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OKAY SO!! I HAVE IMPORTANT INFO!!

I have dissociative identity disorder as well, so I can give some information to help! (I'm diagnosed)

so this is NOT a personality disorder, which is why it says identity and not personality. I understand it can be very confusing.

So, this disorder is caused from repetitive trauma and is really alike a personality disorder and it's okay to think of it like that, but it's just 1+ identities in one body rather than just one. I know someone with 200+.

identities cannot 'become one' for something. Other identities can have other names, ages, sexuality's, genders, etc. And there's no way to purposefully let an alter front aka to purposefully lswitch.

There is no 'healing' the disorder he has, (did aka dissociative identity disorder) there is a way to cope with it and to make it so that one can be in charge and so that there can be communication between the two identities, but there is no 'bringing the two into one' or 'making one go away' or anything like that. Hopefully he will learn to switch alters (what an identity apart from the origonal is called) healthily soon.

TO HELP EXPLAIN!! (I have this disorder, so it might be helpful)

 

He has a disorder called DID (dissociative identity disorder). Its basically splitting personality traits into identities. This isnt treatable, and while the identities (their can be more than one or two, I know someone with 200.)- the identities dont share memories, ig sometimes dreams can be more like memories, like shown. This isnt for everyone with did, but often the identities are able to become aware and are able to communicate, through their head or writing or something. Im not able to, which is okay but it makes things a lot more difficult. Dissociation is never timed and it can never be forced, theyre not personalites, thats bpd, this is did and its identities. Multiple people.

Other identities can have other gender identities, ages, names, etc. Therapy is the only current way of 'treatment' and while it doesnt get rid of the identities, it just helps you learn how to live with it and coexist.(if u have any questions, lmk)

So this is whats called DID(dissociative identity disorder) (I was diagnosed with this), and basically due to repeating trauma, the personality traits split at a young age, and Im assuming that at the beginning, he was whats called the 'inner world', or thats what theyre usually called, but basically, its like a home for the alter(s). The personality is more of an identity, being its own person but inside the same body, its super complicating, but they dont share memories or anything, and its really hard to be aware or even communicate. The alters can have their own gender identities, ages, names, etc.