What Do People Really Know About Dissociative Identity Disorder?
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When I was in a shelter recently I met another lady who had recieved this diagnosis. I used the knowledge I've received from this community to help her understand and clear up her misconceptions. She said no one had ever made her feel like this was a totally normal thing before.
Daniel looks so much more confident with the short hair and I’m living for it!
My biggest misconception was that while DID is a legitimate mental disorder, it was incredibly rare and most cases could be chalked up to demonic influence/possession.
Your channel (as well as multiplicityandme, dissociaDID, and the Rings System), helped me to realize it's much more common than I thought, as well as accept the fact that I'm part of a system.
I feel a great deal of empathy for your situation, given how I was raised. I don't know your background, but I was raised by Southern Baptist missionaries, and they tend rather strongly toward the belief that either God's judgment or the Devil's tricks cause just about everything humans suffer, and that the involvement of things like germs, chromosomes, and trauma is more incidental than anything.
Guys!!! This video was so perfect and so fun! I had a sneaky feeling you guys were planning something a little different and it turned out great, even with the tech difficulty! Daniel worded things amazingly and the editing was on fire 🔥 😍 thank you so much for being brave enough to step into public like that! It was a great experiment!
Awwwww!!! Thank you so much!!!! -Wyn
"A lot of normal people in one human container" I love the way you said that!
Also amazing awsome video!
Thank you for the work you did making this video and helping raise awarness at the mall!
~Tooth (Claw cocon)
Rainbow System
Can I just say that your names (Tooth and Claw) are SO COOL! My name is boring lol I’ve met like four alters in other systems who share my name. -Alex
@@georgerobins4110 thanks :)
We use to have a Claw. He integrated with Micheal last month/year... Also we actually prefer NOT being normal.
Normal as defined by the dictionary just means to be what is generally accepted by the general population and considering what all falls into that category normal is kinda scary to us. Maybe some day it won't be but for now, I'm proud to be weird. :P
@@RialVestro weird only means your not boring ;)
But I think what Daniel was trying to say was that we are all valid and we are all just as human as any singlet. But I may be wrong lol :)
I hope you have an awsome day/night :)
We literally have a velociraptor in our system, we are the definition of weird XD -Kelly
I think the biggest misconception that I had was that "I" couldn't have it 😅
If you don't mind my asking: what was it that made you realise you had DID?
The incredibly simplified version of the story is that I was practicing self talk in therapy and my "self" talked back
@@WeAreAlexandra Thanks for sharing, I will look into self talk therapy. Do you know if it has any relation to DBT therapies?
No clue tbh, I think it was part of internal family systems, which is a thing for both singlets and systems
Mood.
1:28 "despair laugh" oh that is a big mood, daniel
"People with DID are normal people, they're just a lot of normal people in one human container" I love that explanation so much
I had a friend who flippantly said so snd so had “multiple personality” and I’d met one of his “bad alters”. Something seemed off with my friend’s statement, but I had no knowledge of “multiple personality disorder” myself and I had no idea what to say. Later, I looked it up.
First I found someone called Encina? Then I watched Multiplicity and Me’s movie, then DisociaDID’s channel and then your’s. My friend now watches some DID channels after I showed her a few videos.
At first I was so curious and intrigued by DID. After understanding the basic stuff I was floored by the courage it must take to educate others about this. I saw for myself the differences between alters and saw the massive effort it takes to operate smoothly. I was and am so impressed by the UA-camrs I see. I’ve moved from idle curiosity to truly caring about the systems I get to know through UA-cam.
I can NEVER know what DID is truly like to live with. That being said I am so honored to be able to learn and grow with ya’ll.
Sending so much love and respect from WI 💕💕💕
amy Neu you’re amazing❤️
Omg! Something just clicked in my brain. Everyone with mental disorders are normal people with extra stuff. For example multiple identities or hallucinations or whatever it might be. Criminals and bad people exist among normal people so of course they are going to exist among us with mental disorders too. Love you guys for sticking up for those of us who don’t want to be big social media influencers ourselves❤️
Yes! Most people we categorize by our relationships or unique encounters, but it can be really interesting thinking about how every single person you encounter has their own complex experience with thoughts and feelings based on their background but shaped by the world we take part in each day.
Since everyone has different “parts” of their personality, different emotional states, etc. I assumed people with DID just exaggerated those different parts because they had such severe emotional issues and wanted people to pay attention to them and feel bad for them. Now thankfully, I know better. I know DID is not a choice and that it’s caused by severe childhood trauma. I have a lot more sympathy and understanding for people with DID and OSDD.
