i see alot of people talk about like not remembering how you felt about a situation you remember the events of but does anyone else like not remember for shit what happened other than maybe a few fuzzy details and all you know is that you were mad as hell about it . i so often find myself barely remembering an event and only remembering how i felt about it and having that emotion still be present and its like im so mad what am i even mad about i got no clue but im mad
Links to studies about different presentations of DID, including different alter types, childhood and adolescent DID, and DID across different cultures.
General DID Presentations
Formation and Functions of Alter Personalities in Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Theoretical and Clinical Elaboration
Lived experiences of men with dissociative identity disorder
The Phenomenology and Treatment of Extremely Complex MPD
Symptom patterns in dissociative identity disorder patients and the general population
Differences Between Men and Women With Multiple Personality Disorder (not open access)
The clinical phenomenology of males with MPD: A report of 21 cases
Analysis of demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with dissociative identity disorder
Possession experiences in dissociative identity disorder: a preliminary study (not open access)
Alter Types
Therapeutic Hazards of Treating Child Alters as Real Children in Dissociative Identity Disorder
Therapeutic Alliance with Abuser Alters in Dissociative Identity Disorder
Internal self helpers of persons with multiple personality disorder
Issues in consultation for treatments with distressed activated abuser/protector self-states in dissociative identity disorder (not open access)
Animal alters: case reports
Introjection and dissociative identity disorder: a case report
Introject and identity: Structural-interpersonal analysis and psychological assessment of multiple personality disorder (not open access)
Opposite-gender identity states in Dissociative Identity Disorder: psychodynamic insights into a subset of same-sex behavior and attractions (not open access)
Childhood & Adolescent DID
Outpatient Treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder and Allied forms of Dissociative Disorder not Otherwise Specified in Children and Adolescents
Dissociative Identity Disorder Among Adolescents: Prevalence in a University Psychiatric Outpatient Unit
The Scientific Status of Childhood Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Review of Published Research (not open access but you can find a PDF of it if you look it up on Google Scholar)
Child abuse and dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder: the documentation of childhood maltreatment and the corroboration of symptoms
Held in mind, out of awareness. Perspectives on the continuum of dissociated experience, culminating in dissociative identity disorder in children (not open access)
Dissociative disorders in children: Behavioral profiles and problems (not open access)
Diagnostic evaluation of the child with dissociative identity disorder/multiple personality disorder
Clinical phenomenology of child and adolescent dissociative disorders
Confirmation of childhood abuse in child and adolescent cases of multiple personality disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified
High psychiatric comorbidity in adolescents with dissociative disorders
Long-term outcome and prognosis of dissociative disorder with onset in childhood or adolescence
Treatment for childhood and adolescent dissociation: A systematic review
Adolescent inpatients' history of abuse and dissociative identity disorder (not open access)
DID Across Cultures
Gender and Racial Variability of Dissociative Identity Disorder Symptoms in an International Sample
Prevalence of dissociative identity disorder among psychiatric outpatients in different cultural groups
A Schema Therapy approach to complex dissociative disorder in a cross-cultural setting: a single case study
The Scope of Dissociative Disorders: An International Perspective
Structured interview data on 35 cases of dissociative identity disorder in Turkey (not open access)
Dissociative Identity Disorders in Korea: Two Recent Cases
Trauma and dissociation in a Chinese-American sample
Working with Chinese trauma survivors with dissociation: Lessons from two cases in Macao (not open access)
Current status of multiple personality disorder in India (not open access)
Multiple personality disorder - A case report from Northern India
Multiple personality disorder in the Netherlands: A clinical investigation of 71 patients
Dissociative disorders in black South Africans: A report on five cases
Dissociative disorders in Japan: A pilot study with the dissociative experience scale and a semi-structured interview
Multiple personality disorder in Puerto Rico: analysis of fifteen cases
Links to studies on various co-occurring conditions within DID and dissociation, including suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury.
