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6 Articles About DID/MPD
i.e. Dissociative Identity Disorder (aka Multiple Personality Disorder), where it comes from and how we live with it.Info & Links
basic article on what is DID/MPD and how do we live with it, and some helpful links.DID: Myths and Facts
Is DID a form of insanity? myth? result of child abuse? supernatural concept? form of attention-seeking? creative self-expression? healthy norm? can you spot it in others? does everyone with DID have to integrate?Dissociative Spectrum: an overview of diagnosis and treatment
Faced with overwhelming abuse, it is not surprising that children would psychologically flee (dissociate) from full awareness of their experience. Dissociation may become a defensive pattern that persists into adulthood and can result in a full-fledged dissociative disorder.Persecutory Alters
This paper presents a theoretical model of the etiology and development of persecutor alters. It elucidates the underlying and continuously protective nature of the alter which becomes masked by the apparently “persecutory” behavior.Shades of a Girl
We all live inside the head of a girl. The girl herself is Without Color, Pale, Wan. We, however, are different shades of who she is. We are all the colors of the rainbow and then some. We complement each other like a watercolor painting of a reflecting stream.You Know You've Got DID When...
Excerpts from our famous thread with light-hearted jokes on what does it feel like, to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
basic article on what is DID/MPD and how do we live with it, and some helpful links.DID: Myths and Facts
Is DID a form of insanity? myth? result of child abuse? supernatural concept? form of attention-seeking? creative self-expression? healthy norm? can you spot it in others? does everyone with DID have to integrate?Dissociative Spectrum: an overview of diagnosis and treatment
Faced with overwhelming abuse, it is not surprising that children would psychologically flee (dissociate) from full awareness of their experience. Dissociation may become a defensive pattern that persists into adulthood and can result in a full-fledged dissociative disorder.Persecutory Alters
This paper presents a theoretical model of the etiology and development of persecutor alters. It elucidates the underlying and continuously protective nature of the alter which becomes masked by the apparently “persecutory” behavior.Shades of a Girl
We all live inside the head of a girl. The girl herself is Without Color, Pale, Wan. We, however, are different shades of who she is. We are all the colors of the rainbow and then some. We complement each other like a watercolor painting of a reflecting stream.You Know You've Got DID When...
Excerpts from our famous thread with light-hearted jokes on what does it feel like, to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder.
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