When I first came across a video of a person with DID, I was very creeped out by all of their alters. The child alters and the sexual alters specifically seemed so exaggerated and it felt so weird to see a grown adult act like that. But now that I know why those kinds of alters exist, and that they’re not choosing to be this way, I have a lot more sympathy towards them and I don’t feel creeped out by different alters anymore. So thank you for educating me and many others on this very misunderstood disorder. I originally started watching DID UA-camrs because the topic was interesting. But now I just think you all are cool people!
I was told by my high school psychology teacher that she "didn't think DID was a real disorder and had never seen a convincing case." I took her opinion as truth as she was an authority figure and never questioned it until I found your system's channel. Seeing the differences between alters and hearing the articulate way your system described DID completely opened my mind. Thank you all for the work you do as it had a huge impact on me!
Hearing the actual number was crazy... like if I apply that 1% to where I live that's like 3,000 people with DID! I guess our system isnt so alone in this city after all :). Thanks for sharing! -Zoe
Yesterday I was telling my mom about DID because I had just read "The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" and wanted to clear up some misconceptions. I am a singlet, but I tried my best.
First, it's basically stated in the book that Jekyll and Hyde are the same guy, not two guys in the same body. Jekyll transforms into Hyde to do bad stuff he wouldn't do normally, but he is still himself. It's a display of the dual nature of one personality, not a tale of multiple personalities.
After explaining that, I told her that DID was previously called "Multiple Personality Disorder." She recognized that immediately, and she apparently had done some research on it back in the 80's because she found it interesting. I explained to my mom that DID forms due to childhood trauma. She was incredibly surprised that it couldn't form after the age of nine. She seemed a bit surprised that many alters form in order to protect the system from trauma, but she understood it almost instantly.
I did mention you guys as an example of DID. When I said the words "twelve people" she was shocked.
I also mentioned a bit about hosts and fronting, but I didn't talk too much about inner worlds because we only had so much time during breakfast.
What an awesome conversation!! Thank you for seeing and educational opportunity and taking it ❤️❤️ -Wyn
I immediately recognized it was Daniel in this video! :)
My misunderstanding was mostly about the symptoms. Voices? They can seem like intrusive thoughts. That was the biggest one. And all of these memories came back. I thought it was something other than what it was. It didnt help that i told untrained professionals about hearing voices and they told me it was normal to have conflicting thoughts. I had already learned my reality was not accurate. So i didnt say more. They didnt know. I just accepted the weird things. Ignored it all.
Dissociative to dissociation.
I was surprised people thought we were capable of living a 'normal' life. Im glad. Thank you for such a creative video!!!
Honestly, I didn't know I had DID until my therapist saw me switch into my protector Jeff, she said that I may need another person to help me with it. So I looked it up and learned more and more about it.
May I ask what symptoms of DID (if any) you noticed before your therapist diagnosed you? Were you experiencing blackouts etc? And once you were diagnosed, did that make you realize you experienced certain symptoms that you'd put in the 'normal' basket? If yes, what were they?
@@kt5229 well, it normally happens from a trauma from childhood (( like abuse of any kind )) you'll have amnesia, people will say you did things and have no clue what they are talking about, people you don't know will talk to you like they've talked to you before, also if you think something like "I think it might rain" and you get a response in your head, I thought all of this was normal, I'm also not a therapist and shouldn't take my word for it, there are many many different layers to this, if you google it it could help you understand more, maybe even talk to your therapist/doctor/psychiatrist. I hope this helps a bit!
Hey Entropy-System, short recommendation: when filming in loud spaces with a phone cam, you can easily use headphones with a microphone. you might want to experiment first how close the interviewees have to hold them, but it actually works really well in my experience!
Thank you for your quality content!
For the longest time I was HUGELY against the idea of a "core." Like it was the thing I could not stand hearing about because of some therapy trauma. But yesterday I did my own research and started to understand more. There's so many different things it could mean. It could mean the normal childhood milestone of the integration could start but be interrupted by trauma and that sort of "half formed whole" was the "core" (Still don't understand this one much), there can be multiple core alters, there can be no core (like in our case because our trauma started so young), it could be the alter who first solidified, it could be the first host, it could be the one who most identifies with the body or outside world, but most importantly that it means nothing special. It doesn't mean there's a "real person" that HAS to run everything. It doesn't mean there's an "original" we were all just formed to protect. It means nothing. Still a big trigger word for us, but less likely to shoot in down immediately now.
