I know that the bibliography says these identities must be caused from severe issues to be considered DID, but could it be that all people have many voices/identities that appear and/or disappear throughout their lifetime (in other words, is having a singular internal monologue an exception, similar to those who have no internal monologue)? Triggered switches are especially likely to be quick, but too many triggers or too much overall stress can also lead to rapid cycling. A fantastic video from Dr. Mike Lloyd from the CTAD Clinic on how alters/parts in DID/OSDD develop from complex trauma. I dont find my system described anywhere. Although an individual's therapist or spouse may learn to recognize not only switches but specific alters, most others may rationalize away any switching that they notice as the individual with DID being abnormally tired, grumpy, or in a strange mood. She asked me to sketch the parts I am aware of, so I did. Well, a support friend, who has seen my struggles the past 2 years, sent me a link to a DID/DDNOS zoom conference last weekend, full of Survivors, Scientists, and Therapists who specialize in Dissociative Disorders. (Mean MID score=49.6/ mini-MID score= 37.9/ I have DID scale= 50/ I have parts scale= 68.6/ Mean amnesia score 27.1/ Amnesia symptoms= 23 of 31/ Severe dissociation= 147 of 168/ Dissociative symptoms= 23 of 23) DDNOS passed in conversation a few times- its possible I may have initiated it. But if up to three times as many people receive a diagnosis of OSDD/DDNOS compared to dissociative identity disorder, it would suggest that the definition of DID is too narrow. You might have moments where you feel like you are in a dream or a fog. Going insane as a 6 y ear old is not something you want on your bucket list, Your email address will not be published. Press J to jump to the feed. So our focus is on living with that entire range of symptoms, and being able to deal with the underlying cause. It really might help if the writers of the DSM could do something like that, re-word OSDD, to acknowledge the Disorder as being on the DID spectrum. DID/OSDD symptoms are always unrelated to other medical conditions or non-disordered experiences, such as substance use or epilepsy. Then e switched again once morning was drawing close. I've had 2 non-switching alters for at least 9 years now. What puts the last D in DID is when systems are suffering from being unable to manage their identities, caused by severe - yet potentially unknown - issues that have not necessarily been identified/addressed/resolved. This has led clinicians such as Elizabeth Howell (2005) to suggest that the degree of dissociation correlates to the degree of severity of the trauma, which may be true. As always, we encourage you and your System to follow your own truth, to soul search, to find words, labels, visions, theories and communities that arent only within your values but also match your lived experience and/or long term goals, so that you might find belonging and dont have to try to fit in. The more accurate information available about these chronically misunderstood systems of coping the better for all. Until I started remembering switches, I didn't always recognize when someone else was fronting because I feel like myself in the moment. For example Colin Ross (2007, p.142) says: The dividing line between DID and most cases of dissociative disorder not otherwise specified is arbitrary. While knowing is as where I am now, I simply couldn't help but keeping giving into thinking and feeling I was back there. However, even with consensual switches, the alter who takes a step back, so to speak, may then retreat inside for whatever reason. Sometimes this may result in an unsafe or distressing situation. One of our system's little quirks is that our childhood is just *poof* gone. I didn't start getting dissociation issues until I started exploring my trauma, what if it's just my brain creating more overt coping mechanisms and me misinterpreting them? Whole is terrifying! But at the end of the day they are just like you. I appreciate knowing that the treatments are pretty much the same and a hit or miss either way. Google with appropriate quotes. But an interesting point in this concerns the progress of therapy, which is to re-integrate traumatic memories into mainstream consciousness. Our experience is less like switching places with a person, and more like becoming a different person. A lot of people dont even realise that Ive changed I just get told that Im moody or something like that. A subtype of consensual switches are planned switches that were agreed upon ahead of time. Seek a professional if you are questioning a mental disorder!). For some people, that means rejecting labels altogether. I too was committed to a psychosis ward and schizophrenia was ruled out. There would be no use for the brain to develop the disorders if the symptoms appeared later as it wouldnt be protecting itself in the moment, which is the whole purpose of the disorder. DID has shown me very tangibly the ways people change significantly internally and externally though, as this is no longer the case and is not a problem nor a source of worry for us now. You might struggle to retell what your childhood or adolescence was like. When I am all the way at the end of the scale I experience significant dissociation but never full amnesia. Switching is often prompted by stress in the individual's life, or by the person's own intrapsychic conflict, such as vague memories of abuse. i'm sure. Since DID/OSDD are more complex forms of PTSD, you or other alters might