DID and Recreative Hypnosis

Hello all, first time poster here. My name is Kami, I’m a singlet ally and a recreative hypnotist. As so, I encounter very different type of people. One of those people is a great friend of mine, who, as we discovered together, has DID.

At the beginning, one thing that struck me about my friend is how he talked about his wolf. My friend is therian (trans-species) and he told me about his inside wolf. At the time, I didn’t know really about DID and he was the first therian I met, so I just registered it without judging, as anyone should do. One thing that really interested me was how, when I was using a suggestion to make him forget something, he told me how his inside wolf would tell him some hints. Sometime, his wolf would just laugh at him “Oh, let’s see you get out of this one”.

Then, I found out about DID. I tried to learn everything I could (it’s not hard, some systems have a YouTube channel and are really good at educating. My favorite is DissociaDID. They are really awesome). And then I remembered what he told me about his wolf.

One thing very important in life, is whatever proof you think you have, never put an etiquette on someone. So, my role in that was to give him information. I talked with him about those very interesting video I saw. And gave him the link (I actually shared the link to that channel on my facebook page. Giving visibility is always a good thing when it’s done respectfully). So one day he comes to me and say “I think I have DID”.

The first and only thing to do, when that happens, is accept it. That’s all. 1 to 3% of population has DID, and that’s roughly around the same amount for red hair (2%). You’d never second guess someone who tell you they have red hair, so why would it be different with DID. So I embraced that news, and we’ve been experimenting with hypnosis.

A lot of things are really special when hypnotizing someone with DID. First of all, I never try to use a suggestion to have other alter being hypnotized too while the one fronting is hypnotized. Also, I never force a switch, even without hypnosis, forcing a switch without consent is a big no-no. So what I found out is that when I hypnotize whoever is in front, if the other alter is aware, they would not be hypnotized. And a suggestion could then affect an alter, but not the other.

Since then, I’ve talked a lot with his wolf (non-human alter), who now has a name. I wasn’t aware before of talking to him but he told me it happened, but he tried to pass as the host (I heard it’s something that can happen when an alter is not comfortable about being found out). I’m still learning about DID, because there’s always more to learn. And now I’m beginning to wonder about that other friend who told me about their subconsciousness wanting to play with hypnosis, or who sometimes wanted to tell me things. 1 to 3% is a lot of people. Someone you know, might have DID and you are unaware. Respect them. Make the good information visible.

As for me, I’ll continue exploring hypnosis with my friend’s system 🙂

See ya,

Kami