This guy is the best interviewer and has such amazing intentions. He deserves an award.

People should know that DID is created by severe childhood trauma. I’m so sorry for this woman to be suffering from this but so proud of her to be such a fighter and her spirit indestructible.

I super appreciate how her boyfriend was brought on too, and how he talks about the fact that loving her isn't hard!! It just requires that understands his own mental health!

I’m so glad you didn’t ask her to change through them, like she’s a show pony.

Honestly this sounds like she knows herself, her system, better than most other people even tho we all have different parts of us and we tend to get caught up in one of those when they get triggered while she seems to just talk to that part and shut them off if they're not helpful. So interesting!

Sometimes it's difficult to manage yourself with one voice in your head. I admire she's able to have conversation the way she did. She's also so aware of how her mind works and has insight in it. Wish her all best and only better.

The backpack full of rocks analogy... isn’t that so true with so many of the struggles people face living with any disability (mental or physical). Like, it makes it hard to walk sometimes but in the end it makes you stronger. Wow. I love that ❤️

This is what happened to my sons college best friend. He asked my son one day what his brain voices sounded like. He thought everyone heard voices too. Unfortunately he got worse and had to be taken out of Uni by his family. He is a wonderful young man, and I hope that one day he will be eased.

I like the way Chris asking questions...He stares the eyes as if he is learning every word of whom he s talking to.....I dont know exactly why? But I like it

Not that he wants it, but he deserves all the credit in the world for being such a nice person. He's perfect for the job.

DID is such an interesting mental disorder just because of the fact that those personalities are just different in how they speak but everything is different; routines, how they act, how they write, it's very intriguing the more you learn about them.

You know I appreciate her awareness of her disorder. Her cognative ability is so high. She owns it and lives with it. She is quite the testament of the abilities we posses. A lot if not most people seem to seek some level of pity, but I don't see that from her. It's interesting.

Thank you for highlighting that so many of us struggle with DID without amnesia. It's just far more awful. Sometimes I wish i got amnesia instead of having to beat myself up a day later when I finally snap out of it and realize I did something thats not me or not how i normally would react. She is so commendable for sharing because so many people don't understand.

I love that people are willing to let others in so that people who aren't going through something specific can have a bit more understanding of the process or experience as well as empathy. She was very open and intelligent in explaining her own life experience. It sounds like she's doing well in her journey and I wish her all the best and brightest! Thank you for sharing 🌻

This just makes me more angry about the kids on TikTok who pretend to have this disorder because they think it’s “cool” or “fun”. I don’t have DID but obviously it’s not something you *want* to have, it’s a coping mechanism people develop when they are exposed to a lot of stress/abuse. It’s something we need to learn more about and understand better, but it doesn’t need to be glorified or romanticized, either.

She's so cool! I love her acceptance of her other fragments, and that she understands how they came about. I would love to meet her. This man does have the most amazing personality for these interviews he does. So calm, respectful, and genuine!

My man right here is a special kind of special. I used to think I had a wide range of understanding and acceptance, but I now understand I have so much more to learn.

I love her expressions so lively!

Wauw so strong and courageous how you talk about your systems, brought me tears and a sensation of feeling brave myself to cope with my own mental health situation to see how you are dealing with this. Thankyou so much Lauren for shining a light in this world. I think you´re a gorgeous soul

The boyfriend is amazing

What an inspirational video for anybody going through any kind of mental health issue. Thanks to all involved!

wow this girl really understands herself. I love it.

This guy is an amazing interviewer. I love this channel.

You are amazing at describing what’s happening in your head. It really highlighted that you are NOT different than anyone else. We all have our different personalities that have different ideas, yours are just louder - and that makes dealing with the outside world a challenge some times. So well explained! Thank you!

I can't believe how much I relate. They're so well spoken and the interviewer is super respectful ♡

This is a really insightful description of DID and how it's a fragmented inner dialogue. Edit: just a note, it's not a big deal to see a therapist but it is really important that you find someone you trust, and that makes you feel safe. You'll get much more out of it if you find that as well because you'll feel more able to open up.