General Comorbidity
Dissociative Identity Disorder and Its Relationship with Other Diagnoses
Dissociative identity disorder and dissociative symptoms in people with gender incongruence: a critical review of literature and a case series
Axis-I comorbidity in female patients with dissociative identity disorder and dissociative identity disorder not otherwise specified
The psychiatric comorbidity of dissociative identity disorder: an integrated look
Mood & Anxiety Disorders
Dissociative identity disorder associated with mania and change in handedness
Anxiety sensitivity predicts depression severity in individuals with dissociative identity disorder (not open access)
Anxiety sensitivity predicts depression severity in individuals with dissociative identity disorder
The Effect of Depression on Self-Harm and Treatment Outcome in Patients With Severe Dissociative Disorders
Dissociative depression among women in the community
The bidirectional relationship between depression and dissociation: A longitudinal investigation (not open access)
Electroconvulsive therapy in an adolescent with dissociative identity disorder and depression: a case report
Prevalence and correlates of dissociative symptoms among people with depression
Dissociative symptoms in depressive and anxiety disorders: prevalence and clinical correlates in a real-world outpatient sample
Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Attention‐deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dissociative disorder among abused children
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and dissociative disorder among abused children
A case of dissociative identity disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder comorbidity
Dissociation in autism spectrum disorders: An under-recognized symptom
Management of dissociation in high-functioning autism adolescents
An investigation of dissociative symptoms and related factors in autistic adolescents (not open access)
Eating Disorders & Substance Use
The treatment of dissociative identity disorder in an eating disorder residential treatment setting (not open access)
Dissociative states presenting as an eating disorder (not open access)
Dissociation, abuse and the eating disorders: Evidence from an Australian population (not open access)
Dissociative Experiences and Trauma in Eating Disorders
Dissociative identity disorder and substance abuse: the forgotten relationship (not open access)
Dissociative disorders among inpatients with drug or alcohol dependency (not open access)
The Role of Psychoactive Drugs in the Onset of Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Comparative Study of Alcohol and Drug Abusers
Dissociation, PTSD, and Substance Abuse: An Empirical Study
Psychotic Disorders
Auditory hallucinations in dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia with and without a childhood trauma history: Similarities and differences
Dissociation and psychosis in dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia
Association Between Psychotic and Dissociative Symptoms: Further Investigation Using Network Analysis
Dissociation and Psychosis in Dissociative Identity Disorder and Schizophrenia (not open access)
Psychotic symptoms in complex dissociative disorders
Dissociation, Dissociative Disorders and Partial Psychosis
Auditory hallucinations in dissociative identity disorder and schizophrenia with and without a childhood trauma history: similarities and differences (not open access)
The Relationship Between Dissociation and Symptoms of Psychosis: A Meta-analysis
Personality Disorders
Co-occurrence of dissociative identity disorder and borderline personality disorder (not open access)
Comparing the symptoms and mechanisms of "dissociation" in dissociative identity disorder and borderline personality disorder
Three cases of dissociative identity disorder and co-occurring borderline personality disorder treated with dynamic deconstructive psychotherapy
Case Report: Anomalous Experience in a Dissociative Identity and Borderline Personality Disorder
Childhood trauma history and dissociative experiences among Turkish men diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder
Dissociation in antisocial personality disorder and psychopathy: review of the literature (not open access)
The relationship between self-mutilation, aggression, childhood trauma history and dissociative experiences in antisocial personality disorder (not open access)
Narcissism, a relational aspect of dissociation
A new insight into borderline and narcissistic dissociative experience: the mentalization of attachment trauma (not open access)
The intricate role of dissociation in the relations between childhood maltreatment, self-objectification, and narcissism (not open access)
Defense Mechanisms in Schizotypal, Borderline, Antisocial, and Narcissistic Personality Disorders
Schizoidia in schizophrenia spectrum and personality disorders: Role of dissociation
Personality disorder traits, maladaptive schemas, modes and coping styles in participants with complex dissociative disorders, borderline personality disorder and avoidant personality disorder
Why dissociation and schizotypy overlap: The joint influence of fantasy proneness, cognitive failures, and childhood trauma
Relationship between Dissociative Experiences and Schizotypal Personality Traits: Mediating Role of Inferential Confusion
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
Dissociative symptoms and dissociative disorders comorbidity in obsessive compulsive disorder: Symptom screening, diagnostic tools and reflections on treatment
Dissociative experiences in obsessive-compulsive disorder and trichotillomania: clinical and genetic findings (not open access)
Dissociation in skin picking disorder and trichotillomania
Obsessive-compulsive symptoms and dissociative experiences: Suggested underlying mechanisms and implications for science and practice
The relationship between obsessive-compulsive symptoms and dissociation: a systematic review and meta-analysis (not open access)
Dissociative symptoms in patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder (not open access)
Symptom subtypes of obsessive-compulsive disorder and their relation to dissociation (not open access)
Are trauma and dissociation related to treatment resistance in patients with obsessive–compulsive disorder?
Suicidality & NSSI
Dissociative disorders and suicidality in psychiatric outpatients (not open access)
Frequency and characteristics of suicide attempts in dissociative identity disorders: A 12-month follow-up study in psychiatric outpatients in Switzerland (not open access)
Dissociative identity disorder presenting as a suicide attempt or drug overdose: A case report
The link between dissociation and both suicide attempts and non-suicidal self-injury: Meta-analyses (not open access)
Multidimensional perspective of dissociation and suicide-related outcomes: A Meta-analysis and systematic review
Self-Injury and Suicide Attempt in Relation with Trauma and Dissociation among Adolescents with Dissociative and Non-Dissociative Disorders
Six completed suicides in dissociative identity disorder patients: Clinical observations (not open access)
Dissociative, depressive, and PTSD symptom severity as correlates of nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidality in dissociative disorder patients
Neuroanatomical Predictors of Suicidality in Women with Dissociative Identity Disorder
Establishing safety with patients with dissociative identity disorder
Suicide and parasuicide in multiple personality disorder (not open access)
Risk of suicidal acts in patients with dissociative disorder: a population-based cohