DID Around the World
http://did-research.org/controversy/international.html Some individuals incorrectly believe that dissociative identity disorder (DID) is an American or Western phenomenon. However, this is simply untrue. DID has been found in all of the countries in which studies have been conducted regarding it. While DID may normally be diagnosed at a lower rate in...
My many selves: how I learned to live with multiple personalities
I found this article online at the site below and decided to republish it. The site gives permission to do so. Shirley J. Davis https://mosaicscience.com/story/my-many-selves-multiple-personalities-dissociative-identity-disorder 3 June 2017 Until she was 40 years old, Melanie Goodwin had no memory of her life before the age of 16. Then, a...
Speaking Out About Mental Health Treatment: From A Client’s Point of View
Shirley J. Davis I have been in therapy for almost three decades trying to recover from a severe mental disability known as Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). I have written many articles and blog posts about DID, but that is not the focus of this piece. Instead, I would...
Wonderful Conference Centering on Dissociative Disorders in Seattle in October
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I Am Not Abnormal
Shirley J. Davis I live with a mental health diagnosis that many people find fascinating, Dissociative Identity Disorder, once known as Multiple Personality Disorder. The interest people have in my diagnosis always astounds me. Most of what people know about DID is what they have heard and seen...
A Call to Connection: Making Childhood Trauma Personal
Dr. Allison Jackson TEDxRVA Child abuse and neglect are subjects everyone is uncomfortable talking about. To many it seems easier to turn a blind eye to our neighbors or family members who are either victims or perpetrators, telling ourselves it is none of our business and we don’t want...
Ego State Formation
Shirley J. Davis All humans have ego states. We begin forming them before we are born and continue doing so until we die. As infants, we learn through our five senses about our world and file these newly formed impressions as ego states using the hippocampus, a part...
Dispelling Myths About Dissociative Identity Disorder
By Margarita Tartakovsky, M.S. https://psychcentral.com/lib/dispelling-myths-about-dissociative-identity-disorder/ Dissociative identity disorder (DID), known previously as multiple personality disorder, is not a real disorder. At least, that’s what you might’ve heard in the media, and even from some mental health professionals. DID is arguably one of the most misunderstood and controversial diagnoses in...
The Realities of Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Shirley J. Davis One in four people in the United States will experience some type mental health crisis in their lifetimes. Since this is Mental Health Awareness Month, I am writing as many articles as I possibly can during May to try to end the stigma involved in...
I Will Remain Silent No More
I have written three books and many articles that have been posted about social media, but in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, I have decided to write a piece outlining my mental health diagnosis and some of the realities of living with it. This work is not...
The Harmony of Integration
Shirley J. Davis Integration. A word that causes a lot of controversy among people living with Dissociative Identity Disorder. The disputation is mainly internal, as people like myself try to come to terms with exactly what integration means. Does it mean absorbing our alters and in effect killing...
Mirror Mirror on the Wall
Shirley J. Davis One of the seldom discussed phenomenon which often accompanies Dissociative Identity Disorder is the presence of visual hallucinations. These hallucinations can take the form of seeing an alter in the mirror who looks completely different from the body of the person living with DID. Let...