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[quote=Anonymous][img][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We share a hobby and see each other regularly. Right now, interacting with her feels like interacting with a joint Facebook profile - who am I really talking to? I am uncomfortable with this, which I know is my own problem, and I'd like to get over it, but how? [/quote]

If your friend had another disorder, like MS or cancer, how would you treat the situation? [/quote]

I'm not sure how this is the same thing. If my friend had MS or cancer, I would know exactly who I was speaking to. With dissociative identify disorder, you don't have that assurance. Some alters can be violent, petty, gossipy, whatever, and while I like this acquaintance's primary alter, I suppose I don't necessarily want to interact with the others. Like I said, it's kind of like interacting with someone with a joint Facebook profile - who are you really talking to?[/quote]

Honestly, OP, it sounds like either this person is not stable enough to present consistently or you are pretty dramatic. Why does it matter?[b] If they're behaving normally and you're talking to Tanya about cross-stitch except Tanya isn't actually in charge and it's Dani, just keep talking about cross-stitch. 
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Put less emotional energy into the relationship if it's confusing or the person isn't stable. DID is almost always rooted in intense trauma, so the likelihood of the person being unstable in a variety of ways is pretty high. It is fine to distance yourself from any relationship that requires more than you are willing to invest in it.[/quote]

They do not present consistently, no. But the bolded is fair, thanks. I guess my concern is that that I won't know which alter is speaking. I'm sorry if this is offensive, but this is very new for me.[/quote]

Tread carefully is all I’m going to say. DID is quite rare and has a lot of controversy surrounding it. It’s one of the most common disorders for people to make up to get attention. [/quote]

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