Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Articles

How Crazy Am I?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, July 4th, 2012
I really like to know how crazy I am. Here is my story. I've been abused all my life. My father was emotional and mentally abusive to my mom and I. I had to watch my dad try to kill my mom a few times. ...

Chronic PTSD

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, June 20th, 2012
I was raped by my psychiatrist in 1989, I kept it hidden away for 2 decades then on one day in one minute, it crashed in on me. Flashbacks, hallucinations, I just went into a free fall and tried to end it all several ...

Afraid to Ask Therapist What’s Wrong with Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, May 21st, 2012
I'm not sure what is wrong with me, and I'm too scared to ask my therapist. I need a bit of help. No matter how hard I've looked, I can't find anyone who has the same sort of issues as me. Last year I sort ...

Who Can I Trust to Help?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, April 18th, 2012
The hallucinations are starting up again. The more stress the more I'm declining. 2 little girls are drawing and playing on my sidewalk outside my door, and I can't stop thinking they're evil. Every little out of place noise makes me jump and my skin ...

Not Sure Who I Am Anymore

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, March 22nd, 2012
Hello, I am not so different from my peers in many ways, but now it feels like I'm an entirely different person on the inside. I came from a middle-class family, got good grades and worked really hard. I was accepted to my dream ...

Child’s Father Possibly is Dangerous

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, March 20th, 2012
He and I have been together on and off for 3 years. During this time, he has told me that he sees ghosts, used to be in a cult(the stories are absolutely unbelievable), and that he has another personality. Most of this, I have just ...

Am I Special or Crazy?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, March 2nd, 2012
Now I'm starting to think I'm just crazy: I'm 20 years old and I find myself losing touch with the world more and more each day. All throughout my life I've always known I was different. Growing up, I understood things the other kids ...

Schizophrenic Mom is too Controlling

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, February 19th, 2012
I want to take this girl to prom but am afraid of my mom's response. I am a senior in high school who lives with his mother. About 8 years ago after my parents divorced my mom began to change in behavior in terms ...

Is My Husband Mentally Ill?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, February 17th, 2012
I think my husband is suffering from a mental disorder or schizophrenia. We have been married for 3 years and have 3children 2 being 8 month old twins. We got into a fight and the first time in 5 years i walked out and lefted. ...

Do I Have Dissociative/Multiple Personality Disorder?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
I have recently become concerned with my mental health. I am twenty-one, and I realize that this is an age where people begin to often experience their psychosis, so I need to ask, am I losing it? As far as my history goes, my father ...

Hearing Voices

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, January 31st, 2012
Uhh. I'm 13 and I I will sound crazy, but I'm serious here. You know the phrase 'train of thought'? Well, it needs a track if it's a train. So my whole life there were two tracks of thought, mine & a narrator (stupid things ...

Family Thinks I Am Schizophrenic

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 26th, 2012
I have lived with depression/social anxiety and selective-mutism for the past 4-5 years. I recently had my sister express her concern for my mental health. She begged me to seek help. I engage in cutting, overdosing, starvation. I have cut since the age of 14 and ...