Post by Morgan on Nov 20, 2019 6:22:17 GMT -8
Here is a list of resources and links. You'll need to copy and paste the links into your browser window. I hope this helps many of you read up on dissociative identity disorder to understand yourselves better. Morgan
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF TRAUMA AND DISSOCIATION:
www.isst-d.org
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES:
www.istss.org
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES:
www.estss.org
Blue Knot Foundation
www.blueknot.org.au/Survivors-Supporters/For-Survivors/Resources-for-Survivors/Self-help-resources
International Study for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.istss.org/public-resources/remembering-childhood-trauma.aspx
The Dana Foundation
www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2000/Wounds_That_Time_Won%E2%80%99t_Heal__The_Neurobiology_of_Child_Abuse/
National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
www.naasca.org/010111-Recovery.htm
The Trauma Therapist Project
www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcasts/
The Colin Ross Institute
www.rossinst.com/
Informative Books About Dissociative Identity Disorder, and the Effects of Childhood Abuse
Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out
Barry M. Cohen
In this unique book, persons with Dissociative Disorders and their significant others address the complex issues of diagnosis, therapy, and maintaining personal relationships. "Viewed from the inside out," Dissociative Identity Disorder takes on an impassioned voice as those who struggle with dissociation share their experiences, obstacles, and triumphs. Contributions by 146 individuals diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder and the people with whom they share their lives have been gathered into an accessible and practical volume for therapists, clients, and lay readers interested in how to better be supportive of individuals who suffer with dissociative diagnoses. Many will find that the book validates their own experiences and feelings, as it explores the post-diagnosis journey. Published by The Sidran Foundation with the Eastern Regional Conference on Abuse and Multiple Personality and the newsletter Many Voices, Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out has been compiled and edited by a therapist, a client, and a family member. In addition to the first-person writings described above, the volume contains an introductory chapter describing MPD and dissociation, a glossary of terms, a list of resources, and an index. Winner of the prestigious 1991 Distinguished Achievement Award given by the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation.
www.amazon.com/Multiple-Personality-Disorder-Inside-Out/dp/0962916404
Someone I Know Has Multiple Personality Disorder: A Book for Significant Others
Sandra J. Hocking
Adult survivors of extreme childhood abuse often struggle with dissociative conditions including multiple personalities. Although the ability to dissociate is life-saving and allows individuals to self-protect, it can also interfere in the establishment of intimate relationships. This book provides practical suggestions for understanding and relating to people you love, who have dissociative conditions or multiplicity.
www.amazon.com/Someone-Know-Multiple-Personalities-Professionals/dp/1877872083/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514829750&sr=1fkmr0&keywords=Someone+I+Know+Has+Multiple+Personalities%3A+A+Book+for+Significant+Others+The+Dissociative+Child%3A+Diagnosis%2C+Treatment%2C+and+Management%2C+Second+Edition
Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell: A First-Hand Account
Shirley J. Davis
Dissociative identity Disorder in a Nutshell is a book dealing with the realities of living with a dissociative disorder without using sensationalism but relying on as many facts as possible. Written by a person who has been through 27 years of intensive therapy to recover from DID the book talks about recovery, integration and finally leaving therapy for good, some topic not discussed at length in other works of its this type.
www.amazon.com/Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-Nutshell-First-Hand/dp/1539948021/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514830014&sr=1-1&keywords=dissociative+identity+disorder+in+a+nutshell
The Myth of Sanity
Martha Stout
Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fiancé to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight?
A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, The Myth of Sanity shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.
www.amazon.com/Myth-Sanity-Divided-Consciousness-Awareness/dp/0142000558/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514830712&sr=1-1&keywords=the+myth+of+sanity
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514831091&sr=1-1
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
A “courageous, compassionate, and rigorous every-person’s guide” (Christina Bethell, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) that shows the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer—Childhood Disrupted also explains how to cope and heal from these emotional traumas.
Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, but it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing. Scientists now know on a bio-chemical level exactly how parents’ chronic fights, divorce, death in the family, being bullied or hazed, and growing up with a hypercritical, alcoholic, or mentally ill parent can leave permanent, physical “fingerprints” on our brains.
