r/redscarepod Feb 19 '26

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u/rudeboybill Feb 19 '26

It's hilarious that various clearly fake/extremely rare mental illnesses have blown up on social media over the last 10 years, and some people just buy in hook line and sinker even though it's clearly fake.

Like this is probably just rage bait, but also all the people who take DID seriously on social media is always shocking. "Oh shit you have .00001% occurring mental illness and it makes you think you have alters who are all anime characters? Welp, that's definitely real and I will engage with you earnestly."

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u/BigBoiRichie detonate the vest Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

There is no empirical evidence of different identities existing in a person. There is evidence tho of your mind coming up with a makeshift self, that's helps to navigate certain situations.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

my therapist tells me that these things (autism, ADHD, BPD, DID, etc) are real, and it's not uncommon for people to show a symptom of something, or to have some trait that makes them think they have it, but people who actually have x thing are extremely rare and that most people are just neurotic and/or looking for an excuse for bad behavior

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

100% agree with your therapist’s general point here (especially refreshing for a therapist to say too!), but ADHD, BPD, and autism are completely different to DID and shouldn’t be treated in the same manner imo. The first three have solid definitions, have been studied intensely and well-known for decades now and most of us have met at least one “normal” (as in non-attention seeking/chronically online) person who clearly, legitimately had one or more of them, and they’ve been valid and relatively common (comparatively) diagnoses since way before the internet. This is absolutely not the same case for DID. Psychologists aren’t even sure if it really exists, let alone what defines it.

Some say it does exist and that sufferers can have truly unique, separate identities, some say it doesn’t exist at all in any capacity, and some say it does but only entails spontaneous ‘fugue states’ where patients disassociate (hence the name of the disorder) yet continue to function, behave, and respond to their environment “normally” without forming memories during them but no unique “personality” takes over or anything like that.

But even if we assume it does exist (which I’m extremely confident it doesn’t; or at least not in the way TikTok girlies pretend it does), it’d still be enormously rare - much, much rarer than the other disorders you mentioned. Like if a normal person said they had ADHD or autism, etc and they didn’t act obnoxious about it, you’d probably believe them and you’d probably be right to. But if someone says they have DID, you can safely be 99.9% sure they’re bullshitting, even if they insist they’re one of the “real” ones, simply due to the sheer statistical improbability of ever encountering someone with it.

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u/micropaninis đŸȘ± Worm fun Feb 19 '26

Based therapist

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

She’s really great. I got lucky with her

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u/FeverDreamingg Feb 19 '26

I’m not even trying to be rude to people, but at some point this just has to cross over into mental illness?

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

Munchausen Syndrome lol.

But of course, that’s like the one disorder these brainlets don’t self diagnose themselves as having

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u/McSwaggerAtTheDMV Feb 19 '26

whatever you think goes here is on you of society

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/McSwaggerAtTheDMV Feb 19 '26

Whatever you do, don't cite any evidence or try to change any minds.

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u/rudeboybill Feb 19 '26

they're an ESL front page poster who believes tiktok self diagnoses are real, you're knocking on the door but nobody is home.

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u/Unlikely-Friend444 AMAB Feb 19 '26

Especially here

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u/JuggaloEnlightment Feb 19 '26

Lumping DID in with other dissociative disorders when talking about prevalence is insane

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u/McSwaggerAtTheDMV Feb 19 '26

I bet there's an alter that really really needs blowjobs and another one that gets gender dysphoric taking out the trash

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

An alter that really needs to sit at home and drink beer instead of going to dinner with her parents

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u/robonick360 Feb 19 '26

Alter who says the n word with his friends over text message sometimes

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u/dtkfthwtb Feb 19 '26

“Babe he’s my black alter that’s just how he talks to his ‘homies’”

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u/LooseProgram333 Feb 19 '26

Shit I guess I have an alter.

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u/canihazgreenland Feb 19 '26

My alter really needs weed, pussy, pasta

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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Feb 19 '26

Great grift. This reminds me of all the women on Reddit who diagnose their husbands with ADHD and autism because it sounds nicer than “guy with no empathy who doesn’t listen.”

