Discussing possession as a possible cause for DID and exorcism as a treatment adds further stigma of an already stigmatised disorder. Many cases of DID are a result of trauma inflicted on and experienced by children through religious cults. It’s disheartening and alarming to listen to a medical professional give any kind of credence to demonology and exorcists, especially considering you are dealing with some of the most vulnerable people in society who are in need to medical help.
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing your view. "True scientists" look at and discuss ALL possibilities in our history of trying to figure out mental illness. We can't erase our history and we certainly can't erase other fields, like that of theology and demonology, just to make ourselves comfortable and "avoid stigma." We know what the current view of DID is. That's clear. But it's certainly ok to discuss how other cultures and our history has impacted the understanding of DID. It's apart of the learning process.
I understand your viewpoint. I have a friend who is in treatment for DID. She is very triggered by any reference to Christian Exorcism. If I understand correctly, she was not recommending that, but, mentioning that some people believe that to be a valid treatment. My friend was traumatized severely by " Christians" that in fact were actually into Satanism. The very thought of that is terrifying to me much less for a young child.
@@bonnie3232 oh my gosh! My husband was traumatized by crazy people in his mom's neighborhood that used Christianity. He doesn't suffer anymore, but it took a while to remove it.
My parts(yes diagnosed with DID by a psychiatrist) are all positive,loving and helpful.I do have a protector,he protects me and everything I love.Everyones goal isn't integration,95%,when given the choice between integration,fusion,and just harmony,will choose harmony...just ask😉
I was just wondering because I was telling my family about this and they said it was unhealthy and or bad to be embracing your other alters is this true? Because we got into a big argument and I think if the alters live in harmony then it’s fine if they can function together then it’s fine but both my parents were saying it’s an unhealthy coping mechanism and I just don’t think that’s true
@@evelynjohnson8391 You are the alt. Stop trying to figure it out. Be YOU by not thinking about who or what you are. You're a brain. One brain. One person.
@@FirstnameLastname-qp4hf hun I never said I have DID. But my question is what degree in psychology do you have to be able to tell me DID is not real. You are being quite rude to the people who do have to deal with this. You should be much more respectful and learn what your talking about before adding hateful comments. Also you should tell people to seek therapy before telling them there mental issues aren’t real (let the professionals tell them what they think)
My friend is 19 years old but ,she says she is 8 years old and now she acts like a child. She don’t remember any things all she remembers is her past events which occurred when she was 8 years old. Please help me out to solve her problems due to lockdown we cannot go anywhere
Cooperation between alters is the ultimate goal for systems. A uni-brain or completely fused personality should never be the goal as it is more likely to create further shame to an already severely traumatized system. A system can function well when cooperative and respects what each alter and fragment has done to enable the child to survive. Harming parts merely try to substitute a different pain which is more bearable and a distraction from the original trauma. Maladaptive once safe from abuse, but adaptive at the time.
Before I knew, i thought i faked symptoms. Having parts of my body started shaking. Waking up with scratches on my body. Its not a fun diagnosis (no diagnosis is "fun") but this one is choking to get ... I was surprised, and still have periodes where it's hard to believe, my head tells me I'm a psychopath, but friends, psychiatrist, doctor and mentors says I'm too high in empathy... The paranoia is real, but a lot easier to handle, when i know it's paranoia... Thank you for sharing this
At some point in treatment when healing has occurred you then can treat for complex p t s d? Because d i d is causec by trauma and probanly quite severe trauma, at that...
I’m wondering if anyone can give me guidance around how to treat someone with DID where the original personality was subsumed by a personality that developed in adolescence, so that there’s only one personality left. And that personality feels totally cut off from the body and lives in despair. Thank you for any guidance!
