Question:
Hi, folks. At one point a few years back I was diagnosed with PTSD. Then two or three years ago I was diagnosed with DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder, as I’m sure you know). If someone has DID, does that automatically mean you have PTSD? I mean, is it sort of automatically included? I still have terrible flashbacks or abreaction. Thanks. UrsoBear
Response:
Hmmm…..Don’t know. Good question though. kat "UrsoBear" <UrsoB…@SPAMPROOFzzapp.org> wrote in message
news:3B9ADB51.B56D55CA@SPAMPROOFzzapp.org… – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> Hi, folks. > At one point a few years back I was diagnosed with PTSD. Then two or > three years ago I was diagnosed with DID (Dissociative Identity > Disorder, as I’m sure you know). If someone has DID, does that > automatically mean you have PTSD? I mean, is it sort of automatically > included? I still have terrible flashbacks or abreaction. > Thanks. > UrsoBear
Response:
http://www.voiceofwomen.com/centerarticle.html explains the range of dissociation . You can slip up and down the scale - I always have PTSD, but when I get strssed, can go higher on the scale. It’s long, but an interesting read
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In article <3B9ADB51.B56D5…@SPAMPROOFzzapp.org>, UrsoBear says… >Hi, folks. >At one point a few years back I was diagnosed with PTSD. Then two or >three years ago I was diagnosed with DID (Dissociative Identity >Disorder, as I’m sure you know). If someone has DID, does that >automatically mean you have PTSD? I mean, is it sort of automatically >included? I still have terrible flashbacks or abreaction.
Don’t think so. DID is what use to be called Multiple Personality disorder and is just that – the presence of more than one distinctive personality. PTSD isn’t related to DID in terms of that you automatically have it if you have DID and vice versa. However, DID – like all personality disorders – results from childhood experiences and development and it is severe trauma that is known to cause a person to develop individual personalities in order to cope with the trauma. The dissociation a person experiences with PTSD is not to the extreme of DID. . View the AST-PTSD FAQ @ http://astpfaq.tripod.com/astpfaq/
Response:
Thanks, cloud dreamer. As I said, I still have major symptoms of both and know they both exist on a continuum, so was unsure whether one (PTSD) was sort of covered under the umbrella of the other (DID/MDP). Take care, UrsoBear P.S. I’ll have a look at the FAQ. Thanks. ===== – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> In article <3B9ADB51.B56D5…@SPAMPROOFzzapp.org>, UrsoBear says… > >Hi, folks. > >At one point a few years back I was diagnosed with PTSD. Then two or > >three years ago I was diagnosed with DID (Dissociative Identity > >Disorder, as I’m sure you know). If someone has DID, does that > >automatically mean you have PTSD? I mean, is it sort of automatically > >included? I still have terrible flashbacks or abreaction. > On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 13:12:03 GMT, cloud dreamer wrote: > Don’t think so. DID is what use to be called Multiple Personality disorder and > is just that – the presence of more than one distinctive personality. PTSD > isn’t related to DID in terms of that you automatically have it if you have DID > and vice versa. However, DID – like all personality disorders – results from > childhood experiences and development and it is severe trauma that is known to > cause a person to develop individual personalities in order to cope with the > trauma. > The dissociation a person experiences with PTSD is not to the extreme of DID. > . > View the AST-PTSD FAQ @ http://astpfaq.tripod.com/astpfaq/
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Adultchile: Terrific. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Appreciate the info. 
Take care, UrsoBear ===== On 09 Sep 2001 12:28 GMT, Adultchile wrote: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -> http://www.voiceofwomen.com/centerarticle.html > explains the range of dissociation . You can slip up and down the scale - I > always have PTSD, but when I get strssed, can go higher on the scale. It’s > long, but an interesting read
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