DID rare?
Question:
Just read a bit of a post about the show last night, which I hopefully have on tape but have not watched. I don’t know what they said, but remember this is internet – the international, world wide web etc. So even if there is only a frequency of .0001 % (1 out of 1,000,000), that would still mean there would be 300 in the USA alone assuming a population around three hundred million which I’m just guessing at – haven’t heard a real figure in many years. Not sure what the world population is these days, but you catch my drift, I hope. AND .0001 % is far, far lower than estimates I’ve ever heard. I actually only heard 1% ,which is 1 out of 100. Either way it is plenty to account for the existence of everyone here who is DID. Best wishes, Todoe — "May fortune favor the foolish." Captain James T. Kirk About to attempt time travel to retrieve 2 humpback whales from the past to save the world. ( "Voyage Home" Star Trek movie.) O.W.L. Productions — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
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- Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just read a bit of a post about the show last night, which I hopefully have on tape but have not watched. I don’t know what they said, but remember this is internet – the international, world wide web etc. So even if there is only a frequency of .0001 % (1 out of 1,000,000), that would still mean there would be 300 in the USA alone assuming a population around three hundred million which I’m just guessing at – haven’t heard a real figure in many years. Not sure what the world population is these days, but you catch my drift, I hope. AND .0001 % is far, far lower than estimates I’ve ever heard. I actually only heard 1% ,which is 1 out of 100. Either way it is plenty to account for the existence of everyone here who is DID. Best wishes, Todoe
The actual quote, which really p*ssed me off, was that DID is so rare "…only a handful of people ~really~ have it." This, as we can plainly see, is bullsh*t. Thankfully, this opinion was refuted by the son of the man who was quoted (it was Diane Sawyer who actually said the words, but it seemed to be attributed to the father guy). C. (of Cequinnes)
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just read a bit of a post about the show last night, which I hopefully have on tape but have not watched. I don’t know what they said, but remember this is internet – the international, world wide web etc. So even if there is only a frequency of .0001 % (1 out of 1,000,000), that would still mean there would be 300 in the USA alone assuming a population around three hundred million which I’m just guessing at – haven’t heard a real figure in many years. Not sure what the world population is these days, but you catch my drift, I hope. AND .0001 % is far, far lower than estimates I’ve ever heard. I actually only heard 1% ,which is 1 out of 100. Either way it is plenty to account for the existence of everyone here who is DID. Best wishes, Todoe The actual quote, which really p*ssed me off, was that DID is so rare "…only a handful of people ~really~ have it."
Thanks for the clarification. Glad I didn’t see it yet. Still have it on tape. Been feeling too fragile and vulnerable to watch it. Also kinda listening to other’s reactions to prepare myself. Not sure when I will watch it. This, as we can plainly see, is bullsh*t.
Yes indeed! Thankfully, this opinion was refuted by the son of the man who was quoted (it was Diane Sawyer who actually said the words, but it seemed to be attributed to the father guy).
Did he repudiate it on the show? C. (of Cequinnes)
Thanks, Todoe — "May fortune favor the foolish." Captain James T. Kirk About to attempt time travel to retrieve 2 humpback whales from the past to save the world. ( "Voyage Home" Star Trek movie.) O.W.L. Productions — For more information about this service, send e-mail to:
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Just read a bit of a post about the show last night, which I hopefully have on tape but have not watched. I don’t know what they said, but remember this is internet – the international, world wide web etc. So even if there is only a frequency of .0001 % (1 out of 1,000,000), that would still mean there would be 300 in the USA alone assuming a population around three hundred million which I’m just guessing at – haven’t heard a real figure in many years. Not sure what the world population is these days, but you catch my drift, I hope. AND .0001 % is far, far lower than estimates I’ve ever heard. I actually only heard 1% ,which is 1 out of 100. Either way it is plenty to account for the existence of everyone here who is DID. Best wishes, Todoe The actual quote, which really p*ssed me off, was that DID is so rare "…only a handful of people ~really~ have it." This, as we can plainly see, is bullsh*t.
Just a quick stats sort of explanation. From using numbers and populations and such multiplicity _is_ rare. Not rare in the sense that most of us are faking it, but rare in the sense that if you take all the people in the population, very few people have multiplicity. _Many_ things are considered rare, using this viewpoint. Tourettes is rare, some specific types of schizophrenia are rare, autism is rare, etc. Using the _entire_ population, something like one percent have multiplicity. From a stats point of view this is _rare_ (as compared to something like clinical depression or schizophrenia overall) In fact, this group sort of proves the point. Look at the number of people who post here. Figure out how many are multiple and how many are ‘other’ *grin*. Now go to another newsgroup (maybe a depression group or even a non support group like a car lovers group) and compare how many people participate in that group and all that. ASD is a _small_ group and those of us who are multiples are just a subset of this group. Statistically speaking, we are a rarity. (personally I kind of like it this way *grin*) Rainbow Colors (Jill, I can’t believe I’m discussing statistics *blech!*) Thankfully, this opinion was refuted by the son of the man who was quoted (it was Diane Sawyer who actually said the words, but it seemed to be attributed to the father guy). C. (of Cequinnes)
– The colors blend, the edges soften. Swirling and mixing we are becoming white light.
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I do agree with you RC, I just don’t think that "rare" and "a handful of people" are the same thing. It gives people the impression that there are only maybe half a dozen people in the whole world that really have DID, and the rest are faking it. Over all I was more satisfied with that program than any other I’ve seen on DID. C. (of Cequinnes) – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text -The actual quote, which really p*ssed me off, was that DID is so rare "…only a handful of people ~really~ have it." This, as we can plainly see, is bullsh*t. Just a quick stats sort of explanation. From using numbers and populations and such multiplicity _is_ rare. Not rare in the sense that most of us are faking it, but rare in the sense that if you take all the people in the population, very few people have multiplicity. _Many_ things are considered rare, using this viewpoint. Tourettes is rare, some specific types of schizophrenia are rare, autism is rare, etc. Using the _entire_ population, something like one percent have multiplicity. From a stats point of view this is _rare_ (as compared to something like clinical depression or schizophrenia overall) In fact, this group sort of proves the point. Look at the number of people who post here. Figure out how many are multiple and how many are ‘other’ *grin*. Now go to another newsgroup (maybe a depression group or even a non support group like a car lovers group) and compare how many people participate in that group and all that. ASD is a _small_ group and those of us who are multiples are just a subset of this group. Statistically speaking, we are a rarity. (personally I kind of like it this way *grin*) Rainbow Colors (Jill, I can’t believe I’m discussing statistics *blech!*)