I know this interview was done a few months ago but had to comment on how brave this beautiful lady was to share her life with us. God Bless her and thank you for sharing this video

Best wishes to this beautiful young lady. Thank you for sharing your story♥️ It's so good to hear all the people he interviews. That their feeling's and illnesses are valid and important. Especially to educate those that don't understand (especially the meanie's)so they can treat people that do have these illnesses with dignity and respect♥️♥️♥️ Thank you for bringing their stories to the world ♥️ God Bless

i appreciate this channel and the awareness that we receive

I cried happy tears because I felt like all your interviews are with people just like me. Humans that want and need to be loved.

I believe that DID is not multi personalities , it’s one personality fragmented into different parts. Although it feels like different personalities it’s one - but split and separate - and yes for me it can be noisy !! - it’s like having different aspects of myself - but in the identity forms and they are separate from each other . So they are fragments of one personality and can be different genders and at different ages etc they are all cut off from each other unless you work in therapy to inter grate them. You can communicate with them in written form or learn to tune into them to hear what they have to say. I can understand for some people , they may feel that it is multiple personalities. I know for some of my parts they feel they are their own person and not a part so it’s really depends on how they feel. ( I changed this comment ) so I hope its less upsetting for some )

This was super informative, and interesting. Loved it

i love the way she talks!

I am so glad that this woman was able to get good therapy and that she has such a sweet, understanding and helpful boyfriend! Support of the closest ones is crucial

Finally the comments are back your channel is amazing 💗💗💗

She has such a great attitude & it sounds like therapy has really worked well for her which is nice to see. I can't imagine what it feels like to have 12 alters. But I loved the way she explained them & I hope they are kind to her.

I LOVE the way she explains us!!! She's AWESOME!!!

great interview. hoping you find someone with chronic fatigue syndrome and/or fibromyalgia to bring those syndromes to light.

Thank you both, so much! She or they is doing her very best and he is asking such great questions. Thanks!

Wish we could have a part 2 with her!

Peace and love to you all out there!

I fully get when she say she like when people ask her questions about what she’s thinking like my mind is constantly going and just someone noticing the difference in your behavior and cares to ask and talk about how I’m feeling is the best relief I feel like...many people don’t have anybody to turn to or feel like they would be judged and makes alot of what’s going on with someone worse in my opinion that’s just how I feel I deal with depression anxiety and intermediate explosive disorder and being understood or having that somebody who genuinely cares and takes time to learn about the diagnosis is the best..I can’t explain how I fully want to hopefully someone gets it...I’m only 18 btw i try to feed my brain about these topics I feel like they don’t get taken serious enough we’re all human and we all have our special individual lives💙

Thank you for opening up and sharing ❤️

i love love love being able to get a better of understanding of people going through different things than me

This is really helpful to hear. I had no idea what it was like with DID!

Wow! Although i have seen this vid long ago but this still blows my mind everytime i see it . Human brain is amazing.

Lauren is very brave and courageous for making this video! She is a very honest and authentic person. Every person has a specific purpose.

It's interesting that she doesn't go in and out of the voices as she speaks, that it's just an inner dialogue DID.

Each time she survived something very traumatic she created a new fragment. She has twelve. No one should have something like that happen to them. Much less as a kid or 12 times

God am I learning so much from this channel? Well, yes. Thanks Chris.

Well done, you give opportunity to everyone to tell the world who they are, how they survive in sometimes their complex world without bias or judgement. It gives us the opportunity to understand someone’s life and realise that they are really just like all of us multifaceted within and wanting to be accepted by the rest of society.

This channel is really a big help. I'm learning.

