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I struggle with this every day living with this can be exhausting everybody has their own experience with this condition and it’s not easy for anyone who has this.

WOW, as close as one can get to describing. Sometimes a non-human/animal alter appears out of necessity as well, for example, our protector was a protector, not a baby-sitter, so a centaur was created for the young ones and as a centaur was able to give them rides or lay down and tell them stories. Seemed a perfect fill-in for a need that was obvious.

Great video! You know it's funny, cavetown triggers our littles so our littles got really excited and watched the second part of your video. It's good to see good DID rep out there. We're also a system if you can't already tell by our comment so far. Lol. Great video keep up the great content! -Annabelle from the Delayney's Expanse system.

Please make more content! This was amazing!!

Poly fragmented did here :(

I fucking hate having DID ... Im pretty sure your personality doesnt litterally shatter but it can certainly feel like it at times

Wow, this is the first time I see a portrayal of a non-human/animal alter in any short film, film or even a documentary, I loved that detail! Shout out for that!

Trauma is not adversity happening to you per se. It is how you experience the adversity happening to you. Many external and internal factors therefore may contribute to the how “extreme” the trauma is, including the frequency of repeated traumas, underlying conditions such as anxiety, autism spectrum disorder may contribute to how extreme or frequent the traumatic experiences are, and may separately contribute to how likely you are to experience dissociation as a coping mechanism. A major factor in the types of trauma that may lead to this disorder include betrayal trauma, shame, and inconsistent behavior on the part of abusers, and the child being attracted to the abuser or firmly trusting the abuser. Also the inability to effectively use fawn, freeze, flight, or fight responses to escape or avoid the abuse. So while some people might have objectively less severe or less frequent adverse experiences the might have sufficient trauma and be sufficiently predisposed to dissociation to develop the deep extensive and frequent dissociative responses sufficient to develop this disorder. Also the “it did not happen to me” denial can contribute to the prevalence of actual alters as opposed to simple dissociative amnesia/repression, no matter how pervasive one’s dissociative amnesia might be.

God damnit their fear of their diagnosis and what others would think of them already hurt, then This is Home by Cavetown just grabbed my heart and now I'm crying /pos I'm not a system, just someone who one of their fixations is DID. I think this is a very sweet film and I hope other non-systems like me can learn to have a better understanding and.. compassion (can't think of a better word that doesn't imply pity sorry) for them.

Cavetown???! Oh wow. 12/10 making me cry.

How do you guys know when they appeared?? I don't get it. I was so away...

children don't shatter. All children are plural. People with DID don't get a chance to become singular cause children start to integrate around 8 years old without the kind of trauma we had. That's the difference.

I love this. Really made some of us tear up :') this is the best short film we've seen so far.

Several of my Alters want to say hello and thank you all for this film.

Thank all of you for making this. We’re still on the path to getting proper diagnosis. As host I’m scared of the trauma hidden from me. I wish anyone struggling with this disorder healing and peace. ❤

Ngl nearly cried when This is Home faded in. I also love how much alter representation this has. Most did content only has adult humans that are either good or completely psychotic as alters but this has littles, animals and alters who start off bad but grow and change just like singlets do. 10/10, wish more did content was like this :)

theres also osdd (other specified disocative disorder)

Thank you for this. We struggled for a long time after realizing that we're a system, especially because of the stigma. It would cause most people if we told them to assume that we're faking or dangerous. Even some of the people closest have assumed both of those things. Why can't people see us? Why can't people hear us? It hurts when people tell you to your face that you're not real, that everything that you're feeling and going through isn't real. Or treating the people that you share a body with that you've formed a bond with, friends and family, that they're dangerous or something that needs to be removed. We've finally found a community and friends among other systems and we're finally happy that we're a system. We're not a mistake, we're not dangerous, we're just scared and want to be loved and accepted. And to any new systems who are struggling, don't block them out, help each other. Don't lock them away somewhere in your mind. They're just as scared as you are. I promise it'll be worth it to reach out to them if you can. -The New Moon System

Aww I'm so sorry I understand how it feels cause as a system with did I know..

Such an underrated short, it's quite accurate for us, as a polyfragmented DID system with hundreds of alters

😭 it's so painful nobody understands but people like us

LOVE that you show that just because someone has did does not mean they are violent to anyone else than themselfs/the body❤❤❤❤

As a system of 16 alters, Thankyou. Thankyou, truly.

Within the first 10 seconds there is something factually incorrect. We do not shatter, we had never formed a personality to begin with. Our brain put up amnesia barriers between the different parts of what would have been our personality we never formed. Good film, just wanted to inform 👍

Very well done. I hope you got an A+

We have over 60 alters. It gets very confusing. I'm glad you all got brave enough to seek the help needed <3 - Niki/Azrael

We love all of you ♥️

LOVE the visual representation of the alters and how it switches back to the main actress. Very creative! And the actress playing Norma did a very good job.

i really loved this one

Thx for doing this. Another did system

Like my meya she is 5 years

Great 👍🏻 but I think it would be nice to put a trigger warning.

love the representation of nonhuman alters! very well-behaved dog lol

this is very beautifully shot

I recently (within the past year) discovered I have DID. It's been horribly difficult and my mental health has been getting so bad that i've completely stopped trying to communicate with them. When I say that when This Is Home faded in I cried, i mean i literally sobbed. I don't normally cry (to be honest it happens maybe 3 times a year) but this made me feel a whole lot of emotions. Thank you for making this. I think this has honestly motivated me to start trying again

We are 30 alters. Its pretty much the process almost everyone with DID goes through. Thank you for this. You truly debunked the stigma. Thank you so much 😘 -Carlota.

Esto es la realidad del tid

We're kind of sad this doesn't have more views, we have DID and it's hard to find good representation. This is great

We are 103 alters. This made me feel good as a 9 year old alter. Sam

Very well put together with excellent writing.

Related a little too much, I love this ❤️

I’m really happy to see a non human alter

This was beautifully done! Thank you for sharing. We feel that many if our noodles are like a dog, we identity with what you said about Stockholm syndrome and remaining loyal. Thank you again.

It's true. Littles are the purest little beans, and will always cheer you up :)

This was wonderful . thank you for sharing a bit of your story

As someone who struggles with DID, i thank you for proving we’re not bad or evil

Um wow dude! This made me tear up and get full-body chills. I want to be a director when I grow up and this was such a masterpiece! Not to mention CAVETOWN! Wow. You deserve so much love and support :)

This.. was gorgeous! Made me cry.. It really deserves more love

This is really amazing

Nicely done. Thank You.