Thank you for reading our peer article; we hope it was empowering, informative and helpful for you and your System. Everything in the system happens for a reason, even if we do not know what it is. I just read that even one of my favourite youtube channels, The Rings System, made a shoutout on twitter to non-switching systems. I mentioned my latest CPTSD hijack after having a really good, wholistic month (I went on a road trip to help someone else and found the trip was incredibly healing for me too; I felt nearly human and almost whole for the first time in my life, and then came triggering news and the crash of my good month. There might be times when you experience intrusive thoughts, visual images, feelings, or urges that dont actually belong to you but to another alter. I dont related in any intimate way to friends or lovers I remain unattached and dont know how to be intimate or close to anyone .. Hi, for the longest time, I thought that I had OSDD-1b, and its come to my attention that might not be true. The temptation might be to describe it in terms of what it is lacking Its sort of DID except not quite or Its like PTSD but with more dissociation. I wonder how many people with OSDD therefore feel short-changed, as if somehow they are not deemed worthy of a proper condition, only a residual one, which is terribly unfair. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. There are inevitably going to be some system members that dont play nice at first for whatever reason, but please be patient with them. They are separate diagnostic manuals and which diagnosis you get depends mostly on which manual your therapist is using. Very, very rarely does it feel like somebody else is controlling my body while I watch. Whole is terrifying! These intrusions may vary in strength and influence and may result in the fronting alter taking actions or voicing opinions that they can't explain or account for. We have 19+ alters, and our collective pronouns are they/them. External signs that a switch may have just occurred include the following: heavy blinking as if the individual is just waking up; mild muscle spasms or jerks; disorientation or visible confusion; checking the clock or one's watch; seeming not to remember anything that just happened; complaining of a mild or moderate headache; adjusting clothing or posture; clearing one's throat before speaking so that the tone or pitch changes; or a change in vocabulary, syntax, preference, opinion, temperament, skills, or general personality. There might be alters who struggle to communicate with other alters or refuse to do so. Continued use of the website indicates agreement with this policy. Slow switches are usually consensual switches in which two or more alters are co-conscious to varying degrees and slowly blending and retreating to allow one alter to gain prominence. A body with multiple identities is known as a system. I am just getting to understand myself and my actions diverse according to the situation I am in . I think complex trauma also covers other issues like war and political torture but mostly we use it to think about people whove been abused and neglected as children . I learned an overwhelming amount about the details of what happens between genetics and environment to create the dissociative symptoms and how it relates to the spectrum; so much makes sense to my situation and I learned about eco therapy, and a few of the suggestions I have not tried yet! Ive always had my own identity but that one does seem to be separated at times as well, like I cant be all of my interests at the same time, like my mind can only process one thing at a time when its unsafe. b) People who are somewhere in the "middle" of this "spectrum", i.e. I go by he/them pronouns. They have similar names but not the same names .. I'm interested in hearing yall's experiences! The disorder and symptoms manifest in childhood, always. In OSDD-1, severe childhood trauma causes different identities, known as alternate states of consciousness (alters) to form. We often simply say we are a dissociative system and nothing more, because our alters are fully fledged and individual (to the extent we recognize as such), but experience hardly any amnesia aside from large portions of childhood. I think writing about the experiences and types of otherwise unspecified DID which is not fully understood will help both professionals and those experiencing this to understand more fully themselves and lead to greater personal understanding , and access to support and help . It is used for individuals who have similar symptoms to those with DID but who do not meet the ful. It gives a great summary of all of the research into how DID develops and functions. As someone who lives in the States, but plans to move to the UK at the earliest availability, this also helped urge us to get our treatment while we can. Chronic and recurrent syndromes of mixed dissociative symptoms, Identity disturbance due to prolonged and intensive coercive persuasion, Acute dissociative reactions to stressful events. I guess my own personal experience, too? They emerged as fairly cognitively undeveloped (lacking pre-existing patterns of cognition) and made an active choice to become persecutors