Dr Jeni Haynes

The way disassociated identities tends to be written is we took chunks of ourselves and pushed them away.

We've dissociated.

They're not part of us.

Now, I understand that that's the experience for a large number of people with DID.

And this is just me reflecting on my experience.

I'm not speaking for the large body of people out there with DID.

But we didn't cut chunks of ourself and push them away.

We actually created more of ourself.

So we made people.

Symphony made people, friends that would help her.

And so we're not...

Dissociated in a push away.

Yeah.

Right.

So as we talk today, I have no doubt that a whole load of people are going to come and talk to you because they're all sitting with me in the doorway facing the outside world ready to talk.

And that's what my life is like.

It's like I walk around with...

2,681 other humans in my head.

They, well, when we integrated everybody and we came down to a very small number, it was hell, never doing that again.

But they were gone for a good nine years.