DID Awareness Day 2024 Here we are again, taking a very specific day to remember there is a complicated kind of life -- a life that 1.5 - 3% of the world population, totalling over 100 million people experience -- living daily with the challenges of Dissociative Identity Disorder, aka DID. Or DID/MPD. Some people have changed the term to Dissociative Identities... or Dissociative Abilities ... … [Read more...]
Dissociative Identities Awareness Day on March 5
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...]
Dual Mask – A Picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder
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...]
Can You Picture Dissociative Identity Disorder?
Can You Picture Dissociative Identity Disorder? 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 … [Read more...]
Seeing Multiplicity – Keaton Style
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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