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Stamping Out the Stigma of Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociation appears to be... the internal mechanism by which terrorized people are silenced.

~ Judith Lewis Herman

Shirley Davis - A client with significant emotional issues provides a first person account of her unusual recovery: She lives with a condition known as Dissociative Identity Disorder [DID] and today continues in therapy for almost three decades. She published three books on the subject and is an accomplished blogger as well as an acclaimed speaker. Her goal is to provide information for both the public and mental health professionals to raise awareness of the validity of DID and to help stamp out the stigma attached to it due to negative facts propagated by the media.

Listen up as she also tells us about her daily struggles to connect, coalesce and manage her striking abundance of multiple personalities in the context of daily life.

Dissociative Identity Disorder - Noteworthy

Those who suffer from a dissociative identity disorder escape reality in ways that are involuntary and unhealthy. The person with a dissociative identity disorder experiences a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions, and identity.

Supportive References:

• Dissociative Identity Disorder In A Nutshell by Shirley Davis, Global Amazon Link
• The Body Keeps Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, Bessel van der Kolk, Global Amazon Link
• The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook by Deborah Bray Haddock, Global Amazon
• Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists  by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele & Onno van der Hart, Global Amazon Link
• Looking Through The Eyes Of Trauma And Dissociation: An Illustrated Guide for EMDR Therapists and Clients by Sandra Paulsen, Global Amazon Link
• Dissociative Identity Disorder - A Controversial Diagnosis, by Paulette Marie Gillig, Corresponding Author, PubMed Reference
• Trauma and Recovery: The Aftermath of Violence - From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror  by Judith Lewis Herman Global Amazon Link

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Davis Book Drawing ~ Dissociative Identity Disorder In A Nutshell: A First-Hand Account - Closed Sept. 6, '17

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Until next time, thanks for joining us here at CBJ again to review this unusual clinical DID challenge - so often