Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
If you live with dissociative identity disorder in your life, you are very aware of the problems you have with your memory. Conversations and appointments get forgotten, leaving many confused friends, colleagues, and loved ones. Then, after we realize we have forgotten something important, we are embarrassed and...
Structural Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder
As you may have noticed, there are dozens of theories out there about dissociation and dissociative identity disorder. Obviously, since dissociation is part of DID, it is necessary to cover these theories the best we can. For this article, we shall investigate structural dissociation theory and all its...
Overcoming Learned Helplessness
.As children, we were helpless to change our fate. We were abused and neglected so severely that our minds did a marvelous thing; it splintered into alters to share our burden. As adults, we often find ourselves in positions where the abuse continues, and we do not leave or...
Self-parenting and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Many who live with dissociative identity disorder fantasize about their birth parents showing up and loving them unconditionally. While we all know this isn’t possible, it leads to one conclusion: we must learn to parent ourselves. In this article, we shall explore self-parenting when you have DID. ...
Dealing with the Voices of Alters
As anyone who has dissociative identity disorder (DID) can tell you, one of the worst symptoms is hearing the voices of the other alters as they vie for attention. These voices can be overwhelming, leaving multiples shocked and dismayed. This article will focus on how hearing the voices...
Self-harm and Complex Trauma
***Trigger Warning*** This article includes an honest discussion about self-harming behavior, a topic that is highly triggering to some. Caution is advised. Self-harm is something people do when they are so overwhelmed by emotions that they do not know what to do. Indeed, self-harming behavior does bring...
Glimmers
Those of us who have survived complex trauma understand all too well the concept and actions of triggers. Triggers can throw us back to times in our lives when we were abused and otherwise harmed, leaving us shaken and reliving the past. However, have you ever heard of...
Men Who Love Too Much
We are all familiar with stories of women who are victims of abuse from their husbands. We’ve read the headlines where the offending spouse is arrested and imprisoned for what they have done to their wives. However, how often do you see stories of men abused by their...
Some Tips About Going or Returning to College
So, you want to go to college or return there to earn a degree. Congratulations! That’s wonderful! Do you know the first steps to fulfilling your dream? If not, this article is for you. I am planning on returning to college to attend Illinois State University in the...
Telling Your Family You Have Dissociative Identity Disorder
The dissociative identity disorder diagnosis is challenging for us who have it to bear. We long to tell someone we can trust about our problem, but what the public knows about DID is far overshadowed by what they do not. Most of us want to turn to our...
Dealing With Alters
Having alters is a hallmark of living with dissociative identity disorder diagnosis. However, there seems to be a massive lack of understanding regarding the roles that alters play. There also seems to be a lack of understanding that you can form new ones throughout your life. That’s what...
The LGBTQIA+ Community Complex Trauma, PTSD, and CPTSD
Author’s Note: Most people who have dissociative identity disorder, in fact, I’d say all, have experienced extreme trauma and have formed complex post-traumatic stress disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. With all the trauma the LGBTQIA+ community faces nowadays, we must discuss how complex trauma from your past has...