#did psa

[skybound-system]

It’s all “we support systems!” And “we trust systems!” Until a persecutor does something that the system as a whole has apologized for and made amends for or a protector sets a hard boundary that someone doesn’t like.

It’s always “we love systems!” Until a system steps out of someone’s idea of how systems should act.

[skybound-system]

Let’s normalize alters who don’t like their roles. Not every alter is satisfied and content with their job. Alters hurt, cry, scream, and wish. They’re people. And sometimes they feel like they can’t do it, like they’re not good enough and that’s okay, that’s normal. They’re people. Let’s normalize the straight fact that alters are people too.

[skybound-system]

“Why don’t you support my mental illness when I’m mean and blame it on that??? What do you mean I have to be accountable for my actions???”

I don't particularly know what you're wanting to say from this anon, but I'll try my best to 'answer'

As systems, we have to do our best to hold ourselves and our headmates (alters within a system) accountable. I understand that we can't control our alters and it's not fair of us to tell them what to do. We do have to make sure that we're not excusing actions that cannot be excused. We all (systems and singlets) have a part to play in respecting systems so let's do just that!

Thanks anon

[maemaybe]

It was never Multiple [Personality Disorder]. 

It was always [Multiple Personality] Disorder. 

In 1994 the American Psychiatric Association changed the name of Multiple Personality Disorder to Dissociative Identity Disorder with the release of the DSM-IV. 

I have seen many people say that this change was made because the disorder used to be a personality disorder, but experts learned more about the disorder and re-categorized it as a dissociative disorder. 

This is not true. 

From the earliest history of the disorder, multiple personality disorder was understood as a dissociative disorder. Personality disorders are not only in a different section of the DSM, they are in an entirely different diagnostic Axis. 

Although many laymen misunderstood MPD and mistakenly thought that it was a personality disorder, mental health professionals who treated people with the disorder absolutely did not. 

It’s true that our understanding of DID has improved greatly since the 90s, but it’s not true that MPD was ever considered by professionals to be a personality disorder. 

Please destroy this myth.