That shit is suuper tough, and I’m rlly sorry you ended up losing people over it. It’s rlly unfortunate how bad the general perception towards DID is right now and I def relate to having that anxiety, I managed to open up to my friends about it and even though my current group is understanding I still have this paranoia they think I’m faking or whatever. I’ve also had ppl like one of my exes treat me like I was an actual lunatic when they found out lol. Really it just first took facing a lot of self doubt I had, even tho my “alters” have been very real for a long time I definitely felt very insecure about accepting that I had DID. After that I really just had to decide that if I opened up and was rejected because of it, then maybe that is a sign that relationship was not what I needed anyways, because I would rather be around people who at least try to understand me or who believe me when I open up about it. Still that’s always easier said than done, and it can be really tough to gain a center of confidence around it. There’s no simple and easy solution but for me it was just testing the waters a bit once I got close to my current friend group (ie getting a feel for their opinion on did etc) and deciding through that if I felt safe to open up abt it?