Hi, so for context, I'm plural, most likely traumagenic (attempted to get a diagnosis and got what was essentially a college essay written by someone who knows they're failing the class and stopped caring; mental health care sucks rn esp with plurality who knew!)
And like. Do you have nothing better to do? Why do you feel the need to type out this many words of "I don't understand this and I refuse to make any effort to". Just like. Don't comment and move on. It's that easy.
I know people who truly do suffer from DID and see first-hand the the impact it has on their life. I care about them so incredibly dearly.
They have also expressed to me a growing frustration with false representatives of DID online. It's causing a very *real* issue with with psychiatrists who specialise in DID assistance/research. I'm mad on my friends' behalf; I don't care about any random individual who has incorrectly associated themselves as being a DID sufferer ^^^ as I mention in the original post I understand why people do so and this is something I'm sympathetic of. A single person who is trying to understand and comprehend their psychological issues is faced with so many difficulties: lack of appropriate mental health care, unsupportive environments, social stigmas. This leads to people trying to diagnose themselves and, sometimes, getting it wrong. In this way, the game here is directly unhelpful to them. It leads people to incorrect conclusions of themselves by misrepresenting DID. This leads to clogs in the system for DID psych specialists (the waitlists are so long already!) and problems with research into DID healthcare.
It is, unintentionally but practically, doing some degree of harm to people, both DID sufferers and sufferers of other mental health issues + neurodivergent people. This is why I'm mad at this game, and not at random individuals. I care about my friends and the problems that impact them.
I really do hope you're able to one day (hopefully soon!) access the mental health care that you deserve. I've been really lucky to find an excellent team of professionals+loved ones, I and believe everybody deserves the same quality of care. All the best to you.
and don't worry, normally if i see dumb shit online i move on and don't comment; not everything requires a comment but this did for me for the above sincere reasons. you're allowed to disagree but it's been a month and i don't really care to return to this comment so i'ma head off now byeeeee [NOTIFICATIONS: OFF]
So the issue with the "fake DID" thing is that
Getting a proper diagnosis is a fucking nightmare. Plurality isn't taken seriously by the majority of mental health care providers and ones that do often fall into "become singlet to be Perfectly Mentally Healthy" territory (again, speaking from experience). A lot of people fall into the similar "if you don't have every symptom exactly and didn't get a professional diagnosis that can cost thousands of dollars you're clearly faking for attention." mentality you have, and I honestly hope you break out of it someday. Gatekeeping doesn't help anyone.
