Thread for Depression, Bipolar, Anxiety, other?

amy_kee

I'm Amy. I'm 51 and have been dealing with lots of psychological issues/problems for most of my life. I"m Dx with anxiety disorder, chronic PTSD, schizoaffective DO, and DID (dissociative identity disorder--used to be called MPD...multiple personality disorder). All stress really exacerbates all my psychological problems. Also with chronic PTSD and DID, stress brings on a lot of mental problems. Stress also sends my schizoaffective DO into states of paranoia, and I definitely then can't handle managing much. With my DID, stress causes other "parts" or alters to come out and function for me. I have no idea what goes on when I have parts or alters out functioning for me or taking care of things for me. I also have lots years of my life with my DID. There has been so much abuse and so many times I was trying to just survive and live until the next day, that I just dissociated all that out. Alters were out taking what ever all was going on that was so horrible and each alter that i have holds their own memories and it is too stressful for them to talk about it. They came out and formed to help me cope and they are all still with me, inside.

I've noticed a lot of people on here have depression, anxiety Dx's, and some BPD. I hope everyone can find the best ways to cope for yourself. Coping is a big problem with mental illnesses. I wish the best for everyone.