badly abused as a child!!!

  • @lindsaytaylor803
    @lindsaytaylor803 23 дні тому +5

    Im wondering how Helen is doing now a catch up with Helen would be nice

  • @tinaouimette5610
    @tinaouimette5610 29 днів тому +6

    My fiance has did from childhood trauma. He has about 10 personalities.

  • @ctymensma
    @ctymensma 28 днів тому +4

    Poor sweatheart, wish you all the best ❤

  • @bbrown.5404
    @bbrown.5404 Місяць тому +8

    Bless and heal you❤❤❤❤

  • @Jeanneret_I
    @Jeanneret_I 22 дні тому +2

    There is a similar story on '60 Minutes' UA-cam channel! The difference is, the other lady knows and is open to the causes. Her father sexually abused her for an extended period of time as a child. The different personalities helped her cope.
    My guess is: Hellen was also abused and/or (as she said) did things she considers very horrible to open up about to anyone. She might not want to incriminate herself or someone very close to her, or just fears how the world would take her if she opened up about what happened. So, she chooses to deal with all of it her way, and the mind creates personalities,.... to deal with all of that.
    This kind of suffering is just intense!! I'm very sorry for her and people like her.

  • @rainbowbridgerestoration979
    @rainbowbridgerestoration979 12 днів тому +2

    I did this same thing only I don't seem to struggle like she does...I was also abused and I have had therapy to help me but I clearly need more help...I can't remember the abuse, ONLY that it happened....I have several scenarios where I remember feeling terrified as we walked back the hall way to the bedroom but that's where the memories end for me every time.

    • @rainbowbridgerestoration979
      @rainbowbridgerestoration979 12 днів тому +1

      I can not forget the thought of my sister...I was sad when it was going on tho I knew he was harming her too it hurt me when she didn't stop him...she was 4 yes older than me

  • @galacticmoth
    @galacticmoth 11 днів тому

    She's such a sweetheart 💕 I'm glad she is being cared for.

  • @miriamking966
    @miriamking966 25 днів тому +2

    Gloria Masters podcast Handing the shame back has many speaking aloud their truths. It is TRUE.

  • @maryreynolds5310
    @maryreynolds5310 3 дні тому

    I don’t remember all the time my stepfather abused me but only bits and pieces I remember…what I do remember is horrific and horrible!

  • @davidrose1847
    @davidrose1847 4 дні тому

    Amazing docu, has mainstream TV ever had a Documentary about DID?

  • @agoraphobicsocialite6897
    @agoraphobicsocialite6897 Місяць тому +2

    Hope Helen gets on okay She's a wee soul ❤

  • @susanmiller6023
    @susanmiller6023 26 днів тому +5

    As this was made in 2004 I wonder what the last 20 years have done to Helen and the other alters.

    • @TomeRodrigo
      @TomeRodrigo 20 днів тому

      How were you able to find in what year it was recorded? I can't find that info anywhere.

  • @5p674
    @5p674 Місяць тому +10

    The background music is so loud at times I was unable to hear the video. Music really isn't necessary in this video at all.

  • @NatashaVanTromp-vd9ls
    @NatashaVanTromp-vd9ls 20 днів тому +1

    Thank you for giving us a little information same of us do not have any idea what samone els is going through 😊

  • @wendysharpe4568
    @wendysharpe4568 День тому +2

    Absolutely horrific, what an exhausting way to live, the poor soul. That stupid, arrogant "expert" ! 😡 I can only conclude that "men" like him are protecting the cults. The truth of their existence cannot be allowed. We know for a fact the mind can and does us protect us from remembering traumatic experiences, it happens as a consequence of horrific accidents where no head injury was involved, that happened to me. Too much bloody evil in this world. 😡 😣😢 i hope Helen still has her dear friend in her life, is still experiencing the love and affection of the truly good hearted people around her. All of her, every part and personality and identity within her deserves to feel cherished now for the rest of her life

  • @Sophie-ur2qb
    @Sophie-ur2qb 6 днів тому

    Memory repression is very real. Doctors have done more studies into trauma and dissociation now as well.
    I remember the first time a memory came back to me 19 years ago. I didn't believe it at first until i confirmed with my father that this indeed happened. It was repressed for around 12 years. It just gets stored away somewhere out of reach. But it's there, and you may feel it or re experience it until you are ready to see it fully. This is just what happened for me anyway.
    Whether this lady really has DID or not, i can't say. I didn't know they could switch that fast? Like a blink of an eye switch? Idk i don't have DID. Would like to see where she's at now?

  • @repoocrj
    @repoocrj 5 днів тому

    What a good friend! ❤

  • @teresadeagle3079
    @teresadeagle3079 11 днів тому

    Thank God She is so Sweet, Happy and Innoce t bc most people with Disorsers are not happy or nice. God Bless her🎉❤😊

  • @laurascorner-f1m
    @laurascorner-f1m Місяць тому +7

    I wonder about the ages of the alters. Were they created at that age to protect Helen or were they created by Helen at that age? I know it said she didnt show symptoms before graduated. I wonder though if she did create them in her childhood and they just didnt front untill she was older. For example the 16 year old alter, did something happen to Helen at 16 or did Helen create the alter at 16. Same with the 5 or 6 year old. Did something happen to Helen at that age for the alter to be created at that age?

