Five years. Yes, five. December 2013 marks the five year anniversary of the Discussing Dissociation blog. Five years. FIVE years already already. Wow. Where does the time go? At this moment, there are over 200 articles written about dissociative disorders, and over 3400 comments from the people who understand dissociative disorders better than anyone else in the world -- thank you for your comments, … [Read more...]
Inside, After — In the Head of a Dissociative Trauma Survivor
More DID artwork. Gotta love this stuff. This internal landscape drawing is called "Inside, After". DID art is so very helpful, and informative. Artwork says things that words have difficulty explaining. The series on artwork drawn by survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder have been some of the most visited articles from this blog. If you haven't checked them out, I … [Read more...]
Who’s Looking at You In the Mirror?
The following drawing is a DID survivor’s response to my question: Can you picture dissociative identity disorder? *** If you are a dissociative trauma survivor, please read the following article with caution. Some of the topics presented in this blog article could create an emotional reaction from your internal system as several difficult but important topics are mentioned. Please be sure to … [Read more...]
I Had a Great Time – Thanks for Asking
. *** trigger warning for dissociative trauma survivors *** The collage and the material discussed in this blog is emotionally intense and could be triggering. Please be sure that you are in a safe place before reading further. . Trauma survivors with dissociative identity disorder often have to live a double life. There is the public face, full of pretty smiles and general surface chatter that says “I’m fine”, … [Read more...]
Picturing a Group of Insiders – a Dissociative System
Isn’t this an interesting picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder?! Assuming the artist of this picture is a trauma survivor with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD), this drawing shows many of the system insiders. I can't say that I know this person has DID for sure -- meaning -- I haven't met the artist, I haven't met their inside people, I haven't met the treatment team, and I … [Read more...]