1. Implying that pwDID cannot and will not ever experience the same things "singlets" do (which is the reverse logic of your OP), is alienating and isolating to pwDID. It says that pwDID are something "other" that cannot be related to, or understood in any meaningful way. + https://twitter.com/morrichis/status/1386451242403209220
It also implies that DID is not a disorder characterized by dissociation and trauma, but rather, some mystical disorder that no other disorder can be similar to. Both dissociation and trauma are extremely common in a wide range of other disorders.

2. pwADHD actually can have +
A lot in common with pwDID, such as memory loss, brain fog, confusion, hyperactivity, intense interests that can't be easily broken, being easily misunderstood, etc etc. The causes are different, yes, but the experiences are very similar.
3. "Stigma" is not how disorders are categorized. Stigma is not objective, first of all, and second, it's extremely ableist to assume tha the stigma regarding one's disorder is the predominant factor of their disorder.

Overall, your post, while well-intentioned, is ableist +
For the simple fact that it not only alienates pwDID from the larger mental health community, it also alienates OTHERS from understanding & empathizing with pwDID.

Your post is largely playing into some weird sense of "oppression olympics" with DID at the top, and every other +
Disorder below it, regardless of how it affects the individual.

Someone with severe, untreated, & undx'd ADHD is largely going to have more mental health struggles than me, someone with relatively stable DID that I'm in treatment for.
TL;DR - trying to craft an alienating hierarchy of "you can't understand, you will never experience this objectively worse disorder" is inherently ableist.
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