Example picture of the Plural Spectrum Tool. A written definition and explanation can be found at the end of the article.

The Plural Spectrum Tool: There is no wrong way to be Plural.

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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square with the text: 10 reasons why amnesia shouldn’t be a diagnostic criterion for DID in the DSM

10 reasons why amnesia shouldn’t be a diagnostic criterion for DID in the DSM

In 1994, when MPD was erased and DID came in its place, the ”inability to recall important personal information that is too extensive to be explained by ordinary forgetfulness” criteria was added to the DSM-4. Later in 2013, this was changed to ”recurrent gaps in the recall of everyday events, important personal information and/or traumatic

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We are Plural. No harm is done by our existance, but much harm is done by denying it.

Plurals, learn more about mixed origin Systems & Headmates!

Some people seem to think that either all mixed origins have DID/OSDD and another forms of Plurality, or the opposite, that mixed origins Systems are Plural but don’t have or can’t have DID/OSDD. Both can be true and personally we think it is a lot more fluid as one might imagine, especially if we look at the…

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”How do we set rules for our Headmates and System?”

In ”Ask Stronghold” the Stronghold System shares their own answers to frequently asked questions, from a peer perspective. Todays question is ”How do we set rules for our Headmates and System?” This is such a great question! In our System we have some folks who got really upset by the word rules, so we avoid

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Узнайте своих альтеров поближе с этим списком вопросов! – Замечательные бесплатные материалы!

Thank you Anna from the Solipschism System for translating this into Russian! Этот список вопросов для людей определяющих себя как множественная личность или имеющих диссоциативное расстройство личности, которые хотят узнать поближе своих альтеров и настроить с ними внутреннюю коммуникацию. Его цель помочь вам улучшить взаимопонимание, принятие, и всячески настроить обоюдное общение и сотрудничество в вашей

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All about OSDD – an explanation about OSDD-1A & OSDD-1B

Intro Dear community, today we are proud to present this work that The Plural Association team in collaboration with the clinical and the Plural community worked very hard on. Please know this article was not researched overnight, nor was it written overnight. We put due diligence into researching this so as to best present accurate

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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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