very early into their development because they wanted to make me into a better person, and thought that would be an effective way to do it. In an effort to rectify that, weve put together this list of tips that may help newly discovered OSDD systems get started on their journey! Yes, its very common! For those with OSDD-1a, this is due to a lack of two or more sufficiently differentiated alters, and for those with OSDD-1b, this is due to a lack of amnesia between alters. No we will not be left behind, we will always be with him and a part of him. The six myths that they examine are: I LOVE this academic article a whole bunch. Press J to jump to the feed. [1] Along with Unspecified Dissociative Disorder it replaces the diagnosis of Dissociative Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (DDNOS). I now understand these are fragmented parts of me , they hold parts of my development at different ages and they have different emotions . thank you so much. I wish the answer were easy to find, and equally easy to put into practice. You might sometimes experience the loss of a physical function without a medical cause, such as your sight, hearing, speech, or feelings of hunger. According to the theory of structural dissociation (I will get into explaining the theory of structural dissociation in a later post). And whilst recognising the differences, we can also recognise the underlying similarities. You are an alter.) This article makes the complex simple. How are major life decisions going to be made? You might have episodes where you feel like you dont know who you are, like youre a combination of alters, or that youre just not like yourself. You might have moments where you dont even remember the times you have forgotten things. But some people do justifiably feel the need for an official diagnosis for a number of reasons, including the pursuit of treatment on the NHS (although a diagnosis of either DID or OSDD is never a guarantee of appropriate therapy); in order to receive better care from the NHS than the pejorative catch-all personality disorder label will elicit; to justify or at least corroborate a claim for welfare benefits; to negotiate appropriate support from an employer; or to determine the pathway of treatment, amongst other reasons. 1 ESS employed a special type of reed switch known as a ferreed. Please consult a licensed professional before making any healthcare decisions or for guidance about potential mental health conditions. Many voices, many children, each with their own story, voices to be heard and listened too. Answer (1 of 3): Yes. Memories that are transmitted through passive influence may not remain once the influence is over, leaving the fronting alter unable to recall what the memory contained. That includes what causes it, factors that influence its presentation, how alters are created, how switching works, all the current science behind this stuff, etc. 3 Switching is the process of shifting from one identity state to another. One of our system's little quirks is that our childhood is just *poof* gone. Since DID/OSDD are more complex forms of PTSD, you or other alters might experience the symptoms of complex PTSD. What will whole be like? A hurricane raging above. This website uses cookies to improve your& experience. Every time I heard something the first instinct was hide my.phone, which I haven't done in years because I'm not 12 and I haven't been doing against the rules so like, no problem. onset of diagnosable symptoms can occur much later in life. It all seems very muddled. Passive influence can be described as intrusions from alters that are not currently prominent in the mind or using the body. I don't think our main persecutors ever fully fronted and were similarly very angry about this. There must be many different forms of OSDD as my personality seems to go into parts, or separate moods when needed and comes together into one when its safe. Fragments of self falling off, taking bits of memory with each of them. This might be because you have had them for so long that you are used to navigating life with these symptoms. It's like "my" POV just changes. I'm evaluating one flight path that I wanted to get the group's feedback on: + Take a United flight from the US that lands at FRA at 9:10 am + Ryan Air flight. You might lose a lot of details or misremember the important bits. it's when "you" just sort of "become" someone else, but you still feel like yourself. Wait, is whole possible now? Then I would forget to bring it up because everything seemed fine again until I would again, a while after talking, realize that I was hurt by something they said. For example, the host may ask a more academic alter to help them to take a standardized test on a certain date. