Chapter 1133
Keegan’s face turned ugly. “I’m not jealous,” he said.
“Then, tell me. Why are you acting out?” Stella had tried her best to downplay everything not to make Keegan worry. She had expected to get his affection and comfort, but he ended up focusing on the fact that she and Marshall were together. Stella’s heart turned cold.
“You never say anything or even tell me anything. You asked me to keep my distance from Marshall and not talk about when you left me alone at our wedding after we married. I know you have your reasons, but they’re the only thing you have! You never had any trust when it came to sharing things with me! It’s like I’m never good enough for it!”
Keegan was frustrated and did not want to argue with Stella. “This has nothing to do with my trust in you. I’m doing this for your own goo-“
“I’m sick of hearing that! You keep thinking that you’re doing things for my own good, but if that were true, you would’ve told me your reasoning.”
After a long time, Keegan said, “Marshall suffers from dissociative identity disorder, also known as DID. His switches occur randomly, and I’m afraid you would get hurt.”
Stella was startled. “What’s DID?”
Keegan spent a few minutes explaining the condition to Stella, and she finally understood.
“Dissociative identity disorder is a mental health condition where the patient has two or more separate identities, also known as alters. It results from severe and prolonged trauma and develops as a way to cope with the past. When a person with DID switches from one alter to the other, they often have varying levels of awareness. They do not have much control over when a switch happens. Their alters can have different personalities and are usually quite different from their host. At the same time, they often do not recall their actions when their alters took over.”
This was the first time Stella had heard of this disorder. The outrageous nature of the symptoms also made her feel as if Keegan had fabricated the condition to deceive her.
However, she realized it was real when she looked it up on her phone.
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