When children encounter sudden or chronic adversity, stress hormones cause powerful changes in the body, altering the body’s chemistry. The developing immune system and brain react to this chemical barrage by permanently resetting children’s stress response to “high,” which in turn can have a devastating impact on their mental and physical health as they grow up.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares stories from people who have recognized and overcome their adverse experiences, shows why some children are more immune to stress than others, and explains why women are at particular risk. “Groundbreaking” (Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance) in its research, inspiring in its clarity, Childhood Disrupted explains how you can reset your biology—and help your loved ones find ways to heal. “A truly important gift of understanding—illuminates the heartbreaking costs of childhood trauma and like good medicine offers the promising science of healing and prevention” (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart).
www.amazon.com/Childhood-Disrupted-Biography-Becomes-Biology/dp/1476748365/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1476748365&pd_rd_r=MCT07W9F4HZYJD37P4G3&pd_rd_w=bwQPF&pd_rd_wg=f717w&psc=1&refRID=MCT07W9F4HZYJD37P4G3
Beyond Survivor-The Wounded Warrior Blog
whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-sexual-abuse-of-males-possible.html
Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell
www.morgan6062.blog
Healthy Place-Dissociative Living
www.healthyplace.com/blogs/dissociativeliving
Real Dissociative
real-did.tumblr.com/
This is Not Dissociative
this-is-not-dissociative.tumblr.com/
I will caution anyone considering taking any kind of self- diagnostic testing that one should always, always contact a medical or mental health professional. If your score indicates a high likelihood that you indeed live with DID, please don’t panic. Call and get a professional opinion.
Diagnostic Tests
The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule and the Dissociative Experience Scale
www.rossinst.com/ddis.html
Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ) 20 and 5 (Nijenhuis) www.enijenhuis.nl/
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Test
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean
List of DID RESOURCES
Websites with Great Information on DID
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR THE STUDY OF TRAUMA AND DISSOCIATION:
www.isst-d.org
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES:
www.istss.org
EUROPEAN SOCIETY FOR TRAUMATIC STRESS STUDIES:
www.estss.org
Blue Knot Foundation
www.blueknot.org.au/Survivors-Supporters/For-Survivors/Resources-for-Survivors/Self-help-resources
International Study for Traumatic Stress Studies
www.istss.org/public-resources/remembering-childhood-trauma.aspx
The Dana Foundation
www.dana.org/Cerebrum/2000/Wounds_That_Time_Won%E2%80%99t_Heal__The_Neurobiology_of_Child_Abuse/
National Association of Adult Survivors of Child Abuse
www.naasca.org/010111-Recovery.htm
The Trauma Therapist Project
www.thetraumatherapistproject.com/podcasts/
The Colin Ross Institute
www.rossinst.com/
Recommended Books about DID
Informative Books About Dissociative Identity Disorder, and the Effects of Childhood Abuse
Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out
Barry M. Cohen
In this unique book, persons with Dissociative Disorders and their significant others address the complex issues of diagnosis, therapy, and maintaining personal relationships. "Viewed from the inside out," Dissociative Identity Disorder takes on an impassioned voice as those who struggle with dissociation share their experiences, obstacles, and triumphs. Contributions by 146 individuals diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder and the people with whom they share their lives have been gathered into an accessible and practical volume for therapists, clients, and lay readers interested in how to better be supportive of individuals who suffer with dissociative diagnoses. Many will find that the book validates their own experiences and feelings, as it explores the post-diagnosis journey. Published by The Sidran Foundation with the Eastern Regional Conference on Abuse and Multiple Personality and the newsletter Many Voices, Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out has been compiled and edited by a therapist, a client, and a family member. In addition to the first-person writings described above, the volume contains an introductory chapter describing MPD and dissociation, a glossary of terms, a list of resources, and an index. Winner of the prestigious 1991 Distinguished Achievement Award given by the International Society for the Study of Multiple Personality and Dissociation.
www.amazon.com/Multiple-Personality-Disorder-Inside-Out/dp/0962916404
Someone I Know Has Multiple Personality Disorder: A Book for Significant Others
Sandra J. Hocking
Adult survivors of extreme childhood abuse often struggle with dissociative conditions including multiple personalities. Although the ability to dissociate is life-saving and allows individuals to self-protect, it can also interfere in the establishment of intimate relationships. This book provides practical suggestions for understanding and relating to people you love, who have dissociative conditions or multiplicity.
www.amazon.com/Someone-Know-Multiple-Personalities-Professionals/dp/1877872083/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514829750&sr=1fkmr0&keywords=Someone+I+Know+Has+Multiple+Personalities%3A+A+Book+for+Significant+Others+The+Dissociative+Child%3A+Diagnosis%2C+Treatment%2C+and+Management%2C+Second+Edition
Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell: A First-Hand Account
Shirley J. Davis
Dissociative identity Disorder in a Nutshell is a book dealing with the realities of living with a dissociative disorder without using sensationalism but relying on as many facts as possible. Written by a person who has been through 27 years of intensive therapy to recover from DID the book talks about recovery, integration and finally leaving therapy for good, some topic not discussed at length in other works of its this type.
www.amazon.com/Dissociative-Identity-Disorder-Nutshell-First-Hand/dp/1539948021/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514830014&sr=1-1&keywords=dissociative+identity+disorder+in+a+nutshell
The Myth of Sanity
Martha Stout
Why does a gifted psychiatrist suddenly begin to torment his own beloved wife? How can a ninety-pound woman carry a massive air conditioner to the second floor of her home, install it in a window unassisted, and then not remember how it got there? Why would a brilliant feminist law student ask her fiancé to treat her like a helpless little girl? How can an ordinary, violence-fearing businessman once have been a gun-packing vigilante prowling the crime districts for a fight?
