Trisha Paytas is no stranger to controversy, but her latest video is facing an especially massive wave of backlash.
In a 20-minute video titled “Meet My Alters,” the YouTube star claims to have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and “multiple personalities.
She then explains each of those personalities, which she named T, Trixie, Tyson, Tierney and Tobolter, to her 4.92 million subscribers.
In addition to using incorrect terminology to describe her “alters,”.
Paytas admits that she has never been formally diagnosed with the disorder.
She also called fellow YouTuber Chloe Wilkinson, who has a channel that aims to erase the stigma surrounding the disorder, “crazy”.
Commenters were quick to criticize the inaccuracies in the video.
Wilkinson responded in a 40-minute video of her own.
“Trish is obviously not very educated on the subject or has misunderstood,” Wilkinson says in her video.
Because of the serious nature of the disorder and the traumas often linked to the diagnosis.
The Mayo Clinic urges anyone who suspects they might have DID to consult a doctor, contradicting Paytas’ method of self-diagnosis