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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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Co-consciousness and co-fronting – an interesting article! #DID101

11 Comments / 2018, DID, education, Uncategorized /

This article is about co-consciousness and co-fronting. There is not one widely accepted definition when it comes to consciousness. Same as with the word dissociation. People can mean many things when they talk about conscious. So for the purpose of this article we are choosing the Cambridge dictionary ( https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/conscious ) which explains consciousness with […]

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#DID101 Switching in Dissociative Identity Disorder.

5 Comments / 2018, DID, dissociation, education, switching, Uncategorized /

Switching is an involuntary or voluntary process off the brain, in which one alter retreats back into the a innerworld and a different alter takes over the body. This process is unique to each system and can take seconds or much longer to finish. When someone switches between alters, it can be very hard to

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#DID101 – DID vs OSDD

6 Comments / 2018, DID, dissociation, OSDD, Uncategorized /

DID vs OSDDDissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and Otherwise Specified Dissociative Disorders (OSDD) are both diagnoses that are in the DSM-V. But what is the difference? Today we look at the differences and the questions you can ask yourself. Read our updated article about OSDD by clicking here. DSM-5:  3 Requirement Questions for Dissociative Identity Disorder:1. Do

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What is integration in dissociative identity disorder?

2 Comments / 2018, dissociation, education, Integration, Professionals, Uncategorized /

Want to first learn more about the difference between integration, (final) fusion, unification, blending and merging? Click here. This post is about integration. By the Cambridge dictionary  Integration: Integration is a natural process of the brain that got and gets interrupted in the lives of those with dissociative identity disorder. It is partly why amnesia

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How to: from crisis to safety Plan for Dissociative identity disorder

7 Comments / 2018, dissociation, education, Resources, Uncategorized /

This article explains how to make a safety plan for dissociative identity disorder. A crisis plan, sometimes called a safety plan is usually a plan that describes what you will do, to keep yourself safe. To help yourselves during a crisis period. Like when you experience panic attacks or flashbacks. If you have dissociative identity

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TW: What is Programming 101 in Dissociative Identity Disorder – Part 1

9 Comments / (Self) Hypnosis, 2018, dissociation, education, Informative & educational, Uncategorized /

This article is about programming in dissociative identity disorder systems. Programming: Programming varies per group of perpetrator one grows up with. Programming is very often related to RA/SRA. But not always. Programming is often started in early childhood. Although i can personally testify it works as well on a 12+ year old who already has

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TW: What is Deprogramming yourself 101 in Dissociative Identity Disorder – Part 2

8 Comments / (Self) Hypnosis, 2018, dissociation, education, Informative & educational, Uncategorized /

At the end of this post, you will not be deprogrammed. But this title is not clickbait either. Not at all actually. This post contains much valuable information to empower you, teach you and show you, what deprogramming yourself can look like. What life after deprogramming can look like. So welcome to Deprogramming 101. We

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Non human alters / animal alters in dissociative identity disorder, not as rare as you might think! We asked 200 plurals!

15 Comments / 2018, dissociation, education, Informative & educational, Professionals, Uncategorized /

Recently we held a poll in which 200 people with dissociative identity disorder participated. The question was a simple one,does your system include any non human alters ? Non human alters is a wide term, used on purpose in this poll.It can mean anything from a robot, to an animal, an angelor a talking tree. Or

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