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. Find more information on DID here. Barely alive, existing moment to moment, knowing I was different than others but not why I was different. Previously called MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder), this disorder is categorized by the action of switching . I often describe it like I am on a system. You should look into persecutor alters and the reasons they might exist. It should be said that OSDD systems who have shared memory with their system tend to have a leg up over systems who have memory gaps. Right now OSDD sounds like hypochondriac or DID wannabe and Its not like that at all! i haven't heard of other systems where this is the case and was wondering if anyone else had experiences like this. In terms of other differences, it seems that as a general rule the degree of the trauma or attachment difficulties leading to OSDD will be less severe than people who are diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, especially polyfragmented dissociative identity disorder. Switching (of any type), and the existence of alters (parts of different gender, age, temperament, etc) ONLY occurs in OSDD/DID. Traumagenic flag by Grey Skies Traumagenic flag by xenic-nd Here's a description that I've put into several answers: "OSDD-1 is the subtype that is most similar to dissociative identity disorder (DID). Non-switching systems definitely exist, as they were a diagnosis in the DSM 3. Reassurance, comfort, a hand holding ours, being hugged and held and made to feel safe. A body with multiple identities is known as a system. Every waking moment, a moment of pain, pain unending, but no idea why? Sending awful thoughts and visual thoughts (images) to me (the host). (Literally -- there is no fundamental difference between the "host" and "alters" other than who takes care of the day to day responsibilities. [1] There are four listed example presentations of OSDD, but what qualifies as OSDD, or what OSDD can look like, is very diverse. Many people who have what we call complex trauma have had many years of trauma; mostly were talking about child abuse. Part of recovery it is. cPTSD or PTSD is a very common comorbid diagnosis. There arent 1000s of things it could be. The Plural Association is the first and only grassroots, volunteer and peer-led nonprofit empowering Plurals. You might find that you sometimes forget well-learned skills, such as driving or a favorite hobby. Suzette Boon reports that OSDD actually involves the majority of people who seek treatment for a dissociative disorder (Boon et al, p.10). There are four presentations of OSDD listed in the DSM-5: In practice, subtype 1 is much more common than the others. I believe that the idea that one needs to black out or feel like youve completely lost control leads a lot of newly realized OSDD system to believe that they never switch when they actually are switching without realizing. You do not need to have DID/OSDD or PTSD to follow me! This is a short informational carrd on DID/OSDD-1. Where are my memories? Sometimes it's noted with a headache or even migraine. So our focus is on living with that entire range of symptoms, and being able to deal with the underlying cause. So on the one hand we have a vast swathe of people who are, or would be, diagnosed with OSDD as opposed to dissociative identity disorder but who show almost all of the symptoms of DID. When there is often a strong emphasis on the dissociative parts of the personality, people with OSDD can feel unheard and unseen, and so I feel that it is very important to validate the reality of the experience of people with the OSDD label. You are part of a strong community with a rich history and wonderful people. I dont find my system described anywhere. I think it would make sense for my experience to be a spectrum than necessarily one or the other. So for some people, their alters or parts are only obvious to other people during times of crisis. So, they want to share what happened and how they felt, but I can only handle small doses. Are you sure they don't front? ), Complex trauma is also known as developmental trauma in that it is trauma that is chronic, pervasive, and it happens early in development from, say, birth to teens. What are your similarities and differences between each other, what common ground can you find? I didn't start getting dissociation issues until I started exploring my trauma, what if it's just my brain creating more overt coping mechanisms and me misinterpreting them? The trauma and disorganised attachment that leads to OSDD is incredibly severe, and so people in this area of the spectrum of dissociative distress need just as much understanding and recognition as people with dissociative identity disorder. Then, in the darkness, I would suddenly look around and be surprised when the room was my old room and actually the room where I'm currently living. Although perhaps the most well-known feature of dissociative identity disorder (DID), switching occurs less often than passive influence or other internal manifestations of dissociated parts. You might sometimes experience pain or sensations that dont have a medical cause, such asswitching headaches.. Being blurry is not always a stressful or upsetting incident, this is more dependent on the individual and situation. Press J to jump to the feed. There are 4 types of OSDD, but the most common is OSDD-1 which is similar to DID. that especially back in the days was full of shame and self-loathing. The following personal communication from someone with OSDD (reprinted with permission) is revealing: I dont have parts like other people seem to. Has anyone researched whether, for example, potentially everyone