Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Articles

Childhood Schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 15th, 2011
I wonder if it is possible I had some form of schizophrenia as a child. I remember very little until I was 10 years old, and even between the ages of 10 -18 there are whole areas of my life that I do not ...
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My Ex Has Dissociative Identity Disorder. Is There Hope For Us?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, August 5th, 2011
How can I explain to an ex-boyfriend who left state and returned that he needs help for is DID? My current psychologist couldn't answer this question, but flipped it off as insignificant.  I fell in love in Jan. 2010 with a foreign worker who was ...
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Hearing Voices, Wanting To Harm Myself/Others and Seeing Demonic Things

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, July 17th, 2011
For a few years now i have been hearing things and seeing people that i think are there, that i could reach out and touch almost, but they are dead. i first started hearing voices in elementary school. i would hear screaming. A lot of ...
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How do I end it?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, July 13th, 2011
I thought for many years that I lack emotion and as I get older I have come to realize that this is true and has been present since childhood; pictures that I have taken I noticed that I never smiled. I have been trying very ...
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I’m confused about what this is or if it’s just me being paranoid

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, July 12th, 2011
I'd recently been surfing on this site when I came across a disorder called, "Dissociation Disorder". I know that I am young and I take that into consideration. (13 in a few days--also, I have dyslexia, so I might misspell some words) I don't know ...
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I’m not sure if I was molested or not

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, June 2nd, 2011
when i was 11, i was molested by my step father. or at least thats what i remember. i told a teacher and we went through this whole trial. and my mom was so depressed and under so much stress that she almost overdosed on ...
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I Feel Like An Imposter!

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Friday, May 27th, 2011
No matter what I'm doing, or which role I'm fulfilling, I feel like a fake. This includes my low-stress job, friendships, even parenting.  I feel that I don't belong and it's only a matter of time before others find ...
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Phobia of Shower

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, May 27th, 2011
I'm not afraid of water. I had a little past history trauma as you call it with roaches in the tub. it was one of them claw foot tubs. I was very young. Ever since then I have a fear of showers I would get ...
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Bipolar with Psychotic Features

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Saturday, May 21st, 2011
I feel rather silly for even asking this. I worked as a psych nurse for several years. I was always under the impression that when people had hallucinations or delusions they did not know that it was not real. Over the past year everything I've ...
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Inferiority complex

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, May 12th, 2011
I'm extremely insecure, almost paranoid, about my own intelligence. Even though I've always been identified as gifted since youth, feelings of inferiority began to surface as I entered high school and was forced for the first time to compare and compete with others for marks ...
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Emotionally Unstable

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, May 2nd, 2011
Please help me I've been seeing things that aren't real for as long as I can remember. They show up in mirrors behind me. I've gotten very depressed, for no reason at all, and I hide it from everyone. I've become very worried about strange ...
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Giving up on relationship with emotionally distant father

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, April 24th, 2011
I haven't had a real relationship with my dad since I was fifteen and I no longer care or want one. My parents divorced when I was nine and he immediately found a new girlfriend. They've been together ever since. I didn't mind and actually ...
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