-Zack from the Kindred Spirits System, or the GothicRosesComp on reddit
I didn’t think that DID was very common, but I live in a small town and now know that between 62 and 188 people in my town have DID.
Honestly, props to your courage. UA-cam is very different than standing in front of a stranger and revealing you have DID.
My misconceptions were that if I was diagnosed with DID, my ability to “heal” and have a “normal life” was basically gone. I knew my psychologist was leaning towards that diagnosis, and I was scared. And then I found videos by Multiplicity and Me and you and some other systems and realized that no, I could still have that “normal” life - I could (eventually) graduate college, have a job, have healthy romantic relationships. I could be happy - and so could my system. I couldn’t give you a concrete answer as to what I actually knew/thought I knew about DID - I didn’t believe it made people more inherently violent or anything - I was just scared of having it myself, because I knew so little about it, my mind could go to worse case scenarios. And it’s not easy obviously, but so many things are different than I ever considered - communication and amnesia barriers lowering are things I never realized was really possible. The simple reality for that alters /could/ make a video together rocked my foundation and changed things almost immediately.
The Entropical Fish have given us a lot of confidence when it comes to being open about our disorder. So thank you for that
Actually I was really surprised by their acceptance of DID. I've had people saying that they wouldn't allow DID people near their children, or so-on because they're dangerous and unpredictable. I still don't think that I would trust my diagnosis with people in real life because I'm way more queued to danger around it, but it gives me hope that others can live a more visible life.
When I got diagnosed I thought my life was over. That any plans I had for the future had just went up in flames. And I ended up being really angry and depressed over it. I fell heavily into denial.
But one of my alters found this channel and a couple other channels and it was watching you all live your life and go to school and learning more about the disorder that I finally was able to accept it and now my alters and I are closer than we have ever been. And I know now that I may have to do things differently but I'm not alone and I'm not going to have to settle for a bad life.
I don't think I will ever be able to thank you all enough for the hope you gave back to me.
This video was really interesting! I think you solved the audio issues wonderfully. Daniel is well spoken and he got the point across clearly. I was really positively surprised by all the good answers you got from people, I didn't expect people to be so open minded, i guess.
And hearing the numbers was what surprised me the most - the city i live in has about 500 000 people too, which means 3000 of those have DID, just like you said! It's crazy to think about how common it is.
Also I love your new editing style!! it's so cool!
This channel has been sooo helpful in understanding DID. Really interesting to see what others in the public think. Thanks guys!!
I love your new style guys! The intro and your editing has improved so much!
Thank you!!
I was so sad when I recently spoke to my cousin who is about to graduate in psychology and she said it’s still a very debated topic of whether this is a real disorder. She personally seemed not to believe in it.
Wow. I really loved to see their reactions and to hear such nice responses actually. That whole test could have gone very rudely if some people came up that weren't pleasant. Before I knew about DID properly, I never assumed a system was a danger to society, I just never understood just how deep it all goes with headspaces and stuff. Thanks so much for putting yourself out there and getting to talk to people about DID. Sending all the love and happy new year! 🌻💛
Before this channel, I didn't realize how complete every alter is, or how they can form after the initial trauma. Hearing each of you and seeing your different mannerisms and personalities was what really made it click for me
Happy New Year Entropy System! I value and respect you all. Thank you for helping the mental health community and for just sharing your lives. There are many things I've learned to help me with my own mental health journey as well as DID and how to be an advocate in all circles for those with dissociative disorders.
Looking forward to new videos!
Love this message if EVERYONE is normal. I have unique struggles but I'm NORMAL... I think that's s good mantra for this year. I'm ok. I'm normal.
In regards to reflecting on misconceptions I think the prevalence is the biggie. Never thought about it. It was some abnormal piece of knowledge I could maybe drag out of AP Psych memories watching Sybil. But you guys and many other UA-camrs have helped that mindset flip 100%. Having and learning these shared terms like "system" or "fronting" has helped me have a vocabulary to talk about this to others and help end this stigma. :)
The biggest miconception I had was thinking that there was an "original", "main" individual and then other people in the brain who were "less important" but now I know that it's not true at all!!
I try to talk about DID around me because I think it should be known more so thank you and your channel for all the information you share!
