Stronghold

The Stronghold System are the proud volunteer founders & CEO of The Plural Association Nonprofit. They are from the Netherlands and reside in a 30-something-year-old body, are nonbinary, parents of an amazing child & 3 cats. They got diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder over 10 years ago & also self ID as Plural.

Image showing that personhood can only be claimed under the Plurality label and isn't allowed under the medical model as presented by the ISSTD treatment guidelines for DID and the DSM-5.

Personhood: Are you more than 1 person? You might actually be Plural! Discover the truth in this amazing article.

This article is about personhood and has the intent to explain more about the above picture and the plural umbrella. It has the intention to show that we are all more similar rather than different. The only real difference is that when you strictly follow the medical model, you can technically not claim personhood. So

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Nonprofit The Plural Association is now an amazing reality!

Nonprofit and plural history was written on February fifth 2020 when we signed the paperwork at the notary and became a nonprofit ‘by plurals, for plurals’It’s called The Plural Association Stichting, which is the Dutch word for nonprofit. To celebrate the start of the nonprofit we launched the new site: www.thepluralassociation.org  So, please invite a

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Für dissoziativer Identitätsstörung – FREIE tolle ressource “Lerne dein System mit dieser Liste besser kennen!”

Find English, French, Dutch and Spanish translation by clicking this hyperlink. Erfahren Sie mehr zu diesem Thema auf dieser deutschen Website von JARVIS German: Diese Liste ist für Plurals gedacht, also Menschen, die Viele sind, und Leute mit dissoziativer Identitätsstörung, die mehr über ihr System wissen und enger mit ihm verbunden sein möchten. Sie ist

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Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder – Our life before & after.

We are the Stronghold system and we are diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. This is one of the hardest articles that we’ve written. It’s personal, emotional, authentic and vulnerable. It’s our adult life story and how psychology broke it with a label they refuse to serve with evidence based treatment or specialized therapy. TW for

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World Mental Health Day 2019 – How many people have Dissociative Identity Disorder? & FREE infographics!

Today is World Mental Health Day 2019. It’s also a day that is extremely triggering to some (s)RA survivors. It’s a strange combination but also an opportunity for education, advocacy & activism. World Mental Health Day: In the past week and especially today we have seen such beautiful things online. Not only for World Mental

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Factitious disorder & MPD & DID – Why non disordered Plurals do not have factitious disorder

We are the Stronghold system and we are diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder. We also self ID as Plural. We are the founders of The Plural Association, a nonprofit that serves people with Dissociative Identity Disorder and all other forms of plurality, worldwide.Before we dive deep into factitious disorder, let’s first have a look at

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FAQ resource about Plurality

We are the Stronghold System and we live with dissociative identity disorder. We also self identify as Plural because we are People, not parts. Together with an amazing team, we run The Plural Association nonprofit, this website, a youtube channel about Plurality, we host virtual events, and our online community for Plurals. Here we invite

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Best practice resource for RA Survivors in DID & Plural safe spaces

Obviously this article comes with a trigger warning for all (possible) RA survivors. Please practice self care and ask your protectors to stay close while you read this. Ritual abuse (RA) is abuse that is deliberate, repetitive and ritualistic in nature and often attached to specific dates. When this type of abuse happens in group context

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