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Hnm. In that I apologize, but I keep as far as possible from social media DID depictions as possible and was unaware of the situation.

In Conclusion: Thank you for following along with us as we delved into this complex and individually unique disorder. There are another few days before our April Focus takes over, so please feel free to continue presenting us with your questions, your comments, and experiences. They can only...

Week Four: Living with DID & Finding Treatment This week's topic; and wildly late eesh; couldn't have come at a better time for me. Living with DID is an often frustrating, alienating, and sometimes dehumanizing experience; especially for those of us with larger systems, or with dysregulated...

We're just glad it's having an impact and that it is helpful for you! If you have questions or wish to discuss this further, our inbox is always open, here and on discord.

Week Three: Stigma & Struggle, & Finding Help As we get into week three; a few days late, sorry; I'd love to cover some of the more common stigmas and struggles that systems face to help give the "singlets" a better idea of what goes into having DID. The goal here is to step away from the...

Firstly, thank you for trusting us with this information, Nebka. More voices who have had this experience directly are always welcome to the conversation! This definitely not a "one size fits all" sort of disorder, so thank you for that acknowledgement too. I am curious, if you are willing to...

That's a really good question so this might be a bit long of a response! It's good to keep in mind that even the system might not know all of their alters. With how layered and complicated the mind can be, it's fairly simple for some to hide or just go unnoticed unless they're needed like...

Week Two: System Mapping Alters come in many shapes and sizes and perform many different roles within their System. Alters may be a person the mind creates; an Alter or Alt; a person from history or someone the system knows personally; often called Factives or Introjects; or a person or...

I'll see if I can dig up some reputable links to current websites and leave the e-books for later :shifty2: But yes, yes I am unfortunately familiar with that story. "Sybil" was really Shirley Mason, and she admitted after the furor and popularity of the book the movie is based on that she...

As a joke, or as a reason to fear that someone you know may be a serial killer in waiting, yes. So much of modern media that deals with it either treats it as a joke; Me, Myself, and Irene; or as horrifying and uncontrollable; Split, Thr3e, etc. The SOA Team and I tried to come up with a decent...

March 5th is Dissociative Identity Awareness Day in the United States. This day is meant to spread awareness of the challenges and stigmas that those with DID deal with, and to hopefully foster some friendly discussions about this disorder. Over the next few weeks, we'll be posting more...