My least favorite thing to get when I tell people I have DID is, "Oh like Split?"
Recently more and more people seem to shy away from that answer. And a LOT more people I've told recently have been understanding, knowledgeable, and interested in learning more!
So interesting! I've heard of "multiple personality disorder" my whole life, and thought it was interesting. I didn't know much about it, other than the fact that different personalities acted differently. I watched 2 old movies about it (Sibil and one other I can't remember) , and that was pretty much what I knew about the disorder before stumbling upon a random video of a person with DID on UA-cam, then fell down a rabbit hole of interest
I was fascinated by DID in college (I have a degree in music therapy), but never went beyond what the text book taught. What I find shocking is that I wasn’t told that it’s a trauma-based disorder and didn’t learn that until I found your channel.
That’s... kind of a big deal and needs to be emphasized to those treating individuals with dissociative disorders.
That should be the FIRST thing people teach about DID. I'm genuinely surprised that wasn't in the text book. I know formal education on the disorder is sketchy but you'd think they'd at least get that part right. -Wyn
It might have been mentioned in passing but the emphasis was on the different alters. Come to think of it, I don’t even think it was in the text book. I think the prof had a client with DID and thought it was important that we were aware of it. But it wasn’t on any tests, purely supplemental.
This was 10+ years ago tho, so hopefully that isn’t the case anymore.
Ok, I had to check. I dusted on my abnormal psychology book, published in 2006. Here’s the summary of DID:
-the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states, each with its own relatively enduring pattern.
-at least two of these identities or personality states recurrently take control of the person’s behavior.
-inability to recall important information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness.
-disturbance not caused by direct physiological effects of a substance or medical condition.
It gives more details to the description above, and also includes an example of a case (not dated so I can only assume it’s fictionalized) to help illustrate what it looks like. It describes Jonah, suffering from memory loss but having no memory of attempting to drown a man and going by the name Usoffa.
There you have it, folks. That’s what they’re teaching future clinicians about DID.
My biggest misconception was that everyone in a system got along. I also thought fronting was a free and easy decision; like choosing a t-shirt. "I feel like wearing this today!" and tada!!
Thank you for teaching me.
I dont have DID so i knew it by multiple personalitys and just thougth it was that....i didnt know the cause or understand much more...just there is meny people in head...And what i saw in movies... but i never thougth alters are violent or"there is always a bad alter or even the killer or the psico" i reconize it as something for the movie, althougth now that im more educated i understand why media has to change about DID (and meny mental disorders because the stigma is hugeeeeeee)
Pd: im sorry for my english im from argentina.
Happy new year to all
I wish you an awesome 2020
Kisses.
Your English isn’t bad! In fact it’s really good! Keep practicing!
I love this! It makes me happy that these people apparently weren't so influenced by the media portrayals that they thought of DID as something scary. I get that they were surprised about the total numbers. This disorder is so stigmatised and hidden. This video is very interesting and different! I would love more of it!
AHHHHH the intro was so good!!!!
So we really enjoyed hearing about some public opinion on did and what the general populis may think, it was super interesting! It's a shame about the audio, but you all still got some great information out of it
1. It is not the first time that conjoined twins comes to mind when watching your channel. I realize the two conditions are separate and not related. 2. I was surprised to hear the estimated percentage; higher than I thought! 3. Also, when you said, "just a lot of normal people in one human container." 6:20 I thought about fictives, EPs, non-human alters, and Persecutor Protectors not being 'normal people.' I understand they are 'valid' for the system's understanding of themselves, but to say they are 'normal people.' gets to the heart of the definition of 'person' /biology.
Daniel, I've just got to say how awesome you look with the haircut! I can see your confidence has grown and that makes my heart so happy! It's incredible to me how masculine you look and yet the ladies in the system simultaneously look so cute and feminine.
Once you live with DID in your life, be you the injured one, a friend, a child of a system or a partner etc. It changes you forever. My understanding went from nothing to the level of research a professional might go to to understand this complex coping mechanism for childhood trauma injury.
In truth, I wanted someone to blame for what happened to my loved one. I wanted revenge for the horrible things they endured in their life. I was angry and felt hopeless to limit their suffering, and they were suffering. Their host, (my husband and partner of 15 years) vanished when the amnesia walls fell in their thirties. I was grieving that loss and they were thrust into this new way of existing. Everything felt like a dream to them before and now it was too real, too bright.
