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DissociaDID has spread a lot of false information & toxic ideas, & I& #39;ve really lost all respect for her. But the only thing I still agree with is that it& #39;s wrong to scrutinize the presentation of someone& #39;s DID/OSDD & debate whether they actually have it.
We don& #39;t do this w/ other trauma disorders like PTSD. But imagine someone being like "I think this person& #39;s faking PTSD, their panic attacks don& #39;t look like mine". You could be right, but you could also be invalidating extreme trauma.
I think it& #39;s okay to be suspicious. It& #39;s okay to take note of patterns & cut someone off for too many red flags. There will always be malingerers. But it& #39;ll always be more damaging to hurt someone who could actually have the disorder than for someone to pretend to have alters.
& I mean things like judging how many introjects they have, how their symptoms present, alters being too similar or too different. How someone& #39;s illness formed was to protect them from severe abuse. I& #39;ve invalidated it before & poked fun & whatever at ppl who could have had it
and I regret it so much. It& #39;s deadass just bullying. It& #39;s part of why the DID community is so toxic & why some ppl are afraid to talk about it. No, the community shouldn& #39;t just allow in anyone and everyone without question, & I& #39;m not talking abt things that are factually wrong.
I& #39;m talking abt judgement based solely on whether their symptoms look "valid enough". I cannot stress how many stupid things I& #39;ve seen ppl invalidated for. There are the examples I mentioned above but additionally I& #39;ve seen ppl invalidated/called out/dogpiled for shit like
What they do/don& #39;t remember while dormant, having alters that misbehave, having alters with strange quirks, not remembering their trauma, alters basically doing their jobs (ex: a protector taking control when someone is being hostile towards the fronter) etc.
It& #39;s not limited to that & it& #39;s pretty wild. Again I& #39;m not saying "everyone& #39;s valid uwu" or "never question someone who shows red flags" but you aren& #39;t helping or going to stop them by harassing/calling them out & you& #39;re taking the risk of harming an actual traumatized person.
Some ppl in the community literally put ALL their energy there into doing this instead of being part of the community & sharing resources or doing shit that is way more important & constructive
