Author: Stronghold SystemProofreader and editor: The Eki System (Thank you Eki!) Today we wanted to share with you all some definitions of different terminology that our community often uses interchangeably. A summary can be found at the end of the article. The definitions used in this article come from both the ISSTD treatment guidelines for […]
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The Plural Spectrum Tool, designed and created by and for Plurals, is an easy-to-use tool, that lets you and your System indicate your unique and individual experience(s) with Plurality! This tool can help you figure out where your System is currently at and what areas you want to work on together, to improve. This is
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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
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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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
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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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
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
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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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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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,
We’ve heard that many of you want to be more involved in Plural activism & advocacy work but are or feel unable to or maybe do not know where to start. From an activist standpoint, now is the time to ask you all to take the next step. The next step is to give feedback.
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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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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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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
Hello, my name is Emely and I am a protector in the Stronghold System. We are the founders of The Plural association Nonprofit, the power to the plurals website and the AlterNation support and empowerment group on Facebook. When I first heard about the word compersion, I was extremely relieved. There was not only a
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Merci beaucoup Nathan pour traduire cet article!* Find English, German, French, Dutch and Spanish translation by clicking this hyperlink. French: Cette liste est faite pour les Multiples & personnes ayant un trouble de l’identité dissociatif, qui veulent apprendre à connaître et à avoir un lien plus fort avec leurs alters. Elle a été créée dans
Find English, German, French, Dutch and Spanish translation by clicking this hyperlink. Dutch: Deze lijst is bedoeld voor Meervoudigen & mensen met een dissociatieve identiteitsstoornis, die graag hun systeem beter willen leren kennen en zich meer verbonden willen voelen met elkaar. Het is bedoeld om te helpen elkaar beter te leren kennen en het verkrijgen
An article filled with Plural Life Hacks: Plural life heck: Agreeing to time sharing can work great for (large) systems who can share consciousness between (certain) system members. If a few headmates enjoy the same hobbies or like the same people, try to share and enjoy the activity together. Plural life heck: it’s often a
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Here is a poem called Hiding: Hiding is safest,don’t feel now, just hide.Don’t show your true colors,your faces or sides. It’s not worth to be seen,it hurts to be discarded.People don’t care,people are mean. It is so blank and empty,My head is fog and smoke.It’s loud inside and feels busy.I feel like I will choke.
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RussianGermanFrenchDutchSpanishEnglish:This list is intended for Plurals & people with dissociative identity disorder, who want to get to know and connect more with their alters. It is intended to help you improve understanding, acceptance, internal communication & community with the others in your system. Please remember that the goal of this communication is understanding, not agreement.
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The above video was recently released after one of the authors of Structural Dissociation lost his license for life and can never practice again. It gives a better picture of the full story of the conference we attended, by the writers of the theory. I suggest to first read the article and then watch the
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We worked hard to provide good infographics for the Plural Acceptance Week 2019. Together with the Plural Events Team it was decided to upload them in bulk, so you can all use them for the rest of the week! Feel free to use these images in a non edited form for positive* Plural Acceptance, Education,
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This week from Monday July 15th till Sunday July 21th 2019 it’s Plural Acceptance Week. (PAW) Which includes Plural Pride Day on Saturday July 20th 2019! This all came to be after the survey that was send to the community. It was decided to take a floating date, as to avoid trigger dates as much
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A Recovery Bill of Rights For Survivors Copyright 1995 by Thomas V. Maguire, Ph.D. All rights reserved, except that permission is hereby granted to freely reproduce and distribute this document, provided that it is reproduced unaltered in its entirety and distributed free of charge. As a Matter of Personal AUTHORITY, You Have the Right . .
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this is article one about growing in your plural pride: A thought; We still often connect switching with triggers.By now many people say switches come from positive or negative triggers.But do they?By talking about switching like this, don’t we make it a bigger deal then it is?Years from now, when I truly can see myself
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In this video we talk about dormancy in Dissociative Identity Disorder. (DID)We also explain from our personal experience and opinion if alters / parts / headmates can die. This video contains a switch, as Saar wanted to give their personal input, after having experienced dormancy a couple of times. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8L43KC-QUo&w=560&h=315 As always, we encourage you
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In this article we talk about becoming a collective DID system. This video is related to Emely’s previous video”The 10 things i wish i had known 10 years ago” Become a collective DID System: In step 10 of the previous video, Emely stated that becoming a collective DID system, takes work. Or more specifically, working
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In this video Emely shares the 10 things, they wish they had known 10 years ago, when they found out they have have Dissociative Identity Disorder. Under the video is a simple list of the 10 things mentioned in the video. We appreciate you investing the time to learn more about DID! Part 2 of
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We created a video and the following article to explain the 7 differences between hearing voices in Schizophrenia vs hearing voices in Dissociative Identity Disorder. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wDdJLl7pKM 1. Outside voices vs inside voices. Debunked! If you have been part of the online DID community, you might have heard that people with Schizophrenia hear voices coming from
This is a guest post by Lunastus Collective on Endogenic Systems. They are the original creators of the terms endogenic system and traumagenic system. We are extremely grateful that they were willing to write this guest post for the Plural Positivity World Conference 2019. And as a guest post for our website. We think it is absolutely
From Saturday March 31st until Monday April 1st 2019, we are speaking at the Plural Positivity World Conference 2019! There are over 30 sessions by 20 different speakers! You can join us by subscribing (for free) to the Plural Events YouTube Channel. < Click! You can Find The full 2019 Schedule by Clicking here. < Click
”Here in Australia, down in Melbourne we have formed our own independent, Plural safe space called ‘Echoes’ that has been running for almost 10 years based out of Brunswick. For, by and about people multiplicity, dissociation and amnesia. It is for anyone who is seeking support for experiences of any kind of dissociation and/or multiplicity.
