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Her family called her Didz, and only her family knew why.
She had strange memories, memories that didn’t tally with anyone else. She’d say, You remember that time when… And her family would sadly shake their heads.
Folks thought her a liar, a dreamer, a fabulator – but aren’t we all fabulators to some extent, exaggerating, elaborating, finding the narrative that is our life?
She had several lives. She had dissociative identity disorder: d.i.d.
73 words for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Dissociate
Note: I came across this mental disorder when researching a story, and I gulped, for we’ve always called my eldest daughter Didz. But that’s cos she’s diddy.
crispina kemp 
Interesting
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But not easy to live with, neither for the family nor the person so affected
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Yes, that’s true
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Yea 🙂
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They have the privilege of living several lives in a single body.
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That’s one way of looking at it. But the disconnect such people experience is at best confusing, at worst traumatic.
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Yes. Probably they struggle to identify themselves.
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Or maybe they over-identify?
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That is also a possibility.
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Must be a horrible disorder to have. But nicely done, Crispina. Thanks for bringing it to light 🙂
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Thank you. The research was for “Can of Worms” which was a story I posted on here back in the Dark Ages!!!!
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Oh really?
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Did you read that story? Probably not. I think it was before you were following
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I honestly don’t remember. Sometimes I see links to older posts, I click on them and am surprised I was there back then…
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I have it in my head that Joy introduced us in 2018 for NaNoWriMo
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I know it was definitely NaNo. The year sounds like it could be right 🙂 Wherever is Joy now?
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You saw her last post to Plot Bunnies? She has a fella, she’s moved from west coast.
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No, I do not recall seeing that. No way!! Good for her 🙂
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https://weareplotbunnies.wordpress.com/2023/01/30/hi-everyone-im-back/
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Don’t need the link. I just went into “my sites” 😉
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I’m reading it now!
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Oh, I’m too late. Anyway, just sent you a link
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Haha! Saw that 😉
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Sad that many people don’t know or recognize this disorder
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It used to be known as Multiple Personalities. But as with most mental health disorders, it’s a spectrum
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Yes, I am familiar with this condition. In fact I know a few people on our blogging platform with this disorder.
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Not easy to live with, I think
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Definitely not! Very challenging
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You did well, Crispina. 🙂
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Thank you, Bill 🙂
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see more! Diddy’s Emotional😢 Birthday Message to Late Kim Porter Amid Controversy😮 https://youtu.be/4IowbDOhQHQ
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Thank you for sharing that link 🙂
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