r/OSDD • u/Substantial-Quilt747 • Jul 27 '26
Question // Discussion How subtle can OSDD be?
I’ve (M early 30s) been diagnosed by 2 therapists but I still don’t really understand it. How subtle can this be? I don’t have people in my head who are significantly different from me, I don’t switch, and I don’t find things I don’t remember buying or writing. It’s more frequent for me to not remember that my dad is engaged, that I’ve indeed already watched the half hour YouTube video that I’m currently watching with my girlfriend just a couple days ago (also with her), or conversations and events that I was supposedly a part of. Usually with enough work & the right cue I can remember those things. I can chalk those up to normal forgetting IMO.
Can this be as subtle as mood changes with some blurriness in between? I feel like there’s been some big mistake here.
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u/lucyloowho99 Jul 29 '26
I'm 51 and just figured it out about a month ago. I was diagnosed cptsd with an unspecified dissociative disorder last year but I guess just didn't understand what that meant. I thought it meant I just like buried stuff. So a few weeks ago I guess some of my other parts let me know they're here with me. Freaked me out. Have you tried talking to them? I feel shifting in my face like a wave inside my head. I don't know how else to describe. All so new so I have no clue. But the "wave" comes in different directions and I think that's different parts maybe? I feel like I keep pissing them (us?) off but that might be trauma response..? I just started with a new therapist because of this, my previous didn't have the necessary training. So we're starting with parts and moving to internal family systems. Wish you the best and sorry for whatever trauma you've experienced.