    • @earth232
      @earth232 Місяць тому +3

      Most of the splitting as a child happens during the trauma so that the host wont experience the trauma or carry the memory. When the host is older and discovers the DID many other alters can be created during new traumas or simply to do specific daily tasks the host has problems doing. Alters are created by the brain depending on what is needed.

  • @susanmagalas3074
    @susanmagalas3074 19 днів тому +2

    This is heartbreaking but until her upbringing is investigated it down't seem like there is much hope of finding out how she ended up with so many personalities. Child abuse must be treated as the worst possible crime and there can absolutely no room for indecision. Two friends get drunk and one harms the other and goes to jail for several years but the people who are supposed to be protecting a child harms that child knowingly and the consequences are so ridiculously slight that it send a message to both the child and other perpetrators that they can get away with it. We all must protect every child from abuse. If you see something - for God sakes - say something - and say it over and over and over until the child is safe!

    • @Sophie-ur2qb
      @Sophie-ur2qb 6 днів тому

      Thank you for saying this 🙏🩷
      I agree 😔 The abusers usually just get away with it.

  • @soniasolano-mora1066
    @soniasolano-mora1066 22 дні тому +1

    This is really heartbreaking. Throughout the video I was wondering if Helen has close family?

  • @inipin510
    @inipin510 8 днів тому

    Wish you all the best Helen ❤

  • @donnastevenson9229
    @donnastevenson9229 9 днів тому

    This is absolutely real.

  • @melanieallen3655
    @melanieallen3655 Місяць тому +2

    Great story❤

  • @elvinajames8791
    @elvinajames8791 2 години тому

    God bless her 🙏 and all the best in life 💕

  • @heatherbourn5917
    @heatherbourn5917 2 дні тому

    At the end there she wonders if Helen could go back to being one person, one personality?
    The whole reason they changed from calling it Multiple Personalities Disorder to Dissociative Identity Disorder is because it isn't an identity forming seperate parts. It is an identity that never fully formed as 1 person.
    Due to extreme abuse as a young child before your identity is fully formed.

  • @spacecowgurl57
    @spacecowgurl57 10 днів тому +1

    My sister (only siblings) didn't develop those symptoms until late in life. She already had an extremely manipulative personality. I agree with the diagnosis of its non-existantance.❤❤

    • @honeywitchASMR
      @honeywitchASMR 10 днів тому +1

      i think it's very obvious that she's an alcoholic/ pill addict with attetions seeking behaviour. I'm not saying she wasn't abused but i don't believe for a second that she's having amnesia from one moment to the next or hearing their voices....or not aware that she's drinking lol. She gets a huge payoff for acting like a baby, that much is clear

  • @suzyhadim3587
    @suzyhadim3587 29 днів тому +2

    This reminds me of my mum. It can be confusing. She changes her personalities to every person I know. She speaks in a tone of different people I know and have no memory at all of what was spoken and then we will get into an argument becuz she doesn't recall what she just said and deny things completely. Becuz she doesn't remember. She is really like my child, becuz she would me randomly to complain about something, and doesn't remember it. 😢

  • @DigitallyRemasteredMusic
    @DigitallyRemasteredMusic 15 днів тому

    According to what I read in an interview with Ruth in 2005, she hardly saw Helen again after the recording of this documentary, which if true, is sad.

  • @DNDAS123
    @DNDAS123 Місяць тому +18

    one of the first lines in the show...."EXTREMELY RARE" yet its funny that every second person on tik tok now has DID!

    • @JuiceMyRandomness
      @JuiceMyRandomness Місяць тому +4

      It does seem to be far more common than I imagined it would be.

    • @Rat_Queen86
      @Rat_Queen86 Місяць тому

      That’s because they are faking it to get likes. They did the same thing with Tourette’s and ASD.
      DID, if it is real, I think is about 1 in 100 people, which is about the same as schizophrenia

    • @Jesussavedme
      @Jesussavedme Місяць тому +2

      Making the "younger ones have baby voices " doesn't seem legit to me I'm sorry 😢 I feel like some people just need to feel special by being different

    • @thatscrazy6373
      @thatscrazy6373 Місяць тому +6

      ⁠@@Jesussavedme Did you see her arms at 9:55 and 20:39? No mentally stable person would do that to themselves to feel “special”. 😢

    • @earth232
      @earth232 Місяць тому

      It effects around 3 percent of the population. Same as red heads

  • @emilymae8416
    @emilymae8416 День тому

    Back when this documentary first came out (or was on YT probably a decade ago), I was fascinated with psychology and DID in particular and I posted a comment that got one response so I guess I'll ask here again now its been reposted but bare in mind this was way before Tiktok even existed. At the time there were like 3 documentaries on the disorder, and the book, 'Sibyl', that was like all we had to go off-
    How is it that some know fully what has happened during dissociative periods (whilst under another personality) and others don't? Some with DID can recall exactly what happened during that period, one doc I saw from the 90s/early 2000s a woman remembered SHing in her artist studio (an alter did it) and was diagnosed DID. She knew which alter did it and the exact circumstances and course of events. Others seem to dissociate and not know what has occurred during those 'missing' moments whilst an alter is present.
    At least a decade on, I still wonder about this, and as I said originally, I'm not claiming anything is faked, I'm just fascinated and this seems a really strange thing to me. TYIA

