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

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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Why Non Disordered Plurals Do NOT Have Factitious Disorder

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

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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Can Alters die & What is dormancy in Dissociative Identity Disorder

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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Become a Collective DID System with these 5 easy steps!

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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7 Key Differences of Hearing Voices: Schizophrenia and DID

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

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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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