I really like the way that she explained herself I do have nine altars and it is hard to face and explain and have people understand that and I'm glad that she came to find herself in a place of acceptance on her own hopefully they all have accepted and now I'm more to come she did an excellent job I've never had it explained so well good job girl

this was a great interview she was really brave for talking about her did I loved how supportive her fiance is of her throughout the whole thing

I love the way you look at a person so attentive so kind so wonderful

I love the way her spouse used the backpack analogy for what she has to live with; “It’s like she has a bunch of rocks in a backpack and they weigh her down, and so it’s hard for her to walk sometimes, but she’s probably a lot stronger because of it.” 😭

I absolutely love this girl..💖I’ve learned so much of this channel 🙏🏼 even though I don’t know anyone like this it’s always nice to learn about other people

There’s a lot of misinformation about DID in this video. Alters in systems with DID are all equally valid people. There is no “original” alter and one person in the system does not have alters of themselves, each alter is a completely different person with their own name, ideas, interests, etc. DID happens with severe, *prolonged* childhood trauma. Lauren mentioned it could happen after an “invalidation” or one traumatic event. That’s just not true. It must be severe and prolonged trauma. Young children do not have an integrated personality which is why DID can only result from early childhood trauma, before the personality is integrated. DID works by not allowing the personality to integrate into a fully formed personality. The brain puts up amnesiac walls between each alter so that when each alter is “out” in the body, the other alters do not remember what happened, cannot access those memories. The point of the brain reacting the way it does with DID is that is forms these amnesiac barriers so that traumatic memories are stored away with certain alters and other alters are able to be out in the body and live a normal life. Most people don’t find out they have DID until later in life because of the way DID works. It’s not until they start losing time when other alters have been out, and seek professional help, do they normally receive a diagnosis. It typically takes years to receive one. Also the part where Lauren talked about alters being a threat to other people and having to “work hard” to stop that is just blatantly untrue. People with DID are MUCH more likely to be victims of abuse than ever perpetrate abuse themselves. They are no more likely to cause harm to others than any other typical person without DID. DID also isn’t “hearing a bunch of voices in your head.” Alters may be co-conscious at times and one alter would be able to hear another in this case, but typically one alter is out at a time and the other alters have no idea what happened when that alter was out. That’s the point of DID and how it works. To protect the brain with amnesiac walls and store away trauma. Only after a lot of work in therapy and having excellent communication between alters (talking in the inner world which is the shared space in the brain where alters are when they aren’t “fronting” (out in the body)) or using techniques like shared notebooks between alters to write notes to each other, etc., to communicate would amnesiac walls begin to lift and communication between alters become easier. However each alter is their own person and has their own relationship with each other alter (or no relationship at all) and each must work on their own relationship with all others in the system to achieve this level of communication. It’s often impossible to have it between all alters. Lauren hearing “6 voices” at a time and never talking about different alters fronting (or being out in the body) is just not what DID is. DID stands for *dissociative* identity disorder. It seems that Lauren isn’t experiencing any dissociation (which happens when other alters are fronting, or when switching between alters). She did not mention any at all. I don’t know if she’s officially diagnosed with DID, but not having severe dissociation and not having different alters front in the body at different times, would not meet the criteria to be diagnosed with DID. I just think this video is incredibly misinformative and that’s dangerous with a condition like DID that’s already highly stigmatized. Lauren saying alters can be dangerous further perpetuates the narrative that individuals with DID are dangerous and should be feared. This is just not true and I believe this video harms people with DID by perpetuating stigma and false information.

She has amazing energy!

Thank you for handling this interview so well and not asking her to switch on camera. You're such a good interviewer!-Rea + Lexie

Excellent question referencing whether she considers herself singular or plural. For some reason, that grabbed my attention and shaped the way I listened to her responses throughout.

I bet they're all amazing cause they're segments of an amazing personality!

This was excellent. I especially appreciated Lauren's partner's metaphor about the backpack of rocks and her reassurance that she just wants to be treated like a regular person with an interesting difference. I will not be so shy with my internet acquaintences who struggle with this disorder in the future.

Her makeup is amazing!! She’s so gorgeous

I have DID as well, remember that this episode isn't about everyone with DID is a beautiful way to get insight on how it can be 😍 I love this

I really appreciate this channel. It really helps validate me with my Disabilities and Mental Illness.

She's amazing! You can do anything you put your mind to and more

Cutest couple! You can see their kindness in their eyes! Bless them both

She is fortunate in my opinion to have communications at all. Having amnesiac DID is worse then you may think, you cannot heal from hidden wounds.

It sounds like a personification of thoughts we all have to an extent. Like it's her, segmented. She's great!

