DID and identity

[MakersDozn]

For us it's a big issue. We know that some multiples may strive to build an identity that's not focused on being multiple, but for us, being multiple is a big part of our sense of self/ves.

Why? Because we are who we are. We see ourselves as are 47 individual selves who make up a collective self. We can't be our individual selves in the outside world, nor can we present as a collective. We have to pretend to be a single, unified self to fit in with the norm. And having to do so frustrates us and leaves us feeling outcast and isolated.

The fabricated "unified self" that we present to the world is fairly consistent, albeit sometimes moody. We don't see ourselves as having the freedom to be authentic anytime in the future. So we have to find a way to make peace with the situation as it is.

MDs