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Recently I’ve come across a whole shit load of videos of young teens, kids and even adults who claim to suffer from Dissociative Identity Disorder D.I.D.

Many claim to diagnosed via medical professionals.

Though, their understanding of D.I.D follows common pop culture interpretations of the disorder. (The movie sibyl, for instance)

A reason why the disorder name was changed from multiple personality disorder to dissociative identity disorder, was partly due to this misunderstanding.

It’s not called “dissociative identities disorder” because there are not multiple identities. It’s called “dissociative identity disorder” because the individual goes through periods of disassociation from the self.

This disorder (the real version) is controversial within the fields of psychology and psychiatry.

Anyways, many of these people are grown ass adults. Who make videos, attempting to explain their “disorder” (delusions) with their laymen expertise.

The questions they receive often come from children and young teens who are seeking guidance in the disorder themselves.

This is highly concerning.

Why are these adults, messing with the minds of children simply to validate themselves?

They spend their time answering questions about their disorder , making skits about their disorder, etc some of their entire profiles are dedicated to their disorder.

Do you see where this is going?

If it weren’t for identifying with having this disorder, they wouldn’t be of any interest to anyone. They wouldn’t get the same amount of attention.

They use things like this as a means to seek attention and validation for their issues.