Thank you for sharing your experiences.

Super interesting to hear this explained by somebody who has it. I've only ever saw it on TV

Can I please make a suggestion for mental health issues - is it okay to try to explore how your interviewees sought diagnosis? What was the trigger for them to find an answer and how did they approach it? Did they talk to their FM/GP first? How did they get assessed etc? I think making these questions a regular for MH cases will help your audience who may be going through the same thing but unsure about what to do!! Thanks

yep, The interviewer has a wonderful empathy, a rare individual...

At 1:55 “I hope that they don’t think of me as too different than themselves” me too, me too. My counselor wants me to get tested for DID and currently waiting to get a new case manager because the one we had wasn’t doing 💩 and taking her time with things. Also not to mention how sweet Chris is, always have loved his channel ❤ love how her bf was brought in the video too and how he said it isn’t hard to love her!

Brilliant show...so helpful.💚

I'm happy to see someone else with this disorder that gets the same support and love. It was difficult growing up, because most people look at you like you're crazy. Keep being amazing, hun! And to the guy doing this, great job ♡♡♡

I didn’t know DID could be like this! Super insightful!

Great interview. You are the best.

This was such a helpful explanation

Waiting for the gacha kids/dream stans to come say they have DID.

I can’t imagine how or why anyone would downvote any of these videos. You have to be heartless to not support this mans projects and the folks that bare their souls for the greater good. 💜

Bless you for being human, that we often forget to be..💙

I have worked with people who have DID. It usually happens when a person survived a traumatic event. My hat goes off to you.

its so interesting watching her facial expressions and body language compared to a neurotypical person. its like you can actually see the different voices trying to pull the strings via her muscles. :D

All of you are beautiful and it must be hard having twelve of you! If anyone could enjoy life it’s you! I’m glad your boyfriend is caring of all of you lol…

I’m Muslim, and what she is telling in the beginning is amazing to me! Amazing individual

I'm so glad she found a knowledgeable, supportive and caring counselor. DID is not only stigmatized by society but it's also often stigmatized and not believed by mental health workers.

"When she´s acting like somebody who she´s not" sounds like he has a relationship with not all of her personalities. "When her difficult fragments came forward" or something like this would be a more integrative. It is not about getting these "rocks" away but integrate them so that they can turn to gold (again), by the help of acceptance and patience.

Commenting for the your engagement now you have your comments back! I hope they stay! 🙂🥂

What a beautiful young lady wonderfully explained! ♥️

you ask such insightful questions!

It's interesting thinking about this disorder coming from a sort of schizophrenic background. When I've heard voices--I may know that they're generated in my own brain (although at times, there's the strong delusion/illusion that the source is external, whether that somebody's thoughtcasting, or actual external voices are heard, I remember early on having the delusion that the fillings in my teeth were picking up radio signals or something). We're admonished against confusing the two conditions. But some comparison does seem to be valid, in both cases the idea of misattribution of the internal dialog comes into play. In both cases the voices are internal, in the case of schizophrenia, they're interpreted as external entities, mostly, where in DID they're interpreted as in some sense alternate "self"--and seem to be described as more cohesive, less fragmented. Two very different conditions, but I don't know how somebody could experience schizophrenia, having some insight into their own condition, as I do, and still doubt dissociative identity disorder as a distinct condition.

Thank you for sharing the stories of those who have been diagnosed with these abilities. I'm tired/ fed up of seeing people pretending as if they have personality disorders or tourettes for 5 seconds of attention... smdh..

so much love for you beautiful person inside and out I live you all guys 🙏🙏🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️❤️

This helps me up a lot, thanks.

I believe everyone DOES have those voices in their head that have conflicting messages. The difference is for someone with schizophrenia or these other disorders then the voices are actually literal voices, with other people they are just sort of opposing thoughts.

Hi everyone: It's so nice to see you all again on UKposts. I want to meet you all one day. Take care and stay safe.

She seems so outgoing on confident.i would never guess that there was anything different about her.

You are a wonderful listener." I love.each and.everone of.the. sweet.ones " we are. All a part.of humanity " and are blessed with individual souls and spirits., God Bless Everyone .