  • @kerryhall7506
    @kerryhall7506 9 днів тому

    MY HEART BREAKS FOR HER,SHE SEEMS LIKE A BEAUTIFUL PERSON I HOPE SHE IS OK,ARE THERE ANY UPDATES ON HER 💜🙏✨💜🙏✨💜🙏✨💜

  • @maryreynolds5310
    @maryreynolds5310 3 дні тому

    I know this was years ago..I hope she is well today, doing well ❤

  • @caridumont2390
    @caridumont2390 Місяць тому +15

    I think that having to abort her baby at age 16 was the start of it all. She tried to protect her insides and comfort them, as if she would if she had the child in her arms. She would protect and comfort the baby.

    • @meljoy8699
      @meljoy8699 29 днів тому +3

      DID first forms in early childhood. Maybe as late as 7 if the abuse is constant and inescapable. But it’s possible another alter may split off due to a traumatic event during their life as they age.

  • @emillychen888
    @emillychen888 29 днів тому +5

    Any updates on her? This is 10 years old video.

    • @honeywitchASMR
      @honeywitchASMR 10 днів тому

      she turned out to be a fraud. She's been involved in multiple scams and bogus fundraisers for other diseases and disorders she didn't have. She's crazy but it in a different way.

  • @isee9273
    @isee9273 День тому

    That psychiatrist doesn't know what he's talking about. He doesn't understand. I don't have DID. However, when I escaped my abusive marriage of ten years, I began recalling things that I'd pushed down to survive in my 20s, not my childhood. At 63, I still recall 'new' ones from that time. Instead of being a negative naysayer, he should talk to people who've been abused at all ages, where they were in an unequal power situation.

  • @amypope878
    @amypope878 Місяць тому +9

    Prayers she’s delivered from those UNCLEAN SPIRITS 🙏🙏🙏

    • @Lisa-ht7jk
      @Lisa-ht7jk 14 днів тому +4

      They are not unclean spirits. They are ways that she has had to adapt and survive.

  • @user-bt2jh9io7i
    @user-bt2jh9io7i Місяць тому

    I fear for her as her body gets older. It doesn't appear her alters do.
    My hope for Helen is that she finds peace.

  • @MichaelaWest-jr3gk
    @MichaelaWest-jr3gk 20 днів тому +3

    She just puts an act on that’s easy to see

  • @exploringim6191
    @exploringim6191 Місяць тому +1

    "I got a surprise myself!" lmao, "Will I ever meet Alex"
    Littles: *pulls the gun out of the bag (fake gun)
    My brain: *eye rolls* ofc

  • @ingridmckernan5102
    @ingridmckernan5102 15 днів тому +1

    This story is heartbreaking 😢😢 What happened to Helen?? Looks like we will never know 😔😔 I have bi-polar and am a recovering alcoholic and I never suffered abuse as a child but could relate to her when she was saying what medication she was on as I have taken the same over my life but not such high doses. I know this film was done nearly ten years ago. I wonder if how Helen is doing now 😕😕

  • @sherrimiller450
    @sherrimiller450 24 дні тому +4

    Ummm I do not agree! I have had horrible things happen to me that have beed buried in my subconscious for years.

    • @dogloverlmh9197
      @dogloverlmh9197 19 днів тому +1

      100% agree. I don't remember much of my childhood but I have gotten flashes of recollections when my grandparents reminded me of incidents. For example, I recalled being in trouble because I wanted to make myself food. I turned on the stove and was trying to make pancakes. When my mom got back to her senses she threatened to put my hand on the hot burner to teach me a lesson. I recall everything up to when she actually touched my palm to the stove. I don't recall anything after the feeling the heat of the burner asy hand was forced to hover over it. It was glowing red. My grandmother and aunt said I did have an actual circular burn on that palm. My brain has never recalled that part of the incident.

  • @Get__StuffDone
    @Get__StuffDone 2 дні тому

    I wonder if IFS INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEMS counseling might help.

  • @nicolarollinson4381
    @nicolarollinson4381 4 дні тому

    Are her "parents" dead? This level of abuse is beyond horrific. Poor love

  • @freedomofexpression1382
    @freedomofexpression1382 3 дні тому

    “They did suffer from Statistic A”. Not “They believe they suffered”. They did suffer!!

  • @Anita-rg5ch
    @Anita-rg5ch 21 годину тому

    No am not haveing this, she’s been watching the old film from the 70s 80s called Sybil played by sally field.

  • @deanothemanc5281
    @deanothemanc5281 Місяць тому +3

    Hopefully she received treatment. Really sad, in that its restricted her opportunities in life.