experience the symptoms of complex PTSD. Who am I? But many symptoms may appear to be non-trauma-related, such as depression, substance abuse, eating disorders and anxiety. [Glossary] [Resources]. So on the one hand we have a vast swathe of people who are, or would be, diagnosed with OSDD as opposed to dissociative identity disorder but who show almost all of the symptoms of DID. However, as some systems do only use the term trigger to refer to negative stimuli that causes a dissociative or posttraumatic reaction, care should be taken in using the term positively. Then we found out about OSDD, and suddenly everything made sense. The trauma and disorganised attachment that leads to OSDD is incredibly severe, and so people in this area of the spectrum of dissociative distress need just as much understanding and recognition as people with dissociative identity disorder. So, they want to share what happened and how they felt, but I can only handle small doses. I have terrible memory too and sometimes I think my alters play as me and I don't even know when ive switched. Your experience feels very akin to ours (not a lot of amnesia presently, but nearly no childhood memories), so it was nice to see this witnessed outsides ourselves and on top of this writing itself, seeing another set of persons sharing that same experience. Association is the first and only grassroots, volunteer and peer-led nonprofit empowering Plurals. You might have difficulty being aware of your own symptoms or describing the severity of them. So if you have DID or OSDD, you will likely heavily dissociate, you'll have alters tied to repeated intense traumas, and even with OSDD-1b it's likely that you'd experience occasional dissociative amnesia/memory issues. That would be considered OSDD-1a. In a moment, my interests, name, vocal inflections, gender- change. I like your description DID NOS better than the more formal DDNOS or OSDD; it acknowledges theres fragmenting but not to a full degree. But mostly the books above ^. It can be very exciting to be able to get to know a new person thats probably going to end up being an important figure in your life! In order to receive a diagnosis for dissociative identity disorder, you must display Recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events, important personal information, and/or traumatic events that are inconsistent with ordinary forgetting. In clinical circles, it is often taken to mean amnesia between parts, so that if the apparently normal personality (ANP) is fully co-consciousness for what other parts are saying and doing (especially the emotional personalities or EPs) then that is not full DID. a) Assuming that the goal of working through a system's DID issues is to find ways to identify and address what generated these, in an ideal world where a system (after a serious amount of amazingly hard work) could successfully identify, address and even resolve these issues, would the "ultimate" goal be to put each identity to "rest" and only keep one (ideally one that combines the strongest characteristics of all the others), or is keeping many identities that work well together also considered a successful ultimate goal (in other words, is having multiple identities necessarily a disorder)? They work by seeing how you use our services and other websites. I havent read about this before but it has to be so that everyone is different. Sometimes, it might feel like you are numbing out pain or sensations. This can involve several alters fronting over the course of an hour or even within a few minutes! In OSDD-1, severe childhood trauma causes different identities, known as alternate states of consciousness (alters) to form. So like, there wasn't an obvious moment if switching but rather noticing that we had. and i'm stuck with them every hour that i'm awake. Although perhaps the most well-known feature of dissociative identity disorder (DID), switching occurs less often than passive influence or other internal manifestations of dissociated parts. Depersonsaliation/derealisation disorder sounds complicated and scary. You might feel numbed to or detached from your body parts, thoughts, emotions, sense of agency, or even your entire self. Theyre as much of a person as you are. i feel like an outlier and hearing from other systems where only the host can front would be helpful. For example, if an alter was created to handle abuse from a specific perpetrator and the system then runs into that perpetrator at the store, that alter is likely to be shoved to front so that no other alters can be hurt. Well, how can I know it's switching or alters or something like that? Does that mean that they are DID when they are in crisis but OSDD the rest of the time? Welcome to r/OSDD, a community for those affected by otherwise specified dissociative disorder. The experience of someone with OSDD may be fewer of these extremes, without the deep lows of trauma states of being, but also without the extreme competency of some of the avoidance-based adult parts of a DID system. I can tell which part feels what and they do have names but because I dont switch or have amnesia and its mostly passive influence, I struggle to know if its just me interpreting something if that makes sense (my partner is in a DID system so I know what that end of the spectrum looks like but struggle to know where I fall.). Ive always had my own identity but that one does seem to be separated at times as well, like I cant be all of my interests at the same time, like my mind can only process one thing at a time when its unsafe. 