a howdy dowdy stranger · 9mo
axolotl anon here!!! so sorry for filling your retrospring fjksbffh,,, thank you so much :] yeah, it was really hurtful to my headmates because they’ve sacrificed so much to protect me. thank you for the advice! i’m not sure if i’ll be able to find a OSDDID specialist in my city but i’ll try for sure. my country is still developing so i’m really lucky to have gotten access to therapy in the first place. i’m not sure if there ARE therapists who accept OSDDID around here because they’re all really demonising of it. sorry for the ramble, either way i completely agree. i don’t understand how a therapist could be so uneducated on a disorder such as DID. i did manage to talk more to my headmates and we finally were able to communicate properly. thank you so much for all the advice!!! i love my headmates so much and honestly, i’m really glad they’re here. its quite funny actually, because i was really scared to accept that we’re a system but after coming across your page i think i was able to slowly. i realised my “normal” wasn’t everybody else’s “normal” and hearing a bunch of different voices commenting on stuff you do everyday is not normal AT ALL hfksjdlgje!!!! but!! thank you sosososo much! i’m a lot more happier now i think. being able to establish a connection with my headmates has certainly helped me a lot 🫶🫶🫶 i hope you guys have a wonderful day ahead!!!!
DW ABOUT BEING IN OUR INBOX it is open for a reason!!
honestly if you don't think you'll be able to find a therapist that's system friendly, my honest advice is to just keep that topic out of therapy altogether. therapy CAN be super helpful but a lot of aggressively pro-therapy stances online fail to account for the fact that therapists and the field of psychiatry as a whole can be extremely ableist and actively do damage to the people they claim to help. oftentimes for groups oppressed on the axis of mental health/neurodivergence it's community that ends up being more helpful or even life saving! it has its pros and cons because yeah of course people going through the same stuff as you are going to have better understanding and provide better support. but finding a network of people who are able to support one another in a healthy balanced way, when they're all innately people who likely struggle with mental health by virtue of the very community they're in, can be messy and damaging as well. at least it uhhh doesn't cost money and can't lead to someone institutionalising you! so.
BUT I'm really glad our account could be that!! I think that's a really good example of community and the good it can do honestly. because while our experiences both informed you that your "normal" isn't at all the standard singlet experience, it likewise let you know that your "normal" is the same "normal" we have! and that you aren't alone. :]
I'm glad you've got communication with them now!! and I hope everything is going well and that you're safe and on the path to being happier and healthier. much much love!!! 🧡🧡🧡
