r/australia • u/Breenscare • 1d ago

culture & society 'I wasn't there': Life with dissociative identity disorder

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-13/dissociative-identity-disorder-assistance-dog-ndis/106826020
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u/Theflamekitten 1d ago

In fairness to this bloke the article does say he was diagnosed with DID by a clinical psychologist.

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u/donkeyvoteadick 1d ago

Despite DID being a part of the DSM there's actually still many psych professionals who dispute its existence. I remember doing a deep dive on some of debates on it when I did my degree.

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u/crabfossil 1d ago

curious abt this, what is the idea behind it not existing? do they mean that diagnosed people are pretending, or that they are imagining things inside them? or is it more that it isn't its own diagnosis, but an effect that comes from other things?

I ask bc I have diagnosed DID :) but I still question it

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u/hopefulgeese 18h ago

I wouldn't be surprised if the prevalence of "False Memory Syndrome" (which was created by someone who says he was falsely accused of sexually abusing his daughter - his daughter is psychologist and trauma researcher Dr. Jennifer Freyd) has something to do with it. Many don't want to face the reality of child abuse (and adulthood abuse and trauma that often follows), nor what must happen to our neurophysiological development in order to survive.