When you meet someonewith multiple personalities

This is a list that has been compiling on my website...originally it was quoted from another site (http://www.howlingthunder.net/defining/meeting.html) , then myself and members from my website have been adding on. Please....pay attention.

When You Meet a Multiple
Hints for the person with Single Personality Disorder
1. Do not run screaming from the room. This is rude :)
2. If you must back away, do so slowly and with discretion
3. Multiplicity does not make a person stupid or blind. She can see the look on your face
4. Do no assume she is crazy. Split is not the same as cracked.
5. Do not assume she is not crazy
6. Do not assume you are not crazy
7. Do not ask her how she got this way. Instead, ask yourself how you got this way
.8. Do not expect her to speak with multiple voices on demand
9. Do not expect her to refrain from speaking with multiple voices.
10. Do not expect her to have heard/remembered everything you have said. She may have switched personalities - or you may have been boring.
Do not assume that you remember things right, and she remembers things wrong.
Don't ask, "well who am i talking to NOW?"its just an embarassing question, like whoever you are talking to right now just isn't good enough. and like they cant tell you apart. learn who each person is. its just nice when you get to know everyone.
do not study her- we are not a lab projectdo not keep waiting for the "crazy" one to show updo not ask for an opinion (yoou may get several) hehehehehehehehehhe
Don't ask "How are you doing/feeling today?"THAT question has complicated answers." Well, Nobody is suicidal, Mae is crying, Caroline is really excited about going back to school. Missy is having a hissy fit because i wont give her my credit card to go shopping, Tuck is upset because he can't have a pet anaconda in the bedroom, so and so is having flashbacks of rape. So... how are YOU?" yah.. i usually just like and say "fine". or ignore the question.
don't assume that just because i've changed my clothes that i've switched....maybe i just felt like putting sweats on.
don't ask me everyon'es name. they don't all like to share and it's really none of your business.
don't bad mouth my insiders (that's exclusively our job to bad mouth each other )
Don't make a big deal out of any 'known' switching..... Don't assume that just because you now know about us that WE are different.. we're the same as we were before you 'knew'...
How about adding:"Respect us"
I would add... Don't ask me if I know someone, just because that person gave me a look!!!! Strangers to me.... are strangers to me.... as for some of my inner friends... well... that is none of your business. My friends have their own life.... so attend to yours... thank you.
Don't forget that everybody matters- there is nobody inside who isn't there for a reason.....if you're my therapist, remember to ask about the system, not just the host (hate that term 'host'....sounds like the whole thing is a party).
Don't make a big deal out of the kids. Don't ask to play with them. Don't ask them to talk unless you're the t, and there's a reason to. Don't talk down to them, but remember that they are sTuck in time.
DONT TELL US WE'RE DEMON POSESSED!!! That is just pure ignorance and MEAN.
If I tell you I have a bad headache and its from switching, DONT tell me that its just a normal headache that EVERYONE gets or that its just because I've taken too much aspirin. I KNOW DIFFERENCE between a regular headache and a DID headache, goddammit!
I DO know myself better than you do!
For doctors and therapists and psyches: DONT think that just because you have a degree, that you know more than I do. I know what goes on in my mind. I know my body. I know how things work inside. I know ME. More than you will ever, ever know. I am the expert on ME. YOU ARE NOT. So how about LISTENING to me for a change?

Posted by pilgrim | Filed under: Asthma

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This isnt very easy for us to try to figure out what to say and how to talk to you it gets kind of complicated sometimes. You may not like what we have to say or that we dont get things right but at least we care enough to try. You cant expect everyone to be able to read your mind and know exactly what you want I just care about you and want to give you support and friendship. If I say something you dont like Im sorry I only wanted to help,but you dont have to tell me Im ignorant, nobody ever said you were possessed anyway. If you dont want my help fine, we can just talk or be friends if you want. Teresa.

Thank you to those of you who ARE kind and caring.Just for the record, I (Pilgrim) did not make up this list alone, there are quite a few contributors to it.Also, I have been called demon-posessed by people in real life that are in no way related to this website. Readers, please don't take anything personally here. I only know 1 of the people who responds to this diary; everyone else is a stranger.Nothing said here is a judgement against anyone who reads our diaries.

Hi there Pilgrim,I read this on the other site and liked it. It's a great boundary setting orientation for folks who think they may know what to do or expect. I sure don't/didn't. It applies to other 'conditions' as well. There is a 'letter to normals' for things to understand and to not be assumed when dealing with someone with fibromyalgia. I read it years ago and if I see another copy float by my life I'll post it here over on 'my life with..'.I think an important point for all of us is, just because we are different, don't assume things about us, ask...and if you are crossing a line in asking something we'll tell you. And don't put us under a microscope, be a friend, sharing and caring goes both ways.Love ya kiddo,Judy

If the second personaity cant find a way to control the body (for lack of a better term) is there a way to bring them out or will he silmply come out on his own? And if he can be made to come out can he live a normal live along with mine?

If the second personaity cant find a way to control the body (for lack of a better term) is there a way to bring them out or will he simply come out on his own? And if he can be made to come out can he live a normal live along with mine?

In my experience--- yes on both counts. I dont know if this is true for everyone.
As for living a normal life... I'm sorry but I dont know what normal is. But if you mean a functional life, then absolutely. There are many people who call themselves "plurals" or "multiples" and dont consider themselves as having a disorder, and though they have several personalities, they live happy, quite functional lives. You might want to explore livejournal.com and look at their "multiplicity" journal.




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