has many voices/identities in their head, but never considered this an issue? Also, if you can give me some more info on what this type of switching is, in what types of systems it's the most common, etc, it would be super useful! Seek a professional if you are questioning a mental disorder!). OSDD fits a lot better. One of our systems little quirks is that our childhood is just *poof* gone. In the words of Sue Richardson (2011): Both OSDD and DID are the result of the spontaneous action of the brain in response to trauma. I would love to feel I knew what I was and that I could give a name to something. Because of this, you may feel like you dont truly know how much memory loss you actually experience. I think psychology is so huge that its hard for every therapist to know and recognize everything, especially because there are so many specializations. Will we be left behind? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. If dissociative therapy and diagnoses are difficult to attain across the pond, we may want to get the work done here before we relocate. Dissociative Identity Disorder Information - First Person Plural You might have moments where you discover evidence of your memory gaps, such as text messages you dont remember sending or purchases you dont remember deliberating. They still have distinct personality states and distress or issues caused by their symptoms. I keep telling my therapist im that and no one cares and just keep my diagnosis of DID, its actually partial DID not osdd-1b, osdd-1b is no switch amnesia. These disorders fall under the term "dissociation" and are known as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder) or OSDD (Other Specified Dissociative Disorder). Dissociative identity disorder alter-switching is always done to keep the system functioning and safe. Im far from full blown DID, although my present therapist may argue about that. Emotions were ripped from me and cast into the maelstrom. But people may be diagnosed as OSDD as opposed to dissociative identity disorder simply because their parts didnt show up on cue at a diagnostic interview. Switching refers to one alter taking control of the body, being given control by another alter, or gaining prominence over another alter. More information is provided through Dell's work on theMultidimensional Inventory of Dissociation (MID). A common identifier in the OSDD community is the idea of OSDD-1a and OSDD-1b, the theoretically two boxes that OSDD systems fall into, depending on what criteria they dont quite match. antipsychotics don't do shit for me, and they can control my body to a limited extent (stuff like raising an arm or making me pee). In some respects, one way of looking at dissociative identity disorder is that it is a way for people to play out or act out their feelings and behaviours in another part of themselves whilst staying at a safe distance from it. Modes in BPD don't have a separate sense of self. Like I was talking to friends the other day and brushing my teeth, and suddenly it felt like I was a different height and my own sink felt unfamiliar. Robert Oxnam on relating his experiences with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly MPD), from A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder(pp.4-5), (If you like this post then you might like this other one as well! Ive gone through quite some trouble because it wasnt recognized during therapy, because it has been painful and scary to go through intensely separated moods with a change of behavior, sometimes hating/repressing the other mood while I was in a certain mood (manly+fearless, feminine+empathetic, fearful+child-like, feeling like someone else), and not understanding what my mind was doing, nor any psychologist until I found someone who did kind of understand but they started messing with my head and not recognizing the painful traumas associated with people being intrusive and manipulative. They all respond to my name. When not in distress, same.tbink but weaker. I hope one day your plurality is something that you can take pride in. Then me, some with names and them. If two alters choose to switch with one another, they usually have some degree of, It should be kept in mind that some systems use the term trigger to refer to both positive and negative stimuli that can catch an alter's attention. Now it is me, us, we and I. The 24vdc outputs . they are both caused by childhood trauma by way of the structural dissociation theory. Get to know them. Besides that, there are many, many more symptoms that are very common. Schizophrenia can seem a lot like DID to someone that's not a trained professional. Indeed, one of the hallmarks of DID is the extremes of coping capacity in their ANP state, people with DID can present as high-functioning and extremely competent, only to crash for example at night when their EP states take over. However, some systems dont fit into either of these boxes! Were not doctors or clinicians and our nonprofit, our work, and this website in no way provide medical advice, nor does it replace therapy or medication in other ways. The cookies collect information in a way that does not directly identify anyone. ), Hello, I am Sunflower. Generally Switches are grouped into