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Trying to find words to explain dissociative disorders!

What Is dissociative Identity disorder? is one of the most common questions that we are asked on the subject. So, here is another attempt to answer in a meaningful and intelligible way. Hopefully we managed, let us know!

Functional Multiplicity Peer Support Group, Saturdays 19:00 GMT

Our Functional Multiplicity Peer Support Group, meeting Saturdays at 19:00 GMT, has three openings. It's designed for those with secondary dissociation and embraces all gender identities. We focus on weekly topics such as managing internal conflict and navigating daily life with dissociation.

ND UK’s Adhere To The NSUS Peer Support Charter

Principles & Values of Peer Support We are a proud user-led group member of the National Survivor User Network and encorage everyone to become individual members. See the Peer Support Charter: Our focus Our specific focus is in supporting individuals’ journeys to improve their quality of life while validating their struggles and identity with empathy […]

Being A Plural: Experience Of A Child Alter

This post shares the experiences of a child alter and it is explanatory and analytical and shows how sys members who are supported can slowly heal.

Dissociation – A child host’s experience

There are some issues, especially in terms of continuity. However, I think that we are learning to use “dissociation” in many adaptive ways.

Experiences: Shadow work the autistic way

Our “pruning” problems give us the capacity to branch out concepts and ideas into full analyses of options and potential problem/solutions combination.

Experiences: ND Mental Health Controversies

I found that we are quite often not allowed to choose/request/accept the services we need and want; instead, we have to take what we are given and be grateful.

CSA in adulthood, a young survivor’s perspective

As a plural, CSA is experienced in many ways. For example, some in a collective may never have experienced it. Here is a young survivor's POV

Experiences: Overview of fast switching

Fast switching can be very unsettling both for us and those around us. Here Herbie gives an overview of how our Collective experiences this.

Resources

Resources are messy, sorry, we read a lot, and forget a lot too … We will try and keep all posts in the category ND Review and also the tag ND Review. We will try and be as disciplined as possible. This page is mainly to give you access to stuff that is not, or likely not to […]

ND Review: DID ≠ Psychosis

Psychoses and neurodivergence of any kind, including plurality, are an important subject. Unfortunately, psychotic behaviour is in the eyes of the beholder.

Waltham Forest & Essex Safety Alert (NELFT +others)

The Essex Mental Health Independent Inquiry, led by Baroness Lampard, is investigating deaths of patients across NHS Trusts in Essex from 2000-2020. Local Residents are urged to contact the Inquiry with evidence and question local leaders about NELFT's role in patient safety and potential negligence.

Examples of functional blending

Functional blending of alters and selves can be managed well in a reasonably stable system. Read some tips from one of our hosts

The struggle is real

I probably shouldn’t post anything. I am one of the Dark Ones, and I guess a trigger warning is appropriate. I don’t really mind the others, actually I love them, and they love me, it’s good, it’s the first time that I found people who love me. But yeah, the struggle is real … remembering […]

Assessing our evolution (Feb 2024)

Since discovering being plural, how has our system evolved along the way? Self-analysis and brutal honesty are always essential to progress. A bitter truth is better than a sweet lie!

Introducing Our Inner Family

Are you a plural? According to Internal Family Systems (a proven psychotherapy approach used to treat PTSD and a range of other severe dissociative disorders) everybody is a plural, so there is nothing to be concerned about! Once we combine that with the Theory of Structural Dissociation it is quite intuitive to see how distinct […]