Years after that loss, I have cried to those below. What happened to my husband! I didn't sign up for this chaos! I wanted a simple life! You keep taking those I invest in away! The pressure to stay in the outer and be a host of sorts, someone I could rely on (with my own mental health issues I needed care sometimes too) was driving them inner. My gosh I was so wrong.
Our story is so complex I often wonder if anyone on this planet could even understand... I couldn't see them through the anger I was overwhelmed by.
Until I found the systems on UA-cam, suddenly there were countless videos of people just like my partner... people who had littles and switched clearly on-screen, people who had outside children like us and were in long lasting relationships like I had longed for... hope existed on my little glow box connection to the rest of the world.
Things got easier, understanding slowly breed compassion. Something existed past my own pain. I opened my eyes. It was bright at first, but I wanted to see them properly so I persisted. Then I loved again.
I saw your post for leaving UA-cam and I just wanted to say, thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your content has eased both their and my suffering, a salve to my loss and a hope moving forward with those I love in their "human container"
Whatever the future brings you Entropy, please know you were helpful and heard.
Karasu no Satsugai and I truly thank you.
I think the biggest misconception I had on DID was that it wasn't as prevalent as it really is. Until sometime early in 2019, I had never heard of DID(but had heard of multiple personality disorder) until I happened to notice some posts someone I follow on tumblr talking about this thing titled DID and alters and systems. Then I happened across a small youtuber(who deleted their channel, I think) who spoke about DID from within a mental hospital before finding this channel(because of the Sanders Sides video yall made, actually). (to be honest, it was a bit like learning a definition of a new word and suddenly hearing the word everywhere, the way I learned about DID)
Learning from this channel has helped me with supporting someone I've known for years who recently came out to me as a system (they don't have DID, I think they said it's OSDD1b?). It's relieving to learn, even though I'm not a system or anything like that, and that I can help support those who do with the knowledge I've learned here.
I had quite a few misconceptions, particularly that people with DID couldn’t live “normal” lives, and I underestimated how common it is relatively. Thanks to channels like yours I feel like I know enough to be able to correct and inform other people
My parents told me that DID develops if a person, who has done bad things, doesn’t take responsibility. When they say „I didn‘t do this!“ often enough then alters would form.
Let’s just say I‘m lucky that we found this channel before we noticed our OSDD-1b!
Thank you for this video, I admire your courage in going out to talk to the general public directly about DID, and even revealing to them that you have DID yourselves. As someone with DID myself/ourselves, I too was surprised, but in a good way, to find that most of the people you interviewed did not think we were inherently more dangerous, or that we were unable to live a "normal" life. With how most media portrayals of people like us (both factual and fictional) are, it's easy to assume that everyone probably buys into the negative stigma, but it's good to know that maybe that's not the case as much as we think it is. I can't really say that your channel has cleared up any major misconceptions I had about DID, since I/we had already been in therapy for our own DID for many years by the time we found your channel. But your channel has helped us to get a fresh perspective of how someone else handles their DID, which is both fascinating and helpful to us. There have been many times when you (and other DID youtubers) have helped us to see things in a different light, and given us helpful ideas of different ways to cope with our own DID. Thank you so much for your efforts in helping both DID and non-DID people to understand this disorder better. We appreciate you-all so much! - Masako of the Doug Vincent system
I have been really surprised in my life how many people are accepting of plurality. Not one person besides my dad has ever had a problem with it.
I've been watching DID videos for so long now I forget what I didn't know before. but wow, 1 in 100? that is a LOT of people. the good part is, systems aren't so alone. the sad part is, that means there are a lot of children going through trauma. I wish society would really look at that and work harder to end abuse for good. maybe I'm idealistic and not super realistic, but. anyway, awesome video as always, guys!
Omg I love the guy that said “they can live a normal life if that’s what they choose” I wish the audio worked ):
I just want to say thank you for all you guys have taught us this year. I knew practically nothing about DID before I stumbled upon your channel and have been so interested. It is so wonderful to have a human voice to such a misinterpreted condition and the best thing has been getting to know you all through my computer screen. Your work is so important. Best wishes to everyone for 2020 and I am looking forward to seeing what you guys do next.
