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Superfreq Aug 8, 2023

I'm confused. As someone who has 2 close family members with #DissociativeIdentityDisorder previously called #MultiplePersonalityDisorder Where did all of these people with #plural in their bios come from recently? Is this a common perception of other #MentalIllness too? Is it a lifestyle thing? Are people just more comfortable to be seen now?
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Michelle Hughes Aug 8, 2023

@Superfreq

I thought I didn't know anyone with DID. Then I met one. Then another. Then, at a trans meetup, someone asked if anyone was plural and a bunch of folks that I'd known for awhile said they were. They just weren't talking about it within earshot of me before, and probably some of them thought they were all alone.

These days, it actually seems to be pretty common among trans people I know. Possibly because they're so likely to have traumatic pasts.

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Superfreq

@MegaMichelle
The common link to PTSD thing makes sense, you could also probably work that backwards and say that maybe the most forward alters being another gender contributes to the dysphoria, it's hard to say which it was with my trans family member, but I thought that while dissociative symptoms of PTSD were pretty common (with variety of severity), other identities were very rare, especially long term. Maybe a skeptical medical community and trying to suppress it explains the anamaly.

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Michelle Hughes Aug 8, 2023

@Superfreq

Yeah, I'm pretty sure it's a stigma situation, and people are starting to be more aware of it and more accepting of it.

In that respect, it makes sense to see trans people coming out as DID also, because it's like - they already came out as trans. Fuck it, the closet never served them, why be closeted about this?