#cdds

[sysmedsaresexist]

Kind reminder for those who might be unsure or questioning

As per the DSM and ICD

Symptoms of CDDs can manifest at any age.

CDDs caused by early childhood trauma and adverse childhood events, in many cases, don't present in any noticeable way until early 20s and up. It's a very common, normal experience, and yes, the pandemic WAS traumatizing in many ways. It threw many lives into chaos and destroyed people's mental health.

In isolation, many had no choice but to look inward, at parts of themselves that may have never been examined before.

An experience like that would be more than enough to trigger first-time manifestation of symptoms.

If you're struggling, don't ever hesitate to ask for help.

You're deserving of support no matter how you formed.

If you're affected by something, that's real.

Be kind to yourself. Extend the same understanding to yourself that you would to someone else sharing a similar history.

[butterednuttered]

🌈SYSTEM EDUCATION DISCORD SERVER!⭐

🌀HELLO! DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPLEX DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS DID, OSDD, OR PARTIAL DID? WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SERVER FOR YOU! 🌌WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS SERVER

a diverse group of people with different experiences

research papers, case studies, dsm-5 pages, books, etc on dissociation

a silly funny community

an application system for gaining access to channels that discuss personal experiences, questions, and general chat

a screenreader and dyslexic friendly environment!

a syskid safe environment

we accept tons of people into our server!

🪐SOME BASIC RULES

endos and their supportters are heavily encouraged not to join, as we don't support endos in this server, however, people who are neutral on the topic are fine

if you are found to have been actively fakeclaiming people, especially on r/SystemsCringe, you are still welcome to stay, but you will be perma-banned from social and discussions channels! (we have had to do this before.)

13+ server!! meaning NO NSFW. INVITE: https://discord.com/invite/E2raRCk6QR

[mischiefmanifold]

okay kind of interested in this so

didn't include an option for neither because I don't want screwy results. also endos do not touch thanks

reblog for reach please 🙏

[cdd-safe-haven]

Hello, weary traveller!

An exciting update!

So, we're not going to talk about it, but this blog was hidden for a bit. That's okay, though, because it's fixed!

Remember to always keep going, keep trying, keep your chin up. I know we've all taken a lot of hits over our lives already. I know you're tired.

But sometimes the blows don't land.

Remember to find humor in the bad, to laugh, breathe out, relax your shoulders, and let the ones that don't matter roll off of you.

An easy fight is still a battle won.

I bet you've got more wins under your belt than you think.

I mean, you're still here, right?

Enjoy the small things. Take a rest. You deserve it.

You've come a long way, haven't you? ❤️

[circulars-reasoning]

Hey! I’m not touching this discourse directly with a 10 foot pole, especially since drama hungry folks are on the prowl for anything with an acronym in it, but!

I started using CDD as an acronym to take the place of DIDOSDD, primarily because CDD felt more obviously inclusive of the disorders often unmentioned. I feel like writing out DIDOSDDDDNOSUDDPDIDMPD would be… a mouthful.

I’ve seen a few folks stirring up this idea that it was being used as a way to exclude traumagenic non-disordered systems or endogenic systems… Nope! I feel like I’m partially why it gained so much popularity in syscourse since I started using it so regularly, and I can attest, it had literally nothing to do with non-disordered individuals. I just wanted a clearer way to abbreviate “any dissociative disorder with a medically complex structure that forms a system.” ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[flirts-with-dragons]

Girls with DID will be thinking everything is normal until they full blackout switch in the middle of therapy with no idea why they have tears all over their face

It's me im Girls

[multiplicity-positivity]

is it normal for people with cdd's to have less dissociative barriers or more disociative barriers ? or just the same amount as an adult ?

it’s definitely normal for people with cdds to have more dissociative barriers than their peers without dissociative disorders.

that’s a big part of the nature of dissociative disorders. these disorders create dissociative barriers between alters which in turn blocks alters and memories off from each other.

we’re not certain about the existence of dissociative barriers in singlets, but we have a strong feeling that people without dissociative disorders deal with dissociative barriers incredibly rarely, if at all.

you can learn more about dissociative disorders in our resource post for questioning systems. there is a whole section with links to articles and info on dissociative disorders.