I found your channel after watching Multiplicity and Me for about a year. I considered myself educated because of watching Jess and her system, but I had a very narrow perspective because I based all my knowledge about the disorder on that one system. I didn’t realize a system could have so many different alters, or that alters could fuse or split off, or that fictives/non-human alters were a thing. Thank you for being so open with all of us so that we can better recognize your experience and validity
Your channel is what introduced me to what DID was/is. I knew the disorder existed, but only had vague idea. I didn’t know how intricate a system truly was! I’ve navigated my own mental health challenges over the years, (ADD/Anxiety)and it’s certainly a topic that needs awareness - BIG props to your system for shedding light on such a personal part of what makes you, you! ❤️
I don't have DID but I have learned a lot from your and a few other channels over the last year after a chance recommendation of a DID video. I had the opportunity to educate a colleague yesterday during a discussion about what we watch on UA-cam. When I told her I watch DID channels and what the condition is, her response was "don't you find it scary that there are people like that out there?" My reply was " I find it fascinating how the brain protects vulnerable children from trauma." This lead to a whole conversation about the condition, it's representation in movies and how people with DID are not dangerous they are survivors of trauma. You are making a difference to public perception through your channel and should be so proud.
I love the way you described prevalence and revealed your diagnosis at the end :) I try to do that with BPD too, disclosing after people know who I am (to their surprise!).
I think I had a lot of misconceptions about DID:
1. It's an extremly rare disorder.
2. It's so obvious that people instantly know when they have it (and other people do too).
3. A friend of mine apparently asked me a few month ago if I thought that the personalities in a system could dislike one another and I responed with that that probably would be completely impossible.
I guess there where other misconceptions I had too, I just don't remember them (I also don't remember that conversation, but my friend brought it up after I actually started learning stuff about DID).
And now, two month after watching a few videos about it, I've actually been diagnosed with DID. Life is weird. :D
Oh, I also think I didn't know the term DID until a friend of mine got diagnosed in ... september? I think it was.
Daniel, perhaps it’s not fair to have favorites, but your manner of speaking makes your video publications my favorite.
Thanks to each and everyone of you for your plethora of publications.
Hugs
When I first found your channel, probably about twoish years ago, I had literally no idea what DID even was. I don’t think I even knew that multiple personality disorder was a thing because I grew up in a very sheltered household. Now, I’ve been diagnosed with DID and I’m still learning about the disorder and my system. I don’t think I would’ve even had the thought of telling my therapist about my amnesia if it wasn’t for your channel.
The misconception I had before finding the UA-cam DID community was that I thought it could form at any time in a person's life. When finding out later how it is formed and that most people don't receive a diagnosis until their adults or near adults made that make a lot more sense.
I absolutely love the new intro, and this video was amazing! It was such an original idea and you educated real people right next to you. That is so cool. The way you worked around the audio issue was perfect!
I loved this video! I hope you guys can find a way to do more videos like this!! Or even if you asked these same questions to a new group of people where we could hear their answers.
I have DID & was diagnosed 3 years ago. We have at least 8 identities within us & some of them have harmed the host recently. 🇦🇺
My big shock was how common it was, and also I was happy to learn that each alter was such a faceted and unique person within a body. I had known a multiple for two years, but the two of us were seeing it as a spiritual reality rather than an aspect of their brain structure. Upon learning, we believe OSDD is a likely diagnosis, which they only share with very select people.
It really sucks the audio wasn't usable. It's incredible how you did manage to make it into a video. Thanks so much, the answers startled us all. Wow.
Kind regards, Wendy.
How understanding and thoughtful and accepting people are! Love this. Gmh.
What a great idea! I loved that you went and asked random people at the mall, and I am so glad the interactions were so great, and how open they were to answering and listening and that they went away knowing a little more. Great stuff Entropy.
Thank you for putting yourselves out there and doing this type of video. You guys do such an amazing job at educating and helping us inside and out the community.
We hope you all have a great 2020 and are wishing you the best in this year's journey! Keep it up, lots of love!!
Anyone still years after rewatching this channel? Lol every time I start to figure my did out more and more I come back here
Hi! We’ve been coming here!
I am a Gramma now. I went to psychologist's for 20 years? I am lucky to be alive as a few of my siblings as well due parental neglect and some abuse. I also became the scapegoat child in my early teens. I never really quote became someone else. However I have come close to it. I would believe as a teenager that I sounded like someone family wouldn't like. I was absolutely helpless against this voice that definitely was going to overwhelm me. I recorded my voice using this big recorder my parents had in our living room just to realize that voice from that person was not me. The only way I remember Not becoming someone else was to become very busy and forget it. I used to go into the living room after that instead of the TV set with family. And play the piano I had had lessons for a few years and would practice when I felt volatile . There have been a few episodes with this even lately due early childhood. I was I guess around 3 years old and my younger sister fell down the outside stairs.