I think you have to be very careful with family therapy and DID. Many people with dissociative disorders have them because we are/were horrifically abused by family members and therapy can be weaponized against someone who has memory problems and especially people who have been programmed intentionally many people who will abuse kids have no intention of stopping whatsoever and are deliberate about covering it up. Many times no contact with family is better imo. I actually don't think I know anyone with DID who has had successful therapy with their birth family.. I was brought to therapists as a kid who used behaviorist and trauma therapy methods to make me okay with the abuse that was happening around me as a kid, who trained me (intentionally or not) to collapse my boundaries around adults and submit to my abusers. When I read my medical records from family therapy now as an adult I go into rapid switching and have seizures because it was such a fucked up time. My psychiatrist had me on contraindicated meds with consent of my parents against my own wishes but if I talked during the sessions about how I felt my mom knew how to sort of intimidate me into going with her story (intentionally or not). With my family dynamics and the state my psyche was in as a child/adolescent/teen I truly believe there is very little that a therapist could have done to improve my home life with family therapy besides if they had taken me seriously when I asked to be placed in my dad's custody but I was family therapied into a "compromise" which still left me 50% of the time with my abuser. because I wasn't able to tell them what was going on really and I was very confused about it myself and made to feel guilty for being upset about being abused before I stepped foot in the office and I knew when I was out of the office it was just me and the circumstances I was in there was no therapist coming home with me. So the CBT and DBT was all basically making me understand why my abusers thought I was a bad kid and I just internalized intellectualizing my trauma and taking on my familys emotions. I wish I had not had family therapy as a child and teen because it just gave me trauma around family/group therapy, and I mostly just felt pressured to become ok with or forgive stuff that I realize now was really abusive and I had no business taking on those adults emotions as a kid. Like, my mom needed her own therapist I really did not need to hear that shit when I was a kid about how much I stress her out and intellectualize why shes treating me that way and then go home and deal with her behavior. I needed an individual therapist who I wasn't afraid of them telling anyone anything about how I felt unless I asked for that help. But I tried to ask for my dad to have custody in therapy and the therapist talked me out of it because my mom started crying. IDK. I don't know anyone with DID who is an adult and would be willing to go to family therapy with both parents and have the grandparents and everyone know all their business.... most of us are abused by family. I don't even want my abusers to know where I live, at this point.
I don’t know if I’m going crazy or not but I connect with so many things in this but I just don’t feel like I’m all the way there yet, I still feel In control almost
Hi David, That's a tough situation. I'm sorry. I'm not aware of any supplements used to treat DID. If you are, however, feeling depressed or irritable you could try a men's multivitamin and vitamin D. I use the brand Rainbow Light. Take care
A lot of people think this (because of Sigmund Freud and his famous couch) but therapy can lose its effectiveness if therapy lasts too long, depending on your needs. Codependency can develop also.
@@TherapistTamaraHill but you cant put a time line on trauma. right? there others I feel like out there and my self has multiple traumas and can take time to heal i thought. I thought you cant rush healing? Sorry I have multiple questions
Hi, loved your video. I am with someone who I believe has this and I was wondering if you worked with adults and where you were located. I am trying to find him someone who is culturally sensitive.
I can't say this for everyone, but I noticed magnesium as a wonder for mind health. It can't hurt to try because it's what you definitely need! Just may be low. I've been to a gong meditation. Has anyone tried this!? I do not suffer anything listed here. I'm here because I have a family member that needs help that refuses help.
But you've got to get back to the original trauma...through dialogue with why the parts developed....when they were 'born' who did the hurting of them because that persons personality may have been internalized. Yes, time lines and pictures posssibly.
Hi Ave, I'm not entirely sure as this is not my area of expertise. I would suggest visiting the International Society For the Study of Trauma and Dissociation:www.isst-d.org/
I can do some further research into this, yes. This topic is not my area of expertise as a trauma therapist but I can try to add more on this in future videos.
Hi i have a friend that lives with someone who suffers from DID his an older male for what she told me his been through traumatic situations from watching his father beat his mom and rape being raped and molestation within they own family. He is very abusive towards her his even raped her several occasions and I'm afraid he might end up killing her one day. For what she told me he might have 7 or 8 personalities and they all have a name. Can you help or guide me in the right direction please. Thanks.
Thank you sooooo.much girl! This was a grest series I can't find on UA-cam. Everyone talks ONLY about counseling. But you covered quite a bit.
You're welcome!! Thanks for watching and for your participation this week.
Discussing possession as a possible cause for DID and exorcism as a treatment adds further stigma of an already stigmatised disorder. Many cases of DID are a result of trauma inflicted on and experienced by children through religious cults. It’s disheartening and alarming to listen to a medical professional give any kind of credence to demonology and exorcists, especially considering you are dealing with some of the most vulnerable people in society who are in need to medical help.
Thank you. I appreciate you sharing your view. "True scientists" look at and discuss ALL possibilities in our history of trying to figure out mental illness. We can't erase our history and we certainly can't erase other fields, like that of theology and demonology, just to make ourselves comfortable and "avoid stigma."
We know what the current view of DID is. That's clear. But it's certainly ok to discuss how other cultures and our history has impacted the understanding of DID.
It's apart of the learning process.
