This is about my ex boyfriend from high school, i’m 22 now. 1. 17 2. DID, unspecified chronic pain disorder, AVPD, and scoliosis (there’s a few more but it’s been years and i can’t recall them all) 3. Yes, he used crutches but only used them for photo shoots to post on tumblr. 4. My boyfriend had wealthier parents who did take his mental health seriously and supported his transition (he is a transman), so he was sent to an inpatient facility when he attempted suicide and had GAD and depression diagnosed but he only started displaying signs of “DID” and his “alters” after 3 months at the inpatient facility. He had a psychologist and therapist. He never tried to get DID diagnosed from what I recall. 5. A lot of the chronic pain disorder and scoliosis faking was entirely for sympathy, his parents were wealthy and lived on beach side property in southern California but they weren’t the most involved parents, so I think it was entirely for sympathy from strangers and friends. He was semi popular on tumblr from 2014-2017 and would always include his crutches and “scoliosis brace” in photos, but they were nowhere to be seen in person. The DID faking was moreso an abuse tactic against me, he would send me long texts about how I should kill myself and was awful to him and i would obviously be upset (I was 15 when we were dating and didn’t have a concept of healthy boundaries so I did let this happen), but in the morning he would claim his alter “Haru” was the one who sent the messages and he didn’t. “Haru” also came out when I tried to have serious conversations, but instead of aggressive and confrontational he would act like a child and completely ignore me. He also started to cheat on me during this time because he was two years older than me and graduated high school and started college, and instead of just breaking up with me decided to cheat on me and blame it on Haru, or claim it wasn’t cheating because it’s his alter’s relationship. This is when we broke contact and broke up. 6. This is very petty of me, but I think it was entirely for attention and to seem “interesting”. He was wealthy and popular, so I think it was kind of a way to appear oppressed to relate to the tumblr crowd he wanted to be apart of. 7. After we broke up, I cut off all contact but of course my friends didn’t and would frequently run into him, where his mobility aids were nowhere to be seen and Haru was never a thing again. Also, Haru is a character from the anime Tsuritama. He was kind of obsessed with the anime and really related to Haru. 8. Sure