🐢 kip, 💫 parker, and 🌸 margo

edit: it’s also true that people with ptsd and other trauma disorders may struggle with dissociation and dissociative barriers!

[boyswillbedogz]

trauma so bad my coping mechanisms have names and pronouns

[orbitposting]

DID but not as in presence of "evil murderer alter", DID as in buying two drinks instead of one because someone came to front after seeing a blue raspberry slushie and DEMANDED to have it, but the alter who walked all the way to the gas station refused to leave without getting what they wanted to get initially.

[aurangg]

Something really not talked about with trauma disorders is the paranoia.

Being scared and jumping to conclusions when people stand a little too close to you, not believing people’s compliments and thinking they have hidden motives, not believing when people tell you they like/love you, thinking that strangers you see on the street want to hurt you, etc.

[candyrain-collective]

a comic about my experience with other people's perception of my DID/OSDD. might do more pages in the future? we'll see.

[sysmedsaresexist]

my least favorite part about traumagenic survivors telling us not to "play the trauma olympics" is them never linking sources where a kid has gotten a cdd solely through emotional abuse

i only id as endogenic because I genuinely do not believe emotional abuse alone is enough to cause a system, yet here my headmates are.

give me ONE article that tells me of a case of did that doesn't mention physical or sexual abuse. i'll fuckin wait.

Wait, is this real? Like, are you actually asking me?? This feels so rude????

Here?? You??? Go????

Ran out of words

Do you want more links???

I genuinely can't tell what you're trying to say. You'll never find a paper that ONLY talks about emotional neglect and abuse... because they're not the only cause

If something reputable is going to talk about the cause of CDDs, it's going to talk about all of the causes, which includes emotional neglect

You'll find tons of info on how emotional neglect (yes, neglect, not abuse) is THE primary indicator of a CDD. You'll find actual research that says emotional abuse and neglect are more harmful longterm than physical and sexual abuse combined.

"Genuinely believe"

Get out of here with that fakeclaiming bullshit, do you know how many systems have emotional abuse as their primary or sole cause?

[butterednuttered]

🌈SYSTEM EDUCATION DISCORD SERVER!⭐

🌀HELLO! DO YOU WANT TO LEARN MORE ABOUT COMPLEX DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS SUCH AS DID, OSDD, OR PARTIAL DID? WE HAVE A WONDERFUL SERVER FOR YOU! 🌌WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THIS SERVER

a diverse group of people with different experiences

research papers, case studies, dsm-5 pages, books, etc on dissociation

a silly funny community

an application system for gaining access to channels that discuss personal experiences, questions, and general chat

a pretty good middle ground for people who use typing quirks and keep proxies for comfort as well as people who use screen readers and/or are dyslexic

a syskid safe and non-infantilizing environment

🪐SOME BASIC RULES

endos and their supporters are heavily encouraged not to join, as we don't support endos in this server, however, people who are neutral on the topic are fine

if you are found to have been actively fakeclaiming people, especially on r/SystemsCringe and r/FakeDisorderCringe, you will be perma-banned from social and discussions channels, or even the entire server. (we have had to do this before.)

13+ server!! meaning NO NSFW. INVITE: https://discord.com/invite/E2raRCk6QR

[thefluxsystem]

You know what the worst part of having a dissociative disorder is, for me personally?

The emotional amnesia.

Your entire life feels like something that you watched on TV, rather than something that you actually lived through.

You know that some of the most horrific things imaginable have happened to you, and you feel nothing about it. Sure, the memories disgust you on principle, but you don’t feel anything.

It makes you question if anything that you remember is real. If that actually happened, shouldn’t it feel significant? Shouldn’t you be sad, angry, hurt, something?

And to top it all off, nobody understands. Not even yourself.

[botanical-garden-system]

Someone drowning in 6 feet of water is as equally dead as a person drowning in 20 feet of water.

Please stop comparing trauma and making it a challenge. It’s trauma. Not a competition or medal.

[interstellarsystem]

Shoutout to singlets that accept systems for who they are. Singlets who ask respectful questions and try to understand us. Singlets who do their best to accommodate different headmates and make them feel included. Singlets who listen to what systems have to say. You're so important. Please keep doing what you do.