I understand your viewpoint. I have a friend who is in treatment for DID. She is very triggered by any reference to Christian Exorcism. If I understand correctly, she was not recommending that, but, mentioning that some people believe that to be a valid treatment. My friend was traumatized severely by " Christians" that in fact were actually into Satanism. The very thought of that is terrifying to me much less for a young child.
@@bonnie3232 oh my gosh! My husband was traumatized by crazy people in his mom's neighborhood that used Christianity. He doesn't suffer anymore, but it took a while to remove it.
I almost fell out my chair when she mentioned this!!!
Thank you @Bonnie, that's exactly what I was referring to.
I could watch you videos all day as you explain things so well, and add bits to show examples.
Thank you Tami!!
My parts(yes diagnosed with DID by a psychiatrist) are all positive,loving and helpful.I do have a protector,he protects me and everything I love.Everyones goal isn't integration,95%,when given the choice between integration,fusion,and just harmony,will choose harmony...just ask😉
I was just wondering because I was telling my family about this and they said it was unhealthy and or bad to be embracing your other alters is this true? Because we got into a big argument and I think if the alters live in harmony then it’s fine if they can function together then it’s fine but both my parents were saying it’s an unhealthy coping mechanism and I just don’t think that’s true
You are lying to yourself.
@@evelynjohnson8391 Forget it! "Embrace them" ? It's you. Don't DECIDE what you are or are not. LET GO AND JUST BE!
@@evelynjohnson8391 You are the alt. Stop trying to figure it out. Be YOU by not thinking about who or what you are. You're a brain. One brain. One person.
@@FirstnameLastname-qp4hf hun I never said I have DID. But my question is what degree in psychology do you have to be able to tell me DID is not real. You are being quite rude to the people who do have to deal with this. You should be much more respectful and learn what your talking about before adding hateful comments. Also you should tell people to seek therapy before telling them there mental issues aren’t real (let the professionals tell them what they think)
My friend is 19 years old but ,she says she is 8 years old and now she acts like a child. She don’t remember any things all she remembers is her past events which occurred when she was 8 years old. Please help me out to solve her problems due to lockdown we cannot go anywhere
I love the way you explain, this video really insightful, thanks a lot!
Thank you!! Glad this was helpful!
Cooperation between alters is the ultimate goal for systems. A uni-brain or completely fused personality should never be the goal as it is more likely to create further shame to an already severely traumatized system. A system can function well when cooperative and respects what each alter and fragment has done to enable the child to survive. Harming parts merely try to substitute a different pain which is more bearable and a distraction from the original trauma. Maladaptive once safe from abuse, but adaptive at the time.
I feel like its wrong to have DID because alot of people go through trauma and have it way worse then me.
That's because it is. You don't have it. It doesn't exist.
Before I knew, i thought i faked symptoms.
Having parts of my body started shaking. Waking up with scratches on my body.
Its not a fun diagnosis (no diagnosis is "fun") but this one is choking to get ... I was surprised, and still have periodes where it's hard to believe, my head tells me I'm a psychopath, but friends, psychiatrist, doctor and mentors says I'm too high in empathy...
The paranoia is real, but a lot easier to handle, when i know it's paranoia...
Thank you for sharing this
At some point in treatment when healing has occurred you then can treat for complex p t s d? Because d i d is causec by trauma and probanly quite severe trauma, at that...
I’m wondering if anyone can give me guidance around how to treat someone with DID where the original personality was subsumed by a personality that developed in adolescence, so that there’s only one personality left. And that personality feels totally cut off from the body and lives in despair. Thank you for any guidance!
I think you have to be very careful with family therapy and DID. Many people with dissociative disorders have them because we are/were horrifically abused by family members and therapy can be weaponized against someone who has memory problems and especially people who have been programmed intentionally many people who will abuse kids have no intention of stopping whatsoever and are deliberate about covering it up. Many times no contact with family is better imo. I actually don't think I know anyone with DID who has had successful therapy with their birth family..
