Communication is key! 🔑 | Advice for Accepting Alters in Dissociative Recovery | MultiplicityAndMe
A surprise appearance from Jake too! Personal experience/advice for both professionals and general population: let's talk about why communicating with alters is important and shouldn't be ignored! --- ⚠️ Trigger/Content warning ⚠️ Brief mention of Christmas at 11:40-11:55 ===Whilst we may give self-help tips and advice, we are not a replacement for any mental health professional=== 🎶 Love the music? All music was created by Jake’s actor, Will. 🎶 Check out more &/or commission at: 🎶 / willsidsmith 🎶 Instagram: @willsidsmith 🧩🧩🧩 --- ★ Resources: ★ ★ ETSY Downloadable Worksheets (The Secret System): https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheSceneySe... ★ Dissociative Identity Disorder Journal: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Dissociative... ------ ☆ Huntjens, Rijkeboer, and Arnzt (2019) Evidence for Phase-Based Psychotherapy as a Treatment for Dissociative Identity Disorder Co-Morbid with Major Depressive Disorder and Alcohol Dependence September 2016Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 18(2) ☆ Kroll, J., Fiszdon, J., & Crosby, R. D. (1996). Childhood abuse and three measures of altered states of consciousness (dissociation, absorption and mysticism) in a female outpatient sample. Journal of Personality Disorders, 10(4), 345-354. ☆ Nijenhuis, E. R., van der Hart, O., Schlumpf, Y. R., Vissia, E. M., & Reinders, A. A. (2019). Considerations regarding treatment efficiency, dissociative parts and dissociative amnesia for Huntjens et al.’s schema therapy for dissociative identity disorder. European journal of psychotraumatology, 10(1). ☆ Ross & Browning (2018) Altered states of consciousness among inpatients in a Trauma Program. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation 19:5, 596-606. Online publication date: 20-Mar-2018. ☆ Spiegel, D. (2018). Integrating Dissociation. The American Journal of Psychiatry, 175(1), 4-5. ☆ How to Integrate the Brain and Prevent Dissociation After Trauma: https://www.nicabm.com/traumapromotin... ☆ WHAT IS PERSONALITY INTEGRATION? https://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psyc.... --- 🧩🧩🧩 --- ★ We're big advocates of self-care and self-help: ★ ☆ If you'd like to speak to a licensed counsellor/therapist online, we have a BetterHelp link: https://betterhelp.com/multiplicity ☆ Free online listening services are also available: https://www.7cups.com ★ If you're in need to find a therapist/DID specialist, try: ★ ☆ UK: https://support.pods-online.org.uk/fi... ☆ International: https://isstd.connectedcommunity.org/... ★ If you're experiencing a crisis, please reach out to your local Mental Health Professional, or call your emergency services. ★ You could also try Crisis helplines such as The Samaritans: ☆ US SAMARITANS: 1 (800) 273-TALK ☆ UK SAMARITANS: 116 123 or call NHS Direct on 111 for advice ★ Social Media: ★ ☆ Facebook: / multiplicity. . ☆ Instagram: / multiplicit. . ☆ Twitter: / multiplicityand ☆ Tumblr: / www ☆ Tumblr (the alters): / www ★ And if you'd like to support us further...?: ★ ☆ Become a super-duper Patron!: / multiplicityandme ☆ You could buy us a coffee!: https://ko-fi.com/multiplicityandme ☆ Prefer to send an Amazon gift? Here's our Wishlist: http://amzn.eu/ixnmvek ★ Support a charity? Why not try...: ★ ☆ First Person Plural: https://www.firstpersonplural.org.uk/... ☆ ISSTD: https://news.isst-d.org/category/dona... ★ Or, if you'd like to send us your letters?: ★ ☆ P.O. Box: [alters name if wanted @] MultiplicityAndMe PO BOX 141 Cwmbran NP449DG Wales, UK --- 🧩🧩🧩 --- ★ We are not affiliated to all links, but we only endorse sites we trust. ★ -- 🧩🧩🧩 --- #dissociativeidentitydisorder #mentalhealth #psychology ☆ ☆ ☆
