Yes, I stumbled upon some of these same community discussions happening on Twitter and Tumblr. It was really interesting to read about the in-fighting about traumagenic vs endogenic DID. This discussion of real or imitated Tourette’s reminds me of that.
As someone with DID who is a part of that community (founded two subreddits and moderated /r/DID for a time), I look at at the traumagenic vs endogenic debate as a sad case of ironic community amnesia.
One of the core features of the disorder is the dissociative amnesia that protects us from having to deal with the consequences of the trauma we faced at all times. Systems that have lower dissociative barriers who deal with more trauma symptoms can be understandably upset when they see people seemingly functioning fine, claiming the same disorder with few of the same symptoms. I personally believe that endogenics are systems that have successfully repressed their trauma to the point that they really believe they didn't face trauma, or their trauma was more of an emotional or neglectful nature and their parents matured as they developed so it was safe to totally forget. Many endos will get mad in defense if you try to tell them they have trauma (as a mod the fighting can get unexpectedly emotional), because they have to believe they don't have trauma to survive.
For everyone else in the thread talking about it like it's a curiosity or a psych fad please don't, yeah teens are picking it up and faking it, but some are actually coming to terms with it early--those are rare but they happen--most will lose interest in it after some months or years. People who fake this also aren't psychologically normal. People who claim to have created head mates are engaging in tuplamancy, which is NOT Dissociative Identity Disorder, and does not function in the same way in the slightest.
One of the core features of the disorder is the dissociative amnesia that protects us from having to deal with the consequences of the trauma we faced at all times. Systems that have lower dissociative barriers who deal with more trauma symptoms can be understandably upset when they see people seemingly functioning fine, claiming the same disorder with few of the same symptoms. I personally believe that endogenics are systems that have successfully repressed their trauma to the point that they really believe they didn't face trauma, or their trauma was more of an emotional or neglectful nature and their parents matured as they developed so it was safe to totally forget. Many endos will get mad in defense if you try to tell them they have trauma (as a mod the fighting can get unexpectedly emotional), because they have to believe they don't have trauma to survive.
For everyone else in the thread talking about it like it's a curiosity or a psych fad please don't, yeah teens are picking it up and faking it, but some are actually coming to terms with it early--those are rare but they happen--most will lose interest in it after some months or years. People who fake this also aren't psychologically normal. People who claim to have created head mates are engaging in tuplamancy, which is NOT Dissociative Identity Disorder, and does not function in the same way in the slightest.