I actually specifically picked that reference because that was one we were directed to as a source on endogenic history. I think that might've been part of what made me realize how badly we could use a cited, corroborated wiki of our history and stuff, because it is completely factually inaccurate and made me mad. >.<
First of all, there's a lot of presumptions bundled in to what Entropy are saying. They're equating the diagnosis of MPD/DID with trauma, and then equating both of those things to a culture that can be appropriated from! But none of those assertions are sourced or supported, because THEY'RE NOT TRUE!
Medical diagnoses are not set in stone, they're not always right, and a lot of the time, they're chosen not as identity markers but as whatever the insurance company will most likely accept. I find it SUPER-concerning when people are using such gooshy, wiggly diagnoses as not just identity markers, but also CULTURAL ones!
And to claim TRAUMA as your culture and identity just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen! If the core of your culture is suffering abuse and trauma, what happens if you move past it or leave it behind? What happens when that is no longer the sun around which your world revolves?
And also, non-trauma multiples or non-MPD/DID multiples (they aren't the exact same thing!) have been part of the online plural communities since 1994, that we're sure of! Rogan wrote a big post on it with all the citations!
I hate seeing people be mean to each other for such silly reasons!
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Date: 2019-03-15 03:56 am (UTC)First of all, there's a lot of presumptions bundled in to what Entropy are saying. They're equating the diagnosis of MPD/DID with trauma, and then equating both of those things to a culture that can be appropriated from! But none of those assertions are sourced or supported, because THEY'RE NOT TRUE!
Medical diagnoses are not set in stone, they're not always right, and a lot of the time, they're chosen not as identity markers but as whatever the insurance company will most likely accept. I find it SUPER-concerning when people are using such gooshy, wiggly diagnoses as not just identity markers, but also CULTURAL ones!
And to claim TRAUMA as your culture and identity just sounds like a disaster waiting to happen! If the core of your culture is suffering abuse and trauma, what happens if you move past it or leave it behind? What happens when that is no longer the sun around which your world revolves?
And also, non-trauma multiples or non-MPD/DID multiples (they aren't the exact same thing!) have been part of the online plural communities since 1994, that we're sure of! Rogan wrote a big post on it with all the citations!
I hate seeing people be mean to each other for such silly reasons!
--Sneak