I was brought to therapists as a kid who used behaviorist and trauma therapy methods to make me okay with the abuse that was happening around me as a kid, who trained me (intentionally or not) to collapse my boundaries around adults and submit to my abusers. When I read my medical records from family therapy now as an adult I go into rapid switching and have seizures because it was such a fucked up time. My psychiatrist had me on contraindicated meds with consent of my parents against my own wishes but if I talked during the sessions about how I felt my mom knew how to sort of intimidate me into going with her story (intentionally or not). With my family dynamics and the state my psyche was in as a child/adolescent/teen I truly believe there is very little that a therapist could have done to improve my home life with family therapy besides if they had taken me seriously when I asked to be placed in my dad's custody but I was family therapied into a "compromise" which still left me 50% of the time with my abuser. because I wasn't able to tell them what was going on really and I was very confused about it myself and made to feel guilty for being upset about being abused before I stepped foot in the office and I knew when I was out of the office it was just me and the circumstances I was in there was no therapist coming home with me. So the CBT and DBT was all basically making me understand why my abusers thought I was a bad kid and I just internalized intellectualizing my trauma and taking on my familys emotions. I wish I had not had family therapy as a child and teen because it just gave me trauma around family/group therapy, and I mostly just felt pressured to become ok with or forgive stuff that I realize now was really abusive and I had no business taking on those adults emotions as a kid. Like, my mom needed her own therapist I really did not need to hear that shit when I was a kid about how much I stress her out and intellectualize why shes treating me that way and then go home and deal with her behavior. I needed an individual therapist who I wasn't afraid of them telling anyone anything about how I felt unless I asked for that help. But I tried to ask for my dad to have custody in therapy and the therapist talked me out of it because my mom started crying. IDK. I don't know anyone with DID who is an adult and would be willing to go to family therapy with both parents and have the grandparents and everyone know all their business.... most of us are abused by family. I don't even want my abusers to know where I live, at this point.
Ya I wouldn't think someone with DID would benefit at all with anyone alse in the room especially their family.
Where are you located?
I don’t know if I’m going crazy or not but I connect with so many things in this but I just don’t feel like I’m all the way there yet, I still feel In control almost
I don't have health insurance right now. Are there any natural supplements that help treat this? Thank you
Hi David,
That's a tough situation. I'm sorry.
I'm not aware of any supplements used to treat DID. If you are, however, feeling depressed or irritable you could try a men's multivitamin and vitamin D. I use the brand Rainbow Light.
Take care
Dr. Do you have a collegue in South Africa?
My anger is out of control and I have stopped my medication during Covid.
IT DOESN'T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE A DISORDER. YOUR ALTERS CAN BE A STRENGTH.
Some people do believe this.
So true! I have DID and it is definitely a gift.
Mine scares me
Yeah
Why would you have a time line to come in? I thought you can go as long as you are needing until everything is completed.
A lot of people think this (because of Sigmund Freud and his famous couch) but therapy can lose its effectiveness if therapy lasts too long, depending on your needs. Codependency can develop also.
@@TherapistTamaraHill but you cant put a time line on trauma. right? there others I feel like out there and my self has multiple traumas and can take time to heal i thought. I thought you cant rush healing? Sorry I have multiple questions
Hi, loved your video. I am with someone who I believe has this and I was wondering if you worked with adults and where you were located. I am trying to find him someone who is culturally sensitive.
I can't say this for everyone, but I noticed magnesium as a wonder for mind health. It can't hurt to try because it's what you definitely need! Just may be low.
I've been to a gong meditation. Has anyone tried this!?
I do not suffer anything listed here. I'm here because I have a family member that needs help that refuses help.
But you've got to get back to the original trauma...through dialogue with why the parts developed....when they were 'born' who did the hurting of them because that persons personality may have been internalized. Yes, time lines and pictures posssibly.
The most recent research actually shows this is more likely to be triggering and destabilizing.
I am a psychotherapist and I’d just wanna know the therapies that can be used for unifying or fusing the personalities. Thank you.
Or how it’s done
Hi Ave, I'm not entirely sure as this is not my area of expertise. I would suggest visiting the International Society For the Study of Trauma and Dissociation:www.isst-d.org/
Thanks for the info!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
hello i’m doing a project and I just wanted to know how you got to the point of treating DID as a psychotherapist
thank you. can you please share more on healing this?
I can do some further research into this, yes. This topic is not my area of expertise as a trauma therapist but I can try to add more on this in future videos.
Hi i have a friend that lives with someone who suffers from DID his an older male for what she told me his been through traumatic situations from watching his father beat his mom and rape being raped and molestation within they own family. He is very abusive towards her his even raped her several occasions and I'm afraid he might end up killing her one day. For what she told me he might have 7 or 8 personalities and they all have a name. Can you help or guide me in the right direction please. Thanks.
Can someone talk to me regarding my deasease is it curable?
I cant hold my brain with this..how to deal
Thank you for this❤️
You're welcome Jade!
1:45 multiple personalities linked to demonology patients
idk why i find this is true, like those case of Emily Rose
i think She had MPD....
Annelise Rose.....
god bless you. ephesians 6:12
Amen! God bless you too.
My favorite: Ephesians 6:16
I'm curious about their sex life.
Associative Identity Hyperorder.