'I Faked Dissociative Identity Disorder'

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Music:
Sommersang: CasioKids
Michael Enwright: Chill Cat
LEMMiNO: Cipher

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Welcome!
0:35 "System" 1
6:05 "System" 2

[aidend]

I'm shocked to see my story in here. But yeah. Update I guess (I was system 2) I almost got back into faking DID last month. and holy fuck my mental health has been bad, but it's also gotten a lot better. I have real friends now, I enjoy talking to them. I've deleted all of my DID related things and stuff. I'm actually in the process of getting diagnosed with autism and ADHD, but sometimes I still feel like I'm faking, even though most people around me (reasonable adults) agree that I have it. I'm still pretty active on discord, but I've distanced myself from those communities. I'm open to answer questions !!

[samanthaw]

I'm an old woman of 30, but I still remember what it was like to be 12 years old. My heart goes out to these kids. I'm willing to bet many of these "fakers" are lonely kids who have been emotionally neglected in some way.

[baileymoran]

I have dissociative symptoms. I have not been evaluated to this disorder yet because when I was diagnosed years ago, my diagnosis was CPTSD with dissociative symptoms. My psych said I may want to be evaluated as I got older because DID tends to take a long time to fully manifest, and they were concerned about the holes in my childhood memory. I have noticed I deal with more lost time now that I’m around the age most people get diagnosed and/or fully notice symptoms. I hope I don’t have the disease, because I already have to lie to explain odd behavior. Thankfully I don’t introduce myself with a fake name though my voice apparently changes. I don’t have any memory when I dissociate. It’s not fun. It has happened when I was driving! It scares the shit out of me. It’s shameful. I get that kids don’t understand the impact of this at 10/12. But it’s ruining things for anyone who dissociates. I really don’t want to be linked to people faking this disorder because they make it look fun and not inconvenient.

[gwen]

As someone who genuinely has it, this gives me hope. I'm glad people are growing past it. It is NOT a fun disorder to have and I really wish I didn't have it. Sadly it was necessary.

[marlanamusic]

I actually have Tourette’s but got my diagnosis right when the “hype” on it came around. I can pretty well tell when certain kids are faking in my school, but I could never try to call them out because they’re the kind of people who would be on a witch hunt if I said anything and then would probably say I was faking instead, even tho I have the real diagnosis 😂 I think it’s great that these people have the courage to come forward tho and be honest with what they did. Owning up to your mistakes is such a big thing for people to do and it’s a big step in their own healing process of getting through what they did. Super proud of these guys.

[kimbrady]

I so appericate you opening up. Because I have been really really hurt by fakers and this just helps me see their side even more and makes it hurt a little less. Thank you.

[InLoveWithTheBLEGH]

As a medically diagnosed system I've noticed some of these things myself, like when I tell someone I have DID 50% of the time they MAGICALLY have it now too despite not having any symptoms. Which is really irritating because it only comes up because I'm having symptoms of my DID. So I just don't tell people irl.

[fancychancey]

This has never been a new trend, faking disorders/personalities for the sake of getting attention. Many theater plays, movie storylines and people in real life have done this throughout the millennia. So don’t feel bad for making a mistake that humans have done forever.

The difference now is that it’s more widespread, accepted and validated via social media. Misery loves company and sometimes people who get inspired are jealous of the attention and become a copycat too. Thus creating a culture gang within your peers.

The true unfortunate truth is that there was good parental guidance nor good peer role model. :(

[WindowsXPFrog]

Children do dumb crap all the time. If you were a literal child doing this then don’t let the guilt eat away at you like this. You were a child.

[niamh]

It’s heartbreaking how young they were when it started. The media def seems like a risk factor.

[GlowintheDarkSpectrum]

Thank you for talking about this. I have DID and I have fakeclaimers. It's a societal disease. I don't understand why anyone would want to fake having this disorder, it's stigmatized and the way it is acquired and affects your life isn't cool, it's tragic.

[Essence]

I didn't necessarily fake it, but I was misdiagnosed as having Tourette's, when it was actually Autism (idk how that happened, but it did). so, I used to explain my 'tics' (now I know they were stims) as' oh, I didn't mean to do (insert stim here), it was my Tourette's'. I grew up in a household where I had to apologize for everything I did, good or bad, so it's normal (for me at least), to apologize for a stim of mine. It's how I grew up. Oftentimes, fakers will apologize for their 'tics/stims', but me apologizing is mainly because I grew up in a home that demanded I apologize. (if i repeat some things in this, it's because i can’t see the comment i’m typing, so i had to type it on a google doc and type it, then paste it in the comment section)

[ChooseLoveToday]

I would argue most fakers are dealing with childhood trauma (possibly cptsd) and depression at the least. While I want them to stop I don't hate them.

[giraffeparty]

I'm hyperfixated on total drama I did not expect it to show up in this video😭 it's very bad representation but I'm pretty sure the creator of the show acknowledged that and made a lot of effort to portray more diversity in the show. 🔥🔥

[bleuenn-uxpf]

They were sooo young ! Social media are fucked up...

[jaetothemax]

Ur channel derserves way more attention! Your videos are so well done

[lysanderrivers]

How refreshingly honest and forthright! Subscribed

[ffawn]

Very good vid, adored the editing and your comentary. Pls make more vids like this, such an interesting topic!!!

[crowfroky]

This is sad to watch. Because these are some disorders that i literally fucking have, and i have seeked profressional help, and have gotten multiple professional opinions agreeing that i do have these disorders but i am not capable of aquiring the diagnosis because of the stigma caused by things like this. The second person should talk to a professional instead of chalking it up to faking because they were very much right that you genuinely CAN'T fake something unconsciously. Genuinely believing you have something and ending up wrong, ISN'T FAKING.
And there is literally no such thing as Trauma being 'not bad enough'. I think this was a good respectful video but i worry about the effect this will have on the already demonized and stigmatized community of people living with these disorders.
Fakeclaimers are very much just as harmful if not even more Harmful than Fakers are.
PS. Endogenic is not a real thing, any amount of studying an actual reputable source will prove this.

[miraculousjellyfishh]

I think it's great that you're talking about it without shaming them! cool video 🫶