Dissociation is a mental process where a person disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, memories or sense of identity. It is something that anyone can experience without it becoming a problem, and is a natural response to trauma. It is estimated that 75% of people have experienced dissociation at least once in their life.
Dissociative Conditions/Disorders occur when dissociation becomes a regular experience for an individual and frequently affects their lives, causing problems with functioning in everyday activities. It is most commonly caused by repeated trauma.
Dissociative Identity Disorder occurs when an individual's dissociation becomes more extreme, and two or more alternate personality states (often known as "alters") are created, resulting in blocks of amnesia. These alters may have their own names, personalities, and cognitive abilities.
Dissociation Made Simple by
This book is a guide for people who struggle with dissociation written by a psychologist who struggles with it themselves. It helps readers understand what dissociation is, how to cope with it, foundational healing methods, and how to find the right therapist for you.
First Person Plural by
The story of one man's struggle with Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder) and the 24 personalities that live within him. In this book readers accompany Cameron West on a roller coaster ride as he desperately tries to hang on to his family, his life, and the thin red thread of reality that connects him to the world. The book chronicles his hunt for evidence to help him cope with and understand why his alter personalities are using his voice and body to retell and relive childhood sexual abuse.
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors integrates a neurobiologically informed understanding of trauma, dissociation, and attachment with a practical approach to treatment, all communicated in straightforward language accessible to both client and therapist. Readers will be exposed to a model that emphasizes "resolution"--A transformation in the relationship to one's self, replacing shame, self-loathing, and assumptions of guilt with compassionate acceptance.
I Am We by
Many people have secrets they are fearful to share with those who love them. Christine Pattillo was one of those people, except instead of just one secret, she had many. As long as Christine can remember, she has lived with Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) or Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). But for most of her life, she kept this secret hidden from everyone around her, including her husband. It wasn't until the age of forty-one and after ten years of counseling that she finally managed to utter the seven most difficult words of her life: "There is more than one of me." Now, several years later, she is ready to share her story with the rest of the world.
Nurturing Resilience by
Synthesizing across disciplines-- Attachment, Polyvagal, Neuroscience, Child Development Theory, Trauma, and Somatics-- this book provides a new lens through which to understand safety and regulation. For therapists working with both adults and children and anyone dealing with symptoms that typically arise from early childhood trauma-- anxiety, behavioral issues, depression, metabolic disorders, migraine, sleep problems, and more-- this book offers fresh hope.
Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder (or Multiple Personality Disorder) by
This book provides all of the information a practitioner needs in order to begin work with clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). Drawing on experiences from her own practice and extensive research conducted with the help of internationally acclaimed experts in the field, the author describes the development of DID and the structure of the personality of these clients. Throughout the text there are case examples, practical exercises, techniques, and strategies that can be used in therapy sessions. The resources section includes screening and assessment instruments, as well as information on techniques for managing anxiety and self harm, both of which can be major problems when working with clients with DID.
When Rabbit Howls by
Successful, happily married Truddi Chase began therapy hoping to find the reasons behind her extreme anxiety, mood swings, and periodic blackouts. What emerged from her sessions was terrifying: Truddi’s mind and body were inhabited by the Troops—ninety-two individual voices that emerged to shield her from her traumatizing childhood. It was a past that Truddi didn’t even know existed, until she and her therapist took a journey to where the nightmare began. Written by the Troops themselves, When Rabbit Howls is told by the very alter-egos who stayed with Truddi Chase, watched over her, and protected her.
Let's talk about dissociation & the dissociation spectrum. I get asked a lot do you have to have trauma or have had PTSD to experience dissociation? The answer is no. I like to think of dissociation as a spectrum where we have extreme dissociative identity disorder and then we have the other side of the dissociation spectrum where we just blank or phase out in certain situations, or maybe it's dissociative amnesia.
In this video I'm talking about the 5 types of dissociation AND how to deal with them. I'll speak to these 5 common types: maladaptive daydreaming, dissociative identity disorder, depersonalization, derealization and dissociative amnesia. I'll also talk about what dissociation is like. So whether you're wondering what is dissociation? or what is dissociation like? or help with dissociation? or what types of dissociation there are?, I am here to answer your questions.
In this video from The CTAD Clinic, Dr Mike Lloyd asks whether the current system of classifying severe dissociative disorders between Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) and Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (OSDD) is the most helpful. The criteria for diagnosing OSDD is outlined.
Encina Severa, has spoken to MedCircle host, Kyle Kittleson, before about living with Dissociative Identity Disorder aka DID. In this video, she goes further into her lived experience and addresses the trauma she faced in childhood and what it was like growing up with undiagnosed DID (formerly known as multiple personality disorder aka MPD.) She even explains the first time she realized she had multiple personalities AKA alters.
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