Imagine A Puzzle, Shattered Across The Room. You See The Pieces,
So Your Immediate Reaction Is To Put The Puzzle Together, Is It Not?
Well, It Depends. For Me, It Would Bother Me. I Was Told Once I Have A Mild Case Of OCD. Imperfections Bother Me. I Require Order. I Require Everything To Be Neat--Organized. Or I Completely Lose It.
Now Imagine Those Puzzle Pieces Make Up A Whole Personality Of A Person. How Would You Put Those Pieces Together?
Simple. You Don't--Not In The Case Of DID. There Is No Cure For DID.
Sure, There Is Therapy, There Is Medication, There Are Ways To Deal With The Diagnosis, But In The End, If A Person Has DID, Is Because The Mind Suffered A Certain Case Of Abuse To The Point It Split In Order To Protect Itself--And Thus, Alters Are Created.
Or Rather, Alters Appear.
So Your Immediate Reaction Is To Put The Puzzle Together, Is It Not?
Well, It Depends. For Me, It Would Bother Me. I Was Told Once I Have A Mild Case Of OCD. Imperfections Bother Me. I Require Order. I Require Everything To Be Neat--Organized. Or I Completely Lose It.
Now Imagine Those Puzzle Pieces Make Up A Whole Personality Of A Person. How Would You Put Those Pieces Together?
Simple. You Don't--Not In The Case Of DID. There Is No Cure For DID.
Sure, There Is Therapy, There Is Medication, There Are Ways To Deal With The Diagnosis, But In The End, If A Person Has DID, Is Because The Mind Suffered A Certain Case Of Abuse To The Point It Split In Order To Protect Itself--And Thus, Alters Are Created.
Or Rather, Alters Appear.
Now How Would You Describe An Alter?
It Is A Part Of The Fragmentation Of The Original Complete Personality Of One Human Being.
An Alter Is One Puzzle Piece To The Whole Picture.
An Alter Comes From The Whole.
Thus, When Looking At Alters, One Needs To Understand That Despite The Stigma This Mental Health Disorder Has, An Alter Is Not A Completely Different Person.
An Alter Is Part Of That Person.
That Person Just Had Their Mind Fragmented.
Split.
Despite The Use In Media, TV Tropes And Other Such As Movies, Having DID Does Not Mean The Person Diagnosed With It Is Dangerous, But The Truth Behind The Danger Is That Certain Alters Can Be Dangerous For The Host Body.
Alters Can Be Very Different.
As You Will See Below.
It Is A Part Of The Fragmentation Of The Original Complete Personality Of One Human Being.
An Alter Is One Puzzle Piece To The Whole Picture.
An Alter Comes From The Whole.
Thus, When Looking At Alters, One Needs To Understand That Despite The Stigma This Mental Health Disorder Has, An Alter Is Not A Completely Different Person.
An Alter Is Part Of That Person.
That Person Just Had Their Mind Fragmented.
Split.
Despite The Use In Media, TV Tropes And Other Such As Movies, Having DID Does Not Mean The Person Diagnosed With It Is Dangerous, But The Truth Behind The Danger Is That Certain Alters Can Be Dangerous For The Host Body.
Alters Can Be Very Different.
As You Will See Below.
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