#i think i have osdd.. do i??

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carmine blade
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so like i have experienced trauma loads, show literally all the criteria to have osdd, yet idk whats happening like at all. help?? (i will give more info on my symptoms if u want)

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and the problem is i want to get diagnosed if i do infact have it but there is no way that my parents will ever allow it

errant shuttleBOT
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@carmine blade Alright, here's the rundown. OSDD, DID, PDID and such are just one form of that kind of thing. Plurality, as the phenomenon of having more than one identity is called, is very much a model, one you can use for yourself if you find it useful. Much like there is no "being trans enough", there is no "being plural enough"; if you feel like you might benefit from considering yourselves plural, you can just do so. We're a system, we know many systems and nearly all our friends are, so you can DM us and/or ask us for links to servers dedicated to systems if you want help with your possible OSDD. I wouldn't advise looking for information on most social media spaces, because a lot of what you'll find is fakeclaimers and harassers, but here are a few useful webpages you can look at if you want:

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alright, seems links are blocked...

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More Than One dot info is a good primer, at least. You'll find more if you go on Lunazera's Discord server, it's very welcoming to systems so I'd recommend it.

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we have this server muted because of high activity, so please ping us / DM us if you want more assistance. Good luck on your journey, stranger(s).

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I will say though, seeking out a diagnosis is not necessarily a good idea. Sometimes medical professionals will try to put you on drugs to solve the "psychosis", sometimes they'll try to push y'all to fuse, lots of psys even nowadays are trained on outdated knowledge and think OSDD is fake, and depending on what country you live in and its medical privacy, you may end up having a harder time finding work or such if you have such a medical record. Rather than seeking a diagnosis, what I'd personally recommend if you think you're any kind of plural is that you find either a therapist who specializes in helping systems or a trustworthy and knowledgeable system, and they help you find who's there and get along. Stuff like setting up a way to communicate with one another, to check one another at regular intervals, to see shifts in the system coming, to take everybody's needs and wants into account, to decide how the body presents if you have differing genders/species, that kind of thing. There can be conflict especially at first, it is best solved with earnest, reliable kindness towards one another. You live in the same brain and you are all there for a reason, so please try to get along. Also, the initial stages of syscovery can be quite chaotic! It's common to find many members who have been hiding for years or who finally feel free to fully form now that you do recognize them as people. It's a trip and a half but it's all worth it, I promise. ❤️

carmine blade
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my that’s a lot of information tysm?

carmine blade
errant shuttleBOT
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Yw! We used to help folk with this a lot