They were rather long as we'd lived on a hill and truly meant for adults . The stairs were Approx 7 feet high and had no backing so a toddler could actually fit through and below her were rocks. I remember feeling extremely troubled although it's a memory that took a long time to recall. She fell I believe anyway around 3 times and each time I was very very troubled. I am the eldest of 6 children and they now have children. None of us ever abused or neglected our children like that thank God. And the pain that once in a great while (3-4 times in my whole life) you suffer from is unbelievable so painful I have never felt such emotional pain ever. You don't realize though that you are also like a train in couple cars that do not realize they all are there making sense . If you could only have seen it at the time? I was several people potentially though never let it happen. There is currently real proof now the latter part of 2019 that DID is very real. Be kind to yourself if all I've got? You deserve care*
happy new year! i hope your system has a great 2020,you deserve the absolute best in life
This was a great concept for a video! (Especially if you want to mix up the format.) Too bad the audio ruined your vision, but the takeaway was still great. It's super cool to see thoughts from people outside this channel's community. Maybe you guys could try again in another setting (like a park), sometime? IDK.
Anyway, I love your videos!
This is such a good video! I'm so excited for all of your new video ideas this year! Here's to a great 2020! 💜
I really really like this new sort of video! It’s so interesting what people think and I was surprised by some of the answers the ppl gave, I hope there’s gonna be more like this!
Your channel has been the primary factor helping me cope with finding out I have did. Thank you so much. -Chandler from the Echo System
I didn’t expect such good responses! That makes me so happy!
I think my biggest misconception before actively trying to find out about DID was that alters are a problem for the host across the board. Not that alters were bad/evil, just that they weren't in themselves people and that they were no more than a tic (as in like Tourette's) for someone. Learning who alters really are and how they actually live alongside a host with a healthy connection like a family has open my eyes A TON.
Came to this video a bit late but we watched the live stream that same day. It's too bad the audio wasn't usable but I think this video idea was amazing and super brave of you all to try. Even with our system starting our channel I still don't think we'd be confident enough to go talk to strangers in public about D.I.D. well done and thanks for all you do.
I struggle with severe depersonalization/derealization. It makes it difficult for me to stay engaged in daily life and often causes me to feel sad and unmotivated. It’s difficult because as much as I want to hope for a future... there’s much that I can’t remember about my life and such a disconnect between not only myself but with others.
I enjoyed this video simply because you went out and asked people about it, I'm sure that was very nerve wracking. Thank you for being so brave about it. I wish we could have gotten the audio, if you do it again maybe you could bring a second mic or something like that? Keep up the good work.
Awesome Idea to actually ask people!!! Thanks😊💪
Hi Entropy System, from the Kaleidoscope System! 💕💞💖✨❤️🐥🐣 When I came out to a family member about being a multiple and who has known me all my life the first question was “are you violent/dangerous” and aren’t you afraid a “dangerous” one would come along and hurt your family? 😒 um like NO! We are not dangerous we just want a chance at a healthy, happy and fulfilling life. I was surprised to see what the people in your video actually thought. It’s already hard to be a multiple and learning how and where we fit in the world away from trauma to have people be afraid of us only makes it harder. So to you thank you and to the people who partook on your video thank you as well you’ve shed some positive light in our system. 🐣✨
I didn't realise how common did is and how much work it takes a system to be functional. Im glad y'all's channel and others, like dicosiadid & team pinata have showed your lives to educate us all. Thanks! 💖💖
I have acctually had conversations about what DID is. (I am not a system) but when it comes up in conversation I am always happy to educate people.
Thank you for committing to that! It’s so so important
There’s still hope in humanity! Good content guys. Cheers to a more fantastic 2020 🥂
I love this so much! Great job at making this a post-able video since the audio didn't work btw :)
I love your videos and the way you end your vids with "you are loved, you are valuable, you are valid" has become a way I end my morning message to my students. Thank you for all you do, and have a great day!🙂
I love that you use that message with your students!! -Wyn
I loved that you guys tried something new. I was so surprised and pleased. :) keep going. Before I learned about DID I thought that it was one consciousness coping with things by "pretending" to be someone else. I'm glad I am more aware of the disorder.
I’m excited for any content you make!!
Thanks Shoshie 💖
I love your opening to your videos!! The little beat you have on there is so cute!! I just love your videos period lol!! ❤️
I love that you guys did this.
