This article, written by my inside part, Brian won the 1st Honorable Mention in the 2009 Victoria Writers Society Summer Contest.
It describes his experience of being a man in a woman’s body.
Have you, as a man, ever lived inside a woman’s body?
Have you, as a man, ever lived inside a body over which you have no control over?
Have you, as a man, ever lived inside a body with more than one mind functioning simultaneously for periods of time?
Have you, as a man, ever lived inside a body where your main function is simply to keep the body alive?
Finally, have you, as a man, ever lived inside a body, such as this, with the knowledge that in all likelihood, this quality of existence will be a life long commitment?
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Definition of sorts, this article explores the intricacies of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
It’s been published in January 2007 online by ReachOutMag.com, June 2007 online by EzineArticles.com
Also, it was published in March 2008 by Alone Together.
I don’t require the use of a wheelchair.
I have use of my legs and arms.
I have my sight.
I can hear.
I am not physically challenged as a result of genetics or an accident.
Some would say I’m mentally challenged. I like to think of myself as a ‘victim turned survivor challenged.’
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly dubbed Multiple Personality Disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, occurs as a result of prolonged emotional, physical and sexual abuse usually started in infancy. This, further administered by means of starvation, sleep deprivation, drug use and other fear driven actions terrorize the child into submission, especially if the abusers are family members.
My perpetrators were my mother, father, brothers, aunts and uncles.
I trusted them.
They betrayed me.
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