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Use dissociatives responsibly, be in a familiar environment etc.
A touching story, props to the author for his measured response -- the experience has to be difficult not to internalise or freak out from. I wonder if the DID experience is the same as "ego death" as described after ingesting large amounts of psychedelics?
> A few hours after she first told me, I took some time to read up on dissociative identity disorder.
Shouldn't he have read up on DID in detail when she first told him about rather than when the episode happened? Seeing this mid-way through the event makes it seem like he didn't really do his homework beforehand.
> at its worst, she said, she would not only struggle to identify who she was, but even what she was; unable to process the concept of her own humanity.
This is a really interesting state to study; not knowing your own humanity. Are there any good references to DID that one without prior knowledge can read?
EDIT: Thanks everyone for clarifying. I'm not sure why the down votes though, it was genuine confusion.
"Schizophrenia and dissociative identity disorder are often confused, but they are very different.
Schizophrenia is a severe mental illness involving chronic (or recurrent) psychosis, characterized mainly by hearing or seeing things that aren't real (hallucinations) and thinking or believing things with no basis in reality (delusions). Contrary to popular misconceptions, people with schizophrenia do not have multiple personalities. Delusions are the most common psychotic symptom in schizophrenia; hallucinations, particularly hearing voices, are apparent in about half of people with the illness." (http://www.webmd.com/mental-health/dissociative-identity-dis...)
This is moronic. Its unbelievable that so many well paid, "highly educated" professionals give this kind of nonsense credence.
The girl elected to have a little flip out episode after she told her boyfriend "I'm about to dissociate". She obviously had no conscious part in her decision, right?
Nothing is mentioned about her being under the influence of psychoactive substances - so discussion on that is reaching for a justification of involuntary action where there is none.
Now the boyfriend writes an overly-dramatic piece about it for the beacon of overly dramatic hipster fanfare: vice. Its his little proclamation of how much he loves a girl that manipulates him with ease. Maybe many of you of upvoted this identify with that aspect.
Wow, such an amazing read! > A few hours after she first told me, I took some time to read up on dissociative identity disorder. Shouldn't he have read up on DID in detail when she first told him about rather than when the episode happened? Seeing this mid-way through the event makes it seem like he didn't really do his homework beforehand. > at its worst, she said, she would not only struggle to identify who she was…
Wow, such an amazing read! > A few hours after she first told me, I took some time to read up on dissociative identity disorder. Shouldn't he have read up on DID in detail when she first told him about rather than when the episode happened? Seeing this mid-way through the event makes it seem like he didn't really do his homework beforehand. > at its worst, she said, she would not only struggle to identify who she was…
Wow, such an amazing read! > A few hours after she first told me, I took some time to read up on dissociative identity disorder. Shouldn't he have read up on DID in detail when she first told him about rather than when the episode happened? Seeing this mid-way through the event makes it seem like he didn't really do his homework beforehand. > at its worst, she said, she would not only struggle to identify who she was…
Life lesson: before you get in a relationship, ask about any history of mental disorder or medications being taken. Some people don't tell you about these things until they happen.