Is osdd-1 a form of did?
Of these, meeting criteria A and B is most common, leading Dell to conceptualize OSDD-1 as a form of partial DID or a Complex Dissociative Disorder in which individuals never experience complete switches between dissociated parts.
What was the biggest shock to you when you discovered OSDD?
The biggest shock to me is that Lyall often told me he existed only to protect me, before I even considered OSDD a possibility. Imagine my surprise when, upon researching the disorder, I discovered ‘protector’ alters are real things that exist.
Does osdd-1 increase the risk of comorbid mental health conditions?
Dell suggests that individuals with OSDD-1 may have fewer comorbid mental health conditions.
Can you have dissociative identity disorder and osdd-1a?
Individuals with all of these disorders can experience dissociative amnesia when under extreme stress or when reminded of trauma. This can leave OSDD-1a in a murky grey area. The same individual might be diagnosed with DID, OSDD-1, or C-PTSD depending on which clinician diagnoses them and how they present at the time.
Is OSDD caused by abuse?
While research has not pinpointed the exact time-frame “abuse” occurs in order to cause OSDD, they have with dissociative identity disorder. It only makes sense that since this is a mental disorder caused by structural dissociation, that the factors must occur prior to the age in which structural dissociation would no longer define the disorder.
Do people with osdd-1 have inter-identity amnesia?
Many individuals with OSDD-1 do not experience inter-identity amnesia but may have more developed parts. In some cases, OSDD-1 parts can be highly distinct and have strong independent senses of self. What separates these individuals from those with DID is that they do not black out or lose time.