A startling new study in human consciousness, The Myth of Sanity is a landmark book about forgotten trauma, dissociated mental states, and multiple personality in everyday life. In its groundbreaking analysis of childhood trauma and dissociation and their far-reaching implications in adult life, it reveals that moderate dissociation is a normal mental reaction to pain and that even the most extreme dissociative reaction-multiple personality-is more common than we think. Through astonishing stories of people whose lives have been shattered by trauma and then remade, The Myth of Sanity shows us how to recognize these altered mental states in friends and family, even in ourselves.
www.amazon.com/Myth-Sanity-Divided-Consciousness-Awareness/dp/0142000558/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514830712&sr=1-1&keywords=the+myth+of+sanity
The Body Keeps the Score
Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
Trauma is a fact of life. Veterans and their families deal with the painful aftermath of combat; one in five Americans has been molested; one in four grew up with alcoholics; one in three couples have engaged in physical violence. Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, one of the world’s foremost experts on trauma, has spent over three decades working with survivors. In The Body Keeps the Score, he uses recent scientific advances to show how trauma literally reshapes both body and brain, compromising sufferers’ capacities for pleasure, engagement, self-control, and trust. He explores innovative treatments—from neurofeedback and meditation to sports, drama, and yoga—that offer new paths to recovery by activating the brain’s natural neuroplasticity. Based on Dr. van der Kolk’s own research and that of other leading specialists, The Body Keeps the Score exposes the tremendous power of our relationships both to hurt and to heal—and offers new hope for reclaiming lives.
www.amazon.com/Body-Keeps-Score-Healing-Trauma/dp/0143127748/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1514831091&sr=1-1
Childhood Disrupted: How Your Biography Becomes Your Biology, and How You Can Heal
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
A “courageous, compassionate, and rigorous every-person’s guide” (Christina Bethell, PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health) that shows the link between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and adult illnesses such as heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer—Childhood Disrupted also explains how to cope and heal from these emotional traumas.
Your biography becomes your biology. The emotional trauma we suffer as children not only shapes our emotional lives as adults, but it also affects our physical health, longevity, and overall wellbeing. Scientists now know on a bio-chemical level exactly how parents’ chronic fights, divorce, death in the family, being bullied or hazed, and growing up with a hypercritical, alcoholic, or mentally ill parent can leave permanent, physical “fingerprints” on our brains.
When children encounter sudden or chronic adversity, stress hormones cause powerful changes in the body, altering the body’s chemistry. The developing immune system and brain react to this chemical barrage by permanently resetting children’s stress response to “high,” which in turn can have a devastating impact on their mental and physical health as they grow up.
Donna Jackson Nakazawa shares stories from people who have recognized and overcome their adverse experiences, shows why some children are more immune to stress than others, and explains why women are at particular risk. “Groundbreaking” (Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance) in its research, inspiring in its clarity, Childhood Disrupted explains how you can reset your biology—and help your loved ones find ways to heal. “A truly important gift of understanding—illuminates the heartbreaking costs of childhood trauma and like good medicine offers the promising science of healing and prevention” (Jack Kornfield, author of A Path With Heart).
www.amazon.com/Childhood-Disrupted-Biography-Becomes-Biology/dp/1476748365/ref=pd_sim_14_5?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1476748365&pd_rd_r=MCT07W9F4HZYJD37P4G3&pd_rd_w=bwQPF&pd_rd_wg=f717w&psc=1&refRID=MCT07W9F4HZYJD37P4G3
Blogs Specializing for DID and Trauma Survivors
Beyond Survivor-The Wounded Warrior Blog
whatislove-2010.blogspot.com/2015/08/the-sexual-abuse-of-males-possible.html
Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell
www.morgan6062.blog
Healthy Place-Dissociative Living
www.healthyplace.com/blogs/dissociativeliving
Real Dissociative
real-did.tumblr.com/
This is Not Dissociative
this-is-not-dissociative.tumblr.com/
Self-Tests for Diagnosis of DID
I will caution anyone considering taking any kind of self- diagnostic testing that one should always, always contact a medical or mental health professional. If your score indicates a high likelihood that you indeed live with DID, please don’t panic. Call and get a professional opinion.
Diagnostic Tests
The Dissociative Disorders Interview Schedule and the Dissociative Experience Scale
www.rossinst.com/ddis.html
Somatoform Dissociation Questionnaire (SDQ) 20 and 5 (Nijenhuis) www.enijenhuis.nl/
Adverse Childhood Experience (ACE) Test
www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/03/02/387007941/take-the-ace-quiz-and-learn-what-it-does-and-doesnt-mean
