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Three Kids in a Trench Coat
Our experiences living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), and reflections on navigating life as ‘we’ & ‘me’
Recent posts
- Merry Christmas, kiddos
- When Grief Fractures – The shared inner world of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
- Media representations of DID: A few more suggestions for y’all
- Severance as a Portrayal of Dissociation
- > The importance of trust
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The holidays are a mixed bag, for us. We used to love love love Christmas, and I think, we’ve continued that enthusiasm throughout most of our life. There have been exceptions, and last year was a really, really tough one. Last Christmas was one of the hardest days of my life (that I can remember…
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Right up front here – hopefully this’ll be accessible to both people who’ve played the game, and those that haven’t. But if you haven’t played it or finished it yet, disclaimer for the fact that there are gonna be spoilers for the whole story. — Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is a video game released earlier…
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I have, it’s safe to say, fallen deep, deep, down a rabbithole of looking for representation of DID experiences in media this last 1-2 years. I wrote a post that covers a lot of good resources here. But I’ve come across a few more things recently I thought might be worth calling out. Set This…
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— — Severance is an amazing TV show. It’s also a great portrayal of certain aspects of dissociation, particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). The word, “dissociation” means “severance; division; disunion.” (from the latin dissociare – to sever or divide). Dan Erikson, the show’s creator, has said the idea came from back when he worked a…
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— Trusting other people isn’t something that comes naturally to us. Well, to me, anyway. Some of us are very easily trusting, I think – others less so. Because of our early life experiences, we remained many ducks in one nest, so our brain made a team. Some of us wanted to be close to…
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I’ve talked about it a little bit, and how I don’t use the term much, but “switching” is part & parcel of DID, so I’m going to try and explain a little bit. I don’t want to pretend to understand this better than I do, so if you dissociate and your experience of the whole…
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Was out buying groceries, and saw this advert: It’s a joke obviously, but as system with my own solo Behavioural Science freelance business, all I could think was: “Yeah, it’s always tough when team meetings start with a telling off….” xD That’s not just a joke – at least four of us are regularly involved…
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There’s a major aspect of the way in which The Alters spoke to me that I didn’t cover in my post on the game here, but rather than try and sneak it in there, I figure it deserves its own space. If you’ve not read that initial post, maybe start there for a bit more…
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Lately, there have been some fantastic video games that spoke to aspects of my inner world, and that each evoked aspects of inner worlds in some really fantastic & vibrant ways. Over the next few posts, I’ll be exploring resonant themes explored in a few of them. Themes like: alters craving independence & recognition as…
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Explained by ducks is a wonderful YouTube channel, with lots of super-short overviews of mental health stuff. For when you want the absolute basics, waterfowl style, with a positive and affirming vibe. Informative. Not long. Still a good duck. So here’s DID, as explained by ducks, in 1 minute: — The comments section is full…
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