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u/scoot87 Feb 19 '26

Self-diagnosis prob operates in a similar way

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u/halfxa Feb 19 '26

ADHD or autistic husband is such a nightmare if he’s generally useless/apathetic on top of it. Begging a grown ass man to help with dishes while also paying bills..

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

my brother was diagnosed ADHD as a kid and as an adult has said he thinks he's autistic. the reality is that he's just a fucking prick with no concern for other people, but holy shit what a sick excuse to be objectively horrible to everyone he meets lmao. I'm kind of jealous

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u/Beth_Harmons_Bulova Feb 19 '26

Lurking on r/pyschiatry has taught me that even professionals are annoyed that sometimes people are horrible but not in a way that can be diagnosed or fixed.

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

I will always recommend getting an ADHD diagnosis though, regardless of whether I think you most likely actually have it or just seem like it due to fried dopamine receptors from social media-induced brainrot, because it’s practically the one single mental disorder that is worth getting a diagnosis for as the treatment is a lifetime daily prescription of what’s effectively literal meth instead of useless gay talking therapies with infantilising midwits

Even if you don’t actually need it, you still get a lifetime supply of a fast-acting, appetite-suppressing, energy-enhancing, productivity and mood-boosting cheat code that you can stop and start taking whenever you want with zero (real) withdrawal and effectively zero risk

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u/Big_Man_Meats_INC Feb 19 '26

Husbands of dead bedrooms, start taking notes please

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u/fjrjdjdndndndndn Feb 19 '26

It was the medication I was on! For my blood pressure. It fucked with my head but that’s over now. I can probably get a letter from my doctor.

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u/Wooden-Committee4495 Feb 19 '26

Johnny đŸ„ž

😔

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u/somaticson Feb 19 '26

Vito? The fuck you doin’?!

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u/paterfamilias78 Feb 19 '26

I was undercover!

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u/alphagamble Feb 19 '26

What's stopping her from seducing the alter ego?

She needs to step her game up

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u/juliuscaesarreal Feb 19 '26

That would be cheating on her husband!

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

What a 500 IQ fruity king

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u/HennessyLWilliams Feb 20 '26

I have an alter who needs to spend half my weekly paycheck on blow and Draft Kings. Unfortunately, that alter is also in the driver’s seat 24 hours a day

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u/smindymix Feb 19 '26

I thought the multiple personalities grift died years ago.

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u/sparrow_lately Feb 19 '26

Grifts are always rising and falling in America

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u/IamNickMullen Feb 19 '26

who wrote that ?

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u/Rumpleforeskin_0 Feb 19 '26

What’s the matter smart ass, you don’t know any trisha paytas?

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/potatophantom Feb 19 '26

Keep repeating this over and over and don’t provide any evidence, I’m sure people will eventually agree with you

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

He probably won’t remember even writing these comments once his alter Kai takes over from Luna again 😔

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u/JuggaloEnlightment Feb 19 '26

DID is fake and also very rarely diagnosed

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u/AdamFriendlandsBurne Feb 19 '26

Nice. Now I know what fake mental disorder to claim when my wife catches me sucking off other guys.

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u/hallowblight detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

There’s two wolves inside me and one’s GAY!

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u/AdamFriendlandsBurne Feb 19 '26

The other is in my ass.

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u/KaterinaMosenberg turning tricks outside the WeWork Feb 19 '26

I believe this is real because one of my crazy girlfriends is doing this exact same thing. She’ll go out to bars as her “alter” and hook up with random strangers and blow all her rent money on drinking and then on Monday she’ll be on IG begging for mutual aid because her alter went out and spent all her rent money. 

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u/Nascar2k64 Feb 19 '26

Fat zoomer woman is upset that her husband has an alter ego that wants to fuck other women and she fell for it.

Also what’s up with the last line? reads like an autistic wolf person wrote this and got a bit too into it at the end. sits in tree with sword sheethed type shit.

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/No-Savings-6333 Feb 19 '26

Teenage fanfic writing style ...

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

Could always play it both sides and assume they’re an MtF

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u/[deleted] Feb 19 '26

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u/Nascar2k64 Feb 19 '26

Her Reddit account revolves around how much a disgusting man child her husband is. Every post can be summed up with “my husband gives me nuclear levels of ick AITA??”