I love the concept for a video like this. I'm sorry the audio didn't work out, but if you guys were able to figure out how to fix some of the obstacles with it, I would love to see another video like this!
When you said that they all responded with "Oh you don't look like you could have that you just look like a normal person" all I thought was, "Well what should they look like? Professor Quirrell???" And that makes me think it might be interesting to ask people what they think/assume a person with DID would/should look like? I think that could be a good gateway into helping people consider the stereotypes they put on different disorders and mental illnesses and why they do that and help them learn to challenge those perceptions.
Oooh! If we do this again we’ll have to ask that question! -Wyn
Shame the interview audio didn't work out. Can't imagine how frustrating that would be. I think my biggest misconception was that DID happened to someone from one traumatic event, instead of several repeated ones.
Before I met you guys and some other systems I follow I had that idea of "Multiple Personalities" we see in movies. They never had a plausible cause and always looked so extreme or ridiculous. It's good to know there you are just people sharing a body. My husband is really sceptical about, he asked why I believe in you. I said it's because our brains are mysterious things. It's hurtful to know that a brain had to go through so much pain that it felt the need to shatter or divide itself in order to cope with everything. But the brain it's great and if finds a way.
I really like you guys, the educational videos are just a part of it. I enjoy the different interests you have to share with us. And the fact that I can recognize each of you before you say it most of the time now. I don't know if I'm right in making this comparison, but it's like I learned how to tell wich of my twins friends I'm talking to. They look similar on the outside, but they're different on the inside, so much different. But one is not better than the other, just different.
WE FRICKEN LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!
Hey everyone! I love you all and watch your videos each week, but today, this comment is mostly for Kim Kim:
Hey Kim Kim!
I am starting to get into Pokémon GO. A lot of people tell me it isn't a "real" Pokemon game, but that's okay. I am only playing it to try and fill the Pokédex as it would be a cool thing to achieve as a completionist.
My first shiny was only caught recently, but it was a shiny Charmander! Was super happy, just thought I'd share. I hope the new year is filled with many tournaments for you to judge!
This was great! Well done!!
Really interesting video, shame the audio didn't work, but thank you for summarising for us :) Really brave thing to do, I'm glad the responses were largely positive!
this made my heart so full
The first memory of DID I remember was a case introduced on TV where an alter of a system had done some serious wrong. The documentary(?) showed “evidence” of the legitimacy of the system. Two misunderstandings I had until I started following DID channels was that 1) there is a “main” alter and that 2) inner worlds are a blank space with a spotlight in the middle and if you stand there you “front” (that was how the inner world worked for that particular system). I’m glad that was my first exposure, because although not the best representation, at least it didn’t leave me thinking that DID systems are more likely to be violent or that they are faking, and it explained why an alter would split off.
I found the case. It was of Billy Milligan.
TW: s*xual ab*se, vi*lence, alcoh*l and a not-so-great handling of the disorder by surrounding people
Daniel you seem like you’re rocking some new found confidence in this vid, I love it 👌
Before I found this and other UA-cam channels about DID, I didn't think much about it. I only knew about DID (or MPD, or nameless condition belonging to a character in a superhero movie) from fiction, and so I guess I sort of assumed it was fictional. I'd like to specify, though, that it wasn't "That's not real." Rather, it was more like my perspective on Narwhals: I didn't consider that they could be real until I learned more about them, and then my response was, "okay, cool."
Except, of course, people with DID are a whole lot more relevant to my life than narwhals. I don't happen across narwhals in life, while I've come across many people with DID and not realized it.
Even though I'd mostly seen DID represented in characters where one character was cruel/violent/whatever, I didn't consider DID to mean danger, even in its fictional form as a Nameless Conditions Given For Excitement. I took it in context: these characters, like the "normal" messed-up characters in the show/movie, had their own reasons for being whatever kind of not-good they were.
The biggest practical difference this channel and similar channels have made in my life: I have yet another motivation to be a safe, approachable person. Part of that means talking with extra respect about DID and other disorders, so no one misunderstands and assumes I have a negative perspective. Another part is just rolling with strange things people might do-what I might otherwise perceive as rudeness could be a symptom of something. If any of my friends or family are diagnosed with DID (or have anything else going on), I want them to know that they can tell me as much or as little as they like.
I am a first-time viewer of your videos. I have watched other videos by DID 'Tubers.