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Dissociative Identities Awareness Day on March 5

By Kathy Broady MSW 8 Comments

    March 5th is Dissociative Identities Awareness Day, or DID Awareness Day.    Either way you call it,  March 5th is a day that meant to increase awareness of what is officially called Dissociative Identity Disorder. Of course, we used to use the term  Multiple Personality Disorder. And nowadays, many survivors prefer the term:   Dissociative Identities.   Leave off the disorder part, thank you very … [Read more...]

Filed Under: DID Education, DID Forum Support, DID/MPD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Family Members of Trauma Survivors, Featured post #1, Friends of Multiples, mental health, Phoenix Conference, Therapy Homework Ideas, trauma therapist Tagged With: Advocate for DID, DID Awareness Day, DID Awareness Ribbon, DID Conference Phoenix Arizona, Discussing Dissociation Educational Forum, Dissociative Identities Awareness Day, Dissociative Identity Disorder, multiple personality disorder, split personality

Dual Mask – A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder

By Kathy Broady MSW 15 Comments

Here is the next picture in the series about DID artwork.     Dual Mask Even the title of this painting indicates Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD). Masks are a common metaphor used by the dissociative survivor.  In this picture, where are the masks?  What are the masks covering?  What does the “real” person, or the rest of the person look like?  Where are the others in the system?  Are they … [Read more...]

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Can You Picture Dissociative Identity Disorder?

By Kathy Broady MSW 11 Comments

  What is it like to live with Dissociative Identity Disorder? How does it feel to have Dissociative Identity Disorder? What do you wish others could understand about DID?   Have you found it hard to put the experience of Dissociative Identity Disorder into words?       Sometimes pictures say a thousand words. Dissociative Identity Disorder can be hard to explain in words, … [Read more...]

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Seeing Multiplicity – Keaton Style

By Kathy Broady MSW 6 Comments

  Multiplicity, the 1996 movie with Michael Keaton, is not specifically about Dissociative Identity Disorder – it is technically about being cloned -- but it is a funny, light-hearted comedy that absolutely pertains to DID / MPD.   Have you watched this show? Keaton’s character has a lot in common with DID.  As you watch the movie, you can see the following similarities happen in this … [Read more...]

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Split Decisions

By Kathy Broady MSW 38 Comments

  When you have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID or DID/MPD), and you’re thinking as a multiple personality -- thus having a multitude of different thoughts at once time -- it can be very difficult to make decisions.   How do survivors with DID ever make up their minds? How do survivors with DID decide whose opinion to follow? How do survivors with DID ever decide what is best for … [Read more...]

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