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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Pronouns, DID and the NHS

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Mongoosely · 28/08/2022 11:23

This may be a bit of a weird question but does the NHS automatically change pronouns with certain diagnoses. I don't think I have ever been asked what pronouns I prefer anywhere within the services I attend, however, I have realised that they are using They/Them in letters and it has really pissed me off.

So I do sometimes identify as "we" but I find identity switches so difficult and confusing that I/we usually go off sex (female) and try to use names when referring to people, and expect people to name us when being referred to.

I'm not sure if I being a bloody idiot though because when I raised the pronoun issue with them I was basically told that everyone with DID should be using they/them pronouns inline with the illness (which is not quite correct as what if all parts are the same sex).

Basically, am I being thick and not realising something here?

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Mongoosely · 29/08/2022 14:06

unwashedanddazed · 29/08/2022 12:47

My apologies, I stand corrected. I think I felt a knee-jerk rejection of the subject because it has been adopted so strongly as a 'fashion' by the Tumblr gender types.

Thank you for taking the time to explain. Apologies for the derail.

It's OK - I did realise that but I was not in the right frame of mind to reply in depth last night (night is a horrible experience pretty much every night).

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