3 Switching is the process of shifting from one identity state to another. I hope one day your plurality is something that you can take pride in. We are becoming stronger and one day may be whole. I recall hiding ME in a wall and leaving the doll behind. You might find that you sometimes forget well-learned skills, such as driving or a favorite hobby. Most often, weve heard the idea of one person stepping back and the other stepping forward, a complete loss of control for one and a complete gain of control for the other. I was a bit shocked. You are an alter.) At least now I know. You might feel confused or distressed because you do not identify with the things that people associate your whole identity with such as name, personality, opinions, or preferences. Thank you for investing the time to read this article. Clinicians have also noted difficulties that arise in therapy for people with OSDD, as opposed to DID. I dont feel that I can ask for help because I cannot allow anyone to see the dark part, so I feel myself always looking happy weirdly (and thankfully), I always feel happy too (I think). It is usually a defensive response to anything the system deems threatening. These intrusions may vary in strength and influence and may result in the fronting alter taking actions or voicing opinions that they can't explain or account for. In contrast, quick switches can be consensual, planned, forced, or triggered. Please consult a licensed professional before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about potential mental health conditions. Required fields are marked *. There are 4 types of OSDD, but the most common is OSDD-1 which is similar to DID. DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder) is the most severe and chronic manifestation of dissociation, characterized by the presence of two or more distinct identities or personality states that recurrently take control of the individual's behavior, accompanied by an inability to recall important personal It allowed us to finally explore our system on our own terms without worrying about any sorts of theoretical rules about how we should be. Hi, for the longest time, I thought that I had OSDD-1b, and its come to my attention that might not be true. Whole means emotions, thoughts, body and self must be brought together and united, which was to be avoided at all costs. This was a truly amazing article. And even successfully obtaining a diagnosis can cause difficulties in work situations, in applying for life insurance or even travel insurance, and in the stigma that surrounds so many mental health conditions. Traumagenic flag by Grey Skies Traumagenic flag by xenic-nd Dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) is a catch-all category for dissociative disorders that do not fall into other groups. Now is also the time to start establishing boundaries. The six myths that they examine are: I LOVE this academic article a whole bunch. When she explained the differences, in a way I could easily understand, it did make sense. They dedicate their time to documenting their plural journey and showing others that you can live a great life with OSDD. This is certainly the view of a number of experts in the field. Both can be helped by similar approaches to therapy which encourage neuronal repair and result in brain growth such as increased hippocampal volume. A mere speck floating in an ocean of pain, sinking deeper and deeper into the waters, only a bare existence was possible. Below, Ive written up a non-exhaustive list of common symptoms in DID/OSDD. Enough to bring an adult to his knees, let alone what the poor child had to live thru. A journey starts, one of untold emotional pain and memories horrible beyond belief. i hear them in my head (they're constantly coconscious with me) and they have very limited control of the body (like, being able to move my arm or something) but they never assume full executive control. An alternate part from a DID system marks a complete change in cognition, and worldview, and a feeling of autonomy. You may disable these by changing your browser settings, but this may affect how the website functions. The important thing is that the labels people give themselves are helpful to them, to meet their specific needs. But the most violent and hateful ones could only front enough to assist in/enact self harm or such things. Set ground rules for your system. Honestly, you've described my early teens well. Every time I heard something the first instinct was hide my.phone, which I haven't done in years because I'm not 12 and I haven't been doing against the rules so like, no problem. These alters protect the main identity from awareness of trauma. In fact, OSDD is meant to be a broad category that encompasses many "partial DID" experiences. They are separate diagnostic manuals and which diagnosis you get depends mostly on which manual your therapist is using. Create an account to follow your favorite communities and start taking part in conversations. This article dispels several myths and misconceptions about dissociative identity disorder and the lives of those who have it. Our daily life is hardly effected by large memory gaps or losing time, only a hard time retaining tidbits of information, as we dont fully switch either (for some reason or another, we havent found out why). Identifying or personal information is not collected on this website, and the data collected is not sold to or shared with third party services. Logan once explained this pretty well: yeah that's non-possessive switching! Some people with DID may resent the multiple personalities connotation, but at times it is the easiest way of explaining it to other people when time is short or openness limited. Eventually it became apparent that a few of us were able to front (like 2-3) and some others if forced, on rare occasions, or highly triggering moments to them. DID/OSDD - DID is short for Dissociative Identity Disorder and OSDD is short for Other Specified Dissociative Disorder. But opting out of some of these cookies may have an effect on your browsing experience. I really wonder if this is OSDD but I guess labels dont matter as much anymore once it is not much of a problem any longer. cPTSD or PTSD is a very common comorbid diagnosis. