Dissociative Identity Disorder

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Happening right now: Kicking off Plural Acceptance Week 2019!

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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10 things to do on DID Awareness Day March 5th

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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The Truth About Amnesia And Timeloss! DID101

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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MPD to DID 25 years later – Name calling alters, to do or not to do?

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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MPD to DID 25 years later – Integration & final fusion.

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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The Year We Go From Surviving To Living With DID

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

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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Want To Understand Switching? DID101

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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