I mean this sincerely, this game is an insult to people who actually have Dissociative Identity Disorder.
I am not a conservative. I am also a transsexual with a deep familiarity of both actual DID sufferers and also the phenomenon of people attaching themselves to the label of DID sufferers due to a desire to have interesting afflictions and a misunderstanding of their non-DID related dissociative neurodivergences.
DID is a symptom of extreme, dramatic childhood trauma. There are extraordinarily few examples of people who have developed DID from adulthood experiences, and even fewer examples of people developing it from anything other than major sexual trauma experienced as a minor.
People who actually suffer from DID are not proud of it. It is a life-ruining disorder that only comes from deep pain. There exists currently people over-exaggerating a connection to the label of DID sufferer for a variety of reasons. I have a sympathetic approach to such people, there is often a reason they are falsely gravitating towards such a diagnosis, but I draw the line at insulting and fraudulent representations of the disorder.
Therian identities are likewise, simply put, nonsense. I am not writing a full essay as to the reasons why, and I don't really care if you are not interested in just taking my word for it. Sure. Whatever. Again, the desire to gravitate towards such an identity speaks to something within a person, and I hold sympathies towards their obscure and unidentified reasons, but to conflate this with DID is truly just insulting.
Any of the people who found this art compelling will dig their heels in and lambast this review. That's ok. I look forwards to them maturing when their older. They will not be identifying with any of this by the time they are 80. Perhaps they should reflect on that.
Be dismissive of all of the above if one pleases, again, it's fair to dig ones' heels in. But separate to all of this, the writing is just not very good. If the artwork spoke to you that's wonderful*, but that does not detract from poorly crafted art. I've been moved by garbage art before, and I can still acknowledge that it isn't very good.
tl;dr This game, and I mean this with my whole heart, is objectively evil as to how it affects the world and unintentionally makes mockery of the pain that comes with DID. I understand this is not done intentionally. And yet, it remains the case.
Grow up, and additionally, write better.
I won't be reading any replies, I'm not interested in the stubborn nature of fools.
[EDIT: Huh, the author's original website that displayed her extensive range of 'alters' and gave detailed listings and explanations of them all is now deleted as she states "It doesn't reflect who I am anymore". Who would have thought. I'm truly shocked and astounded. Her new website makes no mention of DID and alters, even though it's a lifelong trauma condition. Interesting. Again, who would have thought.]
FINALLY I FOUND IT AGAIN! such an important game to me, when i was unsure of myself this game was there for me. now after a few years i can add it to my favorites now that i have an account. thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us, it meant so much to younger me :]
That remind me I always had and still have dreams with different creatures and animals, and that I started in the furry world as a cat in 2003, because I had a cat and feel attached to them.
A year after it passed away in 2012 I figure out I were focused in him and not in me and a two years before I dreamed few times that I weren't human but not animal. Different creatures more than one time.
I tried to read about therian and meet some people but I gave up ...
At least my dream become more vivid and chatty last years that once one asked me in marry and showed to his grandparents after saved me.
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I mean this sincerely, this game is an insult to people who actually have Dissociative Identity Disorder.
I am not a conservative. I am also a transsexual with a deep familiarity of both actual DID sufferers and also the phenomenon of people attaching themselves to the label of DID sufferers due to a desire to have interesting afflictions and a misunderstanding of their non-DID related dissociative neurodivergences.
DID is a symptom of extreme, dramatic childhood trauma. There are extraordinarily few examples of people who have developed DID from adulthood experiences, and even fewer examples of people developing it from anything other than major sexual trauma experienced as a minor.
People who actually suffer from DID are not proud of it. It is a life-ruining disorder that only comes from deep pain. There exists currently people over-exaggerating a connection to the label of DID sufferer for a variety of reasons. I have a sympathetic approach to such people, there is often a reason they are falsely gravitating towards such a diagnosis, but I draw the line at insulting and fraudulent representations of the disorder.
(https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8134744/#S5)
(An example of this phenomena emerging ^)
Therian identities are likewise, simply put, nonsense. I am not writing a full essay as to the reasons why, and I don't really care if you are not interested in just taking my word for it. Sure. Whatever. Again, the desire to gravitate towards such an identity speaks to something within a person, and I hold sympathies towards their obscure and unidentified reasons, but to conflate this with DID is truly just insulting.
Any of the people who found this art compelling will dig their heels in and lambast this review. That's ok. I look forwards to them maturing when their older. They will not be identifying with any of this by the time they are 80. Perhaps they should reflect on that.
Be dismissive of all of the above if one pleases, again, it's fair to dig ones' heels in. But separate to all of this, the writing is just not very good. If the artwork spoke to you that's wonderful*, but that does not detract from poorly crafted art. I've been moved by garbage art before, and I can still acknowledge that it isn't very good.
tl;dr This game, and I mean this with my whole heart, is objectively evil as to how it affects the world and unintentionally makes mockery of the pain that comes with DID. I understand this is not done intentionally. And yet, it remains the case.
Grow up, and additionally, write better.
I won't be reading any replies, I'm not interested in the stubborn nature of fools.
[EDIT: Huh, the author's original website that displayed her extensive range of 'alters' and gave detailed listings and explanations of them all is now deleted as she states "It doesn't reflect who I am anymore". Who would have thought. I'm truly shocked and astounded. Her new website makes no mention of DID and alters, even though it's a lifelong trauma condition. Interesting. Again, who would have thought.]
I'm sobbing. This is so cathartic. It's so poetic! I hope you both are living lovely doggy lives <3
that was truly beautiful!
I really love revisiting this auto-bio game. It's beautiful, and I hope you are happy wherever you are.
FINALLY I FOUND IT AGAIN! such an important game to me, when i was unsure of myself this game was there for me. now after a few years i can add it to my favorites now that i have an account. thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us, it meant so much to younger me :]
Rio de Janeiro, December 22nd 2024
Meow,
That remind me I always had and still have dreams with different creatures and animals, and that I started in the furry world as a cat in 2003, because I had a cat and feel attached to them.
A year after it passed away in 2012 I figure out I were focused in him and not in me and a two years before I dreamed few times that I weren't human but not animal. Different creatures more than one time.
I tried to read about therian and meet some people but I gave up ...
At least my dream become more vivid and chatty last years that once one asked me in marry and showed to his grandparents after saved me.
Mewing,
Pandrine