Dissociative Identity Disorder, or DID, is heavily inaccurate when it is portrayed in the media. DID is a trauma-based disorder. It forms from childhood trauma, whether it is mental or physical abuse or traumatic events or experiences. This disorder is slightly more difficult to get diagnosed because of the detection. Alters form as a way for people with severe trauma to cope and go about their day to day lives. The host (the main person fronting) may not even know they are a system in some cases. The portrayal of DID in the media honestly infuriates me. In a previous forum, we discussed stigmas of mental illnesses. This disorder is no different. People will take whatever they see and just accept it as fact. If someone doesn't do research for themself on DID and sees the movie "Split", they may think that everyone who has DID has an "evil alter". There are more violent alters called prosecutors, but they're not evil. A prosecutor may harm the body or be more assertive towards abusers, but they're not evil. "Moon Knight" is another form of media with DID representation. I haven't watched it myself, but one of my friends has. She was asking me about the accuracy of some of the things mentioned. One of the things they do in the show is use a mirror for the alters to communicate. That is not how communication within a system happens. Some systems have acknowledged their disorder and have a set way of communicating. Others find it difficult to communicate. The most common methods are leaving notes, whether it is on the note's app or sticky notes, or journaling. DID is not portrayed well in the media. They may get the childhood trauma part right, but that is about it. That's problematic because a lot of people just take what they see as fact and don't care to do research. Making movies or shows or anything that stars someone with DID and making them have an "evil alter" or not portraying the disorder accurately is extremely harmful to those with DID. They may get made fun of or fake claimed for a disorder that they didn't really have any control over due to trauma in their childhood.