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  1. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    Thank you, Alex! :hug If anyone is interested in learning more about this disorder, please feel free to reach out! As my advisor always said, it doesn't make sense to keep people in the dark ages over stuff like this if significant community members have to deal with it. I've since learned...
  2. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    I actually have a significant problem with the sources you linked, @Ananke Zaresh . The ISSTD recently hosted a conference in which McLean Hospital professionals used DID YouTuber content without creators' permission as evidence that DID should not be self diagnosed. The narrative they...
  3. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    One of the more frustrating things with DID is that it's identified in individuals infrequently enough that there's unfortunately not much by way of resources to help the person learn to work with their headspace. One of the educational psych videos I saw on it just brushed it under the rug...
  4. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    This is definitely a disorder where openness about dealing with it is an appropriate policy where and when possible. That definitely, definitely helps others understand why something might be off, etc. I'm glad that being able to do this has been an option and that the conversation has been...
  5. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    So, we've been talking about the serious side of DID this month. Here's something that's definitely a lesser known system Thing! View: https://www.instagram.com/p/CT5O3gKJp0j/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
  6. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    "Is there a certain feeling that will alert you to when an alter will take over? Are you aware when it is about to happen or does it happen randomly?" My switchy feelings (we call them switches and the act of feeling one coming on is "feeling switchy" or "Sorry, I'm really switchy today") feel...
  7. Catt Heckathorne

    March- DID Awareness Day & Conversation

    I have a type of DID called OSDD1. Some days it resembles true DID, other days it doesn't. The biggest thing to remember is that, like autism and other mental health disorders, DID is a spectrum and that while no two people will share the same experiences with it or the same symptoms with it...
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