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.

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

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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 – How many people have Dissociative Identity Disorder? & FREE infographics!

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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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Why Non Disordered Plurals Do NOT Have Factitious Disorder

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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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What is Plurality? Frequently Asked Questions

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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

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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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Functional Multiplicity vs Integration: 12.8% times two – Our strong response to the six-year follow-up TOP DD study.

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The Stronghold System from Power to the Plurals responds to the ‘’six-year follow-up of the treatment of patients with dissociative disorders study’’ Want to learn more about the difference between integration, (final) fusion, unification, blending and merging? Click here. Here is another article on integration of the personality. After our episode on the SystemSpeak podcast,

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Integration, the double edge sword:‘’If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!’’

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This article mentions harassment with minor details.  Want to learn more about the difference between integration, (final) fusion, unification, blending and merging? Click here. My name is Amee and integration is not my thing. I am a protector in our system and I spoke about how therapists should call us by our individual names &

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Plurality & cheating in romantic relationships – by the amazing Angel

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There is something that I would really like to address. And that is the topic of Plurals cheating in romantic relationships. My name is Angel. I am what is labeled as a ‘’sexual alter.’’ I am only sharing that information with you to provide context. I hope to be an example to other people who

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Trastorno de Identidad Disociativa: ¡Conoce mejor a tus Alters con esta lista sencilla! – increíble recurso gratuito en español

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Muchas gracias por traducir este artículo Delta System! English German French Dutch Spanish: Esa lista está hecha para personas Plurales y personas con Trastorno de Id ntidad Disociativa que deseen conocer y conectar mejor con sus Alters. Está pensada para ayudar a mejorar el entendimiento, aceptación, comunicación interna y sentido de comunidad con las demás

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