17 | Dissociative | 10/14/25
This is more loosely based on anxiety, and rather just part of my overall mental health struggle. I will get into anxiety has been involved later on if I remember to. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, as I will be calling it) is something I have had to do a lot of research about lately because I have recently seriously considered that I may have it. I am aware it's an extreme diagnosis that can't just be tossed around like a warm towel, but I am rarely as certain about somethings as my mental health. With an asterisk, of course. DID has a lot of confusion around it so, based on my intensive research, I will give you an explanation. DID is a disorder that starts due to childhood neglect, abuse, and/or trauma. It cannot form in adulthood because it begins while the brain is still in early developmental stages. It causes a person's personality to split into multiple parts as a way to cope with trauma throughout their entire life. These parts are oft called "alters...