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts, https://twitter.com/theringssystem/status/1325605823373074433?lang=en. No we will not be left behind, we will always be with him and a part of him. In OSDD-1, severe childhood trauma causes different identities, known as alternate states of consciousness (alters) to form. Because change is inevitable when you're on this planet, no matter what. I can just stare and stare at my watch and I know I should be able to figure it out but I just cant. Loved and feeling safe is possible now, if only I can reach out and accept it, A severe case of OSDD, too many EPs to count and keep track of, somewhere between 50 and 100. Better suicide than being whole. And you are incredibly valid. Fragments of self falling off, taking bits of memory with each of them. Instead of developing one proper personality, this phase leads them towards forming several personalities that we call alters. Emotional neglect can lead to a pretty profound disconnection from yourself; depersonalization, depression, a sense of purposelessness. thank you so much. Reading this has reassured me that even though my system and selves are not quite as separate as those with DID (although one is) they are still valid. Your healing journey is very much appreciated and is very encouraging! There might be alters who dislike or lash out at other alters within the system. The alters within the system may have contradicting thoughts, preferences, and opinions. I mentioned my latest CPTSD hijack after having a really good, wholistic month (I went on a road trip to help someone else and found the trip was incredibly healing for me too; I felt nearly human and almost whole for the first time in my life, and then came triggering news and the crash of my good month. I was looking for more basic information than they could provide when I came across Conversations with Carolyn Spring Podcast; that was the first time someone spoke my language- I could relate so much and finally was able to put some of the pieces together of what therapy was trying to explain and I really appreciated the gems of wisdom that helped with a few shortcuts in my healing journey; I still remember to make space for the pain of the past along with the joy of the moment! Another issue, mentioned by a number of people without either distinct parts or amnesia, is that they have less distance and protection from the traumatic nature of their memories, or the raw emotion of the traumatised parts of themselves. Besides that, there are many, many more symptoms that are very common. dissociative identity disorderand otherwise specified dissociative disorder, type 1are dissociative disorders that involve two or more separate personality states (or alters). Dissociation is weird. I don't have OSDD/DID, but on two occasions where I was in an unsafe and triggering situation, the first time I turned into this older masculine and calm dude, the second (yesterday ago heh) into this caring 40yo+ female motherly figure. DID NOS lacks the clarity its parts being more connected to other parts of your personality .. problematic to both describe and diagnose ( if Diagnosis is important for you ). Thank you, always, for taking the time and energy to translate the unreadable into an understandable language. As someone who lives in the States, but plans to move to the UK at the earliest availability, this also helped urge us to get our treatment while we can. DID/OSDD System Roles navigation search There are many so-called "Roles" in a dissociative identity disorder (DID) or Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD) system. Passive influence is more common than switching, and it is more covert and harder to notice. Are you sure they're alters? Memories that are transmitted through passive influence may not remain once the influence is over, leaving the fronting alter unable to recall what the memory contained. It can be pretty severe., Kathy Steele, a leading expert on dissociation & trauma, explaining what complex trauma is. Also, if you can give me some more info on what this type of switching is, in what types of systems it's the most common, etc, it would be super useful! Maybe not right away, but eventually. OSDD What is a Switch? There might have been times when you ended up in a different place but could not remember how you got there. Im here looking for answers, because its all so confusing. There might be other alters who feel the same way above but differently from you, and this may also confuse and distress you. Ive gone through quite some trouble because it wasnt recognized during therapy, because it has been painful and scary to go through intensely separated moods with a change of behavior, sometimes hating/repressing the other mood while I was in a certain mood (manly+fearless, feminine+empathetic, fearful+child-like, feeling like someone else), and not understanding what my mind was doing, nor any psychologist until