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This article gives you 10 ideas with things to do on DID Awareness Day! 10 things to do on DID Awareness Day: 1 Spread awareness online. Let’s get the #DIDAwareness &c. Trending for DID awareness day!By retweeting, reblogging, liking, sharing and commenting on posts spreading awareness. You could also use #DIDAwarenessDay #BreakTheDIDStigma #DIDOSDD & #WeTooUse
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You asked, we created; a poster to hang in your doctors office! You can get it professionally printed in your own country via the StrongholdShop link! Or you can download the free version (A4 paper size only) and print it yourself at home or the office, for FREE! Please use caution where you hang these
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Amnesia and timeloss #DID 101 – article 8 In the first DID101 we already had a quick look at amnesia. The DSM5 describes amnesia in DID as defined gaps in the recall of everyday events, important personal information and/or traumatic events. Timeloss is a term often used to indicate, that someone experiences amnesia of
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This video is about someone with DID reviewing the new Glass movie.Im not one for just dumping links to video’s without much text.But this time its just better said on video then it will be on digital paper. Someone with DID reviews the new Glass movie: In this video someone with DID (Saar) reviews the
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Last week’s article was all about alters. This week we look at the difference between alters and fragments in dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other specified dissociative disorder (OSDD) .The book the haunted self teaches us where the word fragment comes from;Braun in 1986 suggested a sort of spectrum, with at the one end a
Name calling alters, to do or not to do? 25 years have passed since multiple personality disorder was reclassified as dissociative identity disorder in 1994. But not much seems to have changed when it comes down to actual help for those who live and/or suffer from the disorder. Hence this year, we will post multiple
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Want to first learn more about the difference between integration, (final) fusion, unification, blending and merging? Click here. This article is about integration and final fusion. 25 years have passed since multiple personality disorder was reclassified as dissociative identity disorder in 1994. But not much seems to have changed when it comes down to actual
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Depersonalization/derealization disorder a dissociative disorder by itself. But those with DID can also experience the same symptoms. The DSM5 criteria say that if there is another dissociative disorder it’s better to diagnose that one. Hence those with DID/OSDD do not receive an extra diagnosis when they experience depersonalization/derealization. The DSM5 explains the following on Depersonalization:
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This article is about from surviving to living with dissociative identity disorder. As we close the chapter of 2018 and enter into the new year, i like to take a moment to reflect and to share our intentions for 2019. On a personal level 2018 was crazy. With 3 surgeries in one year, defeating cancer
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Innerworlds are a therapeutic tool. It is widely used for many therapies and reasons, one of them being Dissociative Identity Disorder. Some people with DID (or OSDD) grew up with their innerworld. Others want to create one after a diagnosis or when they read about innerworlds. Your innerworld can be anything you want. Anything the
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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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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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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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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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Welcome, You can find our Plural Competence Self-Assessment Tool for Mental Health Professionals, as a popup, a free and quick resource for mental health professionals like clinicians, psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, social workers, researchers, students, as well as coaches and peer support workers, to self assess Plural competence. Click the image for more information Disclaimer:This self-assessment
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Plurality 101: An Affirming Introduction for Plurals and their Therapists Plurality is a beautiful and complex experience that challenges many traditional understandings of self – or rather selves – hood. If you are new to the concept, you might feel curious or even overwhelmed—especially if you’ve always sensed, deep down, that there is “more than
Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) 101 A Modern, Affirming Guide for Therapists and Clients Introduction Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) involves experiencing more than one distinct identity, consciousness, or self-state within a single body. While older clinical perspectives often presented Dissociative Identity Disorder in solely pathologizing ways, current understandings highlight that multiple identities can develop (and function)
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Below you find our full timeline with all posts, articles and resources we’ve published since 2017. Timeline Below you find our full timeline with all posts, articles and resources we've published since 2017. Timeline … 2025 April 02 Plurality for Professionals This page contains a collection of resources for professionals like clinicians, therapists, social workers,
This page contains a collection of resources about Plurality for Professionals like clinicians, therapists, social workers, researchers, coaches, peer support workers and others who support people with dissociative identity disorder, other specified dissociative disorder and all other forms of Plurality and Multiplicity, including experiences like voice hearing, mania, spiritual, cultural and neurodivergent experiences. Click the
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Plurality is not a social media trend—it’s history, identity, and community. This is a special preview of our 6,000-word article, ‘The Evolution of Plurality: Our History, Our Truth, Our Future,’ released in honor of DID Awareness Day 2025. Author: The Stronghold System, Founders of The Plural Association Nonprofit Disclaimer: This article discusses plurality as an
Welcome to our new article, created by Plurals for Plurals. In this piece, we delve into the history of the term ‘Imitated DID‘, aiming to inform our community about the origins of this ableist term. This article mentions topics of: Ableism, sanism, pluralphobia, shame Discussion on Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Mention of Satanic Panic Discussion
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I am pleased to share with you a remarkable narrative short film called Petals of a Rose. Given that DID has often been inaccurately and negatively portrayed in film/television, Dylan Crumpler created his senior thesis film at Chapman University in California to realistically depict the life of a woman with DID. Dylan wrote the screenplay with
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Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) has a long and complex history that has shaped our understanding of the condition and the terminology used to describe it. From early conceptions of “dissociation” and different “personality states,” to the use of terms such as Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD), Alternate Personalities or Alters, Parts, Identities, Personality States, and Self
