I remember back in 2011, I asked my mom to pick me up from school because I had an ‘ear infection’. So she takes me to the hospital to get it checked out and they’re about to send me home but I told one of the nurses I was worried about the suicidal thoughts and constant headaches I was having.

They end up sending me to Cedar Springs for an evaluation and diagnosed me with depression and anxiety. I could live with that. The day after I was admitted, I didnt remember how I got there so I had a breakdown and apparently it was grounds for me to go into the “Quiet Room”. Which was literally just a padded room with a little bitty window. I was in there for a couple days.

Anyway, throughout the course of my stay I was experiencing extreme mood shifts, hearing voices, and seeing things that weren’t really there. I tried to keep all that to myself but sometimes it felt like there was this other person inside of me letting out all these secrets. This person landed me in the quiet room three different times and I have no recollection of how it happened.

My mom came to visit one time while I was there and she wanted them to run tests on me.

According to the specialist, I have DID or Dissociative identity disorder.

I still don’t know how to deal with the information. So if anyone relates, please help.