I found someone who did kind of understand but they started messing with my head and not recognizing the painful traumas associated with people being intrusive and manipulative. It is used for individuals who have similar symptoms to those with DID but who do not meet the ful. The following personal communication from someone with OSDD (reprinted with permission) is revealing: I dont have parts like other people seem to. There are inevitably going to be some system members that dont play nice at first for whatever reason, but please be patient with them. I've had alters who have sabotaged my life and done awful things. In the harsh reality of the state of awareness of dissociative disorders in the UK today, we have to just keep moving in the right direction and not be dispirited at the challenges that still lay ahead. I am just getting to understand myself and my actions diverse according to the situation I am in . These disorders fall under the term "dissociation" and are known as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) or OSDD (Other Specified Dissociative Disorder). So much. It was like I was somewhere else but physically and logically wasn't, and the sentence I had just said sounded like it came from somebody else, like i was hyperaware of how high it sounded. Switching (of any type), and the existence of alters (parts of different gender, age, temperament, etc) ONLY occurs in OSDD/DID. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. To read more about the cookies we use, please read our privacy policy here. There might be times where your body seems to be moving and speaking on its own because another alter is controlling it. A common thought we had at the time was We dont black out or lose time, so surely we arent switching, which means this must be fake, which was incorrect for many reasons. Not only was I meeting people with multiplicity; these individuals entering my life were normal human beings with much to offer. I can feel this happening but have no amnesia , I can also be extremely confident and competent and can do extremely difficult work with ease ..and can feel I am invincible as a professional in my career and the more difficult my work is (others feel I should be stressed) the easier it feels to me ..I can also experience triggers out of my control and extreme anger and emotional stress and hurt which can immobilize me .. My final tip is to know that things will be okay. So for some people, their alters or parts are only obvious to other people during times of crisis. You might have difficulty piecing together a coherent timeline of your life. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you& can opt-out if you wish. Sometimes there is clear separation and total amnesia, but other times the lines can become so blurred that it is hard to tell who is who. 1a systems have loss of memory between system members, but their members are not significantly distinct from each other, while 1b systems have members who are distinct from each other, but dont have memory loss between members. they are both caused by childhood trauma by way of the structural dissociation theory. Normally, a reed switch is constructed of two thin metal strips, or reeds, which are sealed in a glass tube. We feel younger at these times, but I couldnt put an age on it. There are four presentations of OSDD listed in the DSM-5: In practice, subtype 1 is much more common than the others. Were not doctors or clinicians and our nonprofit, our work, and this website in no way provide medical advice, nor does it replace therapy or medication in other ways. There are as many Plural experiences, as there are Plurals. Your email address will not be published. Both full switches and "partial intrusions" of alters are described in more detail by Dell in the paper"A New Model of Dissociative Identity Disorder". Press J to jump to the feed. This is a complex area of debate, because as Spiegel et al, in their paper Dissociative Disorders in DSM-5 (2011, p.839), point out: According to Kluft and Dell, only 15% of dissociative identity disorder cases regularly manifest easily observable alternate identities during diagnostic interviews. Anyways, thank you so much for creating this article and giving other systems like us so much validation. Schizophrenia can seem a lot like DID to someone that's not a trained professional. Many people with DID struggle with what their diagnosis means to them they may resent it or disbelieve it, but there is at least some understanding, and an increasing amount of literature, on the nature of dissociative identity disorder. She says: My advice to clinicians is that until they have met an alter, it is not DID. Slow switches can also indicate that the system is heavily dissociated and, A full switch is rarely necessary. Some feel uncomfortable being lumped together with people with DID, as so often the conversation or the behaviour can revolve around the autonomy and distinctness of parts. For others, that means fighting to have their own particular label recognised and acknowledged. onset of diagnosable symptoms can occur much later in life. Our works, including resources like this, are only possible because of support from Plurals and our allies. no such thing as an outlier when everyone is so different lol. A wonderful article by the nonprofit Beauty After Bruises, run by volunteers with complex trauma & dissociative disorders and their loved ones + supporters. To translate the unreadable into an understandable language able to figure it out but I only! 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