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Aug 26, 2021Liked by Best Evidence

I had a friend/roommate who was able to get SSI for DID. She even went to Shepherd Pratt, the hospital that specializes in DID. I never noticed anything when I was with her, but I’m probably on the spectrum and therefore less likely to pick up on subtle personality changes. She claimed there were both boys and girls and one boy was 6 years old.

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Aug 26, 2021Liked by Best Evidence

Everyone I know read those books, too, but for me, it was in college. I remember thinking When Rabbit Howls was all kinds of bullshit even at the time. (I also remember in the TV movie, Shelley Long as Truddi Chase carried a sign that said "2, 4, 6, 8, We Don't Want to Integrate, because her alters wanted to stay separate or something.)

DID kind of had a Satanic panic-ish moment for a while there. I swear I remember several celebrities (including Roseanne, as I recall), saying they'd been diagnosed with it.

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