Dissociative Disorders

Just wondering if anyone else suffers from one of these disorders???

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My mum keeps telling me that i might have....I'm not sure, i haven't taken any tests or anything...but I know what you are talkin about..
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What is it...Sorry for being dumb but i dont know..

mm yeah its diagnosed as a disorder. Do you find it really hard to live with?? Just wondering, i feel so alone with it xx

im dissociated

wow i just looked up this Dissociative Disorder because i've never heard of it before. how is it for you guys?? i dont mean to be nosy, but if you need/want to talk, pm me.

wow i looked it up too, how do u guys cope with it? wow im rly sorry.

ok i just looked up on it and found out this:

People with Dissociative Disorders may experience any of the following: depression, mood swings, suicidal tendencies, sleep disorders (insomnia, night terrors, and sleep walking), panic attacks and phobias (flashbacks, reactions to stimuli or "triggers"), alcohol and drug abuse, compulsions and rituals, psychotic-like symptoms (including auditory and visual hallucinations), and eating disorders. In addition, individuals with Dissociative Disorders can experience headaches, amnesias, time loss, trances, and "out of body experiences." Some people with Dissociative Disorders have a tendency toward self-persecution, self-sabotage, and even violence (both self-inflicted and outwardly directed).

Im pretty sure i have depression, i have mood swings a lot, i have had slight insomnia, i have night terrors, i have hallucinations in my night terrors, i have many phobias, have a lot of headaches, totally black out sometimes and dont feel as though im inside my self sometimes. oh and I also drink WAY too much when I have it and dont stop until I cant physically drink no mroe. I dont know if this would be classed as alcohol abuse. And obviously self-sabotage Is this anything to worry about? I know your not doctors but...yeah. Would appreciate the help greatly!

I think a lot of people who believe they have it actually in reality probably have a form of depression, I think to assume you have a condition because of something someone else has said or because you have one or two of the conditions is a slight overreaction. Perhaps before thinking you have it, get diagnosed, even if you do have it, it is treatable. I am going to get my mental health diagnosis soon until then I am not going to make any assumptions. Also, it is generally people with incredibly traumatic experiences such as constant sexual abuse that come up with these disorders, I am sure many people on this site have had incredibly traumatic experiences having read a lot of poems and posts on here. Just do not go around saying you have this disorder if you do not have a diagnosis. I hope everyone here can find a happier life and anyone with diagnosisis can find a way to get better...

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Lost girl, if you are talking about the paper tests which are like questionairres they are very unreliable, you need a physchiatrist or someone who has no association with you personally and who has mental health knowledge to diagnose the disorder properly. I think perhaps your mum is overeacting because she is worried about you...

Kim u seem 2 hav lots of the symptoms but katie's right, u need a proper diagnosis.

Just wondering has anyone with one of the disorders suffered from a dissociative phenomenom??? If so how did u get through it?? I'm suffering with one atm and am doin work with my psych to try n get rid of it, but its so hard to deal with...am lost and confused

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thnku all for replying...i reli hope u get through it emily xx

Dissociative disorder....a disorder that keeps someone from being social or being part of society.

thts not right, may be wot the it means literally, but not wot the disorders entail.

The point in it was tht i was wantin to hear other ppls experiences of it cos i jus feel v isolated with it right now.