three categories; consensual, forced and triggered. But it makes perfect sense once you understand how the brain reacts to threat, and how that reaction can become a habitual response to any form of stress. This was a truly amazing article. It felt like me, and I lost control over the body for a few seconds in both situations, but I was told all this could just be derealization or 1000 other things, and I wouldn't be surprised at all. Out of these cookies, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. I really wonder if this is OSDD but I guess labels dont matter as much anymore once it is not much of a problem any longer. Ive never been diagnosed, so I have no clear answer on this, but I do identify with your definition of dissociative amnesia, rather than how its usually interpreted to be. Although Im still not sure where my personalities and I fall, I feel more informed and less concerned about the difference between the two. I wanted to extent my reverence to you right now that you are in this mental chaos, this anguish and horror, and you are still pushing forward. In Dissociative Identity Disorder, switching between parts is a hallmark feature, but it may happen without awareness. I can watch everything that Im saying and doing, but its like I cant do anything about it and I dont know whats going to happen next. These systems do not experience clinically significant amounts of amnesia, more commonly having emotional amnesia. Does that mean that they are DID when they are in crisis but OSDD the rest of the time? I also advocate against ableism and harassment. While this disorder is hard to live with, we often lead fulfilling lives. We have touched on two major differences already less elaboration or switching to distinct parts, and less amnesia. There are different kinds of alters, including littles, fictional introjects (fictives), factional introjects (factives), and non-human alters. At what point, when that is happening, could you state that you no longer have amnesia, and should your diagnosis change from DID to OSDD? We were a system of 13-14 alters and from my perspective there was very limited full switching. The DSMs criteria of alters, amnesia, and distress/impairment arent meant to be taken at the surface level. In the harsh reality of the state of awareness of dissociative disorders in the UK today, we have to just keep moving in the right direction and not be dispirited at the challenges that still lay ahead. So not all information on this website might apply to your situation or be helpful to you; please, use caution. To read more about the cookies we use, please read our privacy policy here. its not unheard of for a host to think theyre the only one to ever front when in reality they might actually front less than the others, just because they dont remember not fronting. We and our advertising suppliers use these technologies to personalise the advertising you see. In general, you are going to more easily be able to orient new system members on your current life situation and possibly be able to communicate with them better than DID systems. Ive also seen others who believe that DID/OSDD are just having alters and not liking themwhich is also not an accurate portrayal! Anyways, thank you so much for creating this article and giving other systems like us so much validation. But the onslaught and angry and aggressive voices waging violence against me in my head was a daily, constant battle. Since DID/OSDD are more complex forms of PTSD, you or other alters might experience the symptoms of complex PTSD. Better suicide than being whole. But non-switching systems still exist. The Plural Association and The Alexandrite System have collaborated on an OSDD video in the past. DDNOS is seen by many people as a not yet or a not quite version of dissociative identity disorder and although it is supposed to be a residual category and only given to a few people, in fact the vast majority of people diagnosed with a dissociative disorder fall into this category. As an undergraduate student in psychology, I was taught that multiple personalities were a very rare and bizarre disorder. Until that time, a diagnosis such as dissociative disorder not otherwise specified (DDNOS) might be more appropriate. The outputs are commonly 24vdc but they could be other voltages or relay contact-based as well. Slow switches are usually consensual switches in which two or more alters are co-conscious to varying degrees and slowly blending and retreating to allow one alter to gain prominence. This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. And, either way, theres not going to be a simpler, or at least different, solution to stopping the CPTSD hijackings and days of disorientation. Another issue, mentioned by a number of people without either distinct parts or amnesia, is that they have less distance and protection from the traumatic nature of their memories, or the raw emotion of the traumatised parts of themselves. On a neurobiological level, differences can be seen in studies measuring the volumes of the hippocampus, a key component of the brain largely associated with memory formation and retrieval. Where is my childhood? 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