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How allies can help Plurals, including supporting those with DID/OSDD

2 Comments / 2021, allies, DID, Informative & educational, OSDD, Resources, Selected for the clinical community / Stronghold

Allies can best help Plural people by listening and asking appropriate questions to individuals in systems if and when they present themselves. Everyone is different and with that comes different desires and needs, that should be taken into account. Don’t assume, ask & believe!Please believe your Plural loved ones. Unless what they are saying is truly harmful, […]

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The Plural Spectrum Tool

4 Comments / 2021, OSDD, Plurality, Resources, Selected for the clinical community, The Plural Spectrum Tool / Stronghold

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

Leave a Comment / 2021, Ask Stronghold, faq, Informative & educational, Selected for the clinical community / Stronghold

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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All about Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD) – an explanation about OSDD-1A & OSDD-1B

7 Comments / 2020, Informative & educational, OSDD, Resources, Selected for the clinical community / Stronghold

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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Factitious disorder & MPD & DID – Why non disordered Plurals do not have factitious disorder

3 Comments / 2019, DID, Informative & educational, Plurality, Professionals, Selected for the clinical community, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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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FAQ resource about Plurality

1 Comment / 2019, endogenic, faq, Informative & educational, Plurality, Professionals, Resources, Selected for the clinical community, tulpamancy, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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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Functional Multiplicity vs Integration: 12.8% times two – Our strong response to the six-year follow-up TOP DD study.

3 Comments / 2019, dissociation, Integration, Professionals, research, Selected for the clinical community, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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,

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Integration, the double edge sword:‘’If it’s not broken, don’t fix it!’’

Leave a Comment / 2019, Integration, Professionals, Selected for the clinical community, theory of Structural dissociation, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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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Get to really know your alters with this easy list! – Free amazing resource!

17 Comments / 2019, communication, education, gender, get to know your alters, OSDD, Resources, Selected for the clinical community, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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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Why the theory of Structural dissociation is ableist – A strong opinionated article.

20 Comments / 2019, Professionals, Selected for the clinical community, theory of Structural dissociation, Uncategorized / Stronghold

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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