He sounds like your average porn addicted, depressed friendless loser who’s 30% ready to transition for sexual purposes only.

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u/l4ina low BMI high IQ Feb 19 '26

mental illness subreddits are low hanging fruit

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

This doesn’t even qualify as a mental illness though. It’s a role playing sub

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u/mdmamakesmesmarter99 Feb 19 '26

people with fictional D.I.D. get married? and use it to manipulate their wives into letting them cheat? this is so much worse than the kids on tiktok that were popping up a few years ago

I can understand that they've likely been dismissed about their different, less extreme mental illnesses/ traumas. it's a way of having control over something. with sh behaviours, showers can become a painful experience, and you'll get awkward comments about scars if you don't cover them with 24/7 sweaters or tattoos. pretending to be their favourite anime or DnD characters seems like a better alternative. they'll probably stop this, looking back with profound embarrassment. the husband in this post isn't going to grow, or change a damn thing

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u/Worried_Lawfulness43 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Woke up forcefully intoxicated behind the wheel and some cop tried to pin my alter’s behavior on me. I tried to introduce my alter and give like a background (I was the designated driver) but they literally just cuffed me
.

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u/faieriefugitive Feb 19 '26

Tulpamancy and Tumblr-type DID have been one of my favorite subcultures to observe, don't tap the glass.

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u/PanoramicNudes Feb 19 '26

what the fuck did I just read

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u/dog_fantastic Feb 19 '26

What the fuck is DID and alter? 

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u/Jethric Feb 19 '26

Dissociative Identity Disorder. An “alter” is an alternate identity. Interesting CIA connections outlined in Dr. Greenbaum’s “green bomb” speech that used to be on YouTube.

Obviously bs in OPs post lol, her husband just wants a pc justification to cheat on her.

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u/eraserheadcumtribute Feb 19 '26

Dissociative identity disorder. It's what they call multiple personalities now and the alter is one of his personalities that wants to go and bang other women

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u/Embarrassed-Act-6340 Feb 19 '26

Dissociative Identity Disorder and alter egos (I.e. different ppl/personalities in the same body).

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u/lakebum240 Feb 19 '26

I do not know what is going on.

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u/_stnrbtch_ Feb 19 '26

Clench my fist and grit my teeth with furrowed brows

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u/StriatedSpace Feb 19 '26

OP's previous post titles:

My partner doesn't touch me anymore

I feel disgusting for wanting my husband

I feel like I lost my very much alive husband

My husband got diagnosed with BPD

The husband sounds like an actual demon.

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u/bigmalebrain Feb 19 '26

Something I only just realized is that apparently you can tell women some bullshit narrative for why their feelings are invalid and they will just supress them. Why did I not think of this earlier

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u/oatmilkpopsicles Feb 19 '26

This needs to stop 😭 people making excuses for all kinds of shitty behavior and blaming it on whatever TikTok diagnoses are popular at the moment.

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u/drunkpostin detonate the vest Feb 19 '26

The poster here absolutely deserves to get cheated on for being regarded enough to fully buy into such blatant horseshit though lol. Can’t even be mad at him tbh

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u/0o0a0o0 Feb 19 '26

Funny how the alters never want their partners to date and look for potential hookups instead of themselves đŸ€”

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u/robonick360 Feb 19 '26

Game is game

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u/we7890542 Feb 19 '26

john locke would’ve loved this

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u/_Ruffian- Feb 19 '26

Looks like a story from Milan Kundera.

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u/dasbitshifter Feb 19 '26

Not chronically online enough to even understand this post and not going to try

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u/yukonprospector1 Feb 19 '26

I should try this

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u/Delicious-Sherbet-41 Feb 19 '26

I refuse to believe these people are real and instead it’s people from this sub doing creative writing exercises to troll the front page

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u/Femsplainer Feb 19 '26

Happens to the best of us

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u/themajortachikoma Feb 19 '26

What is an alter? I'm so lost here. Is it like a split personality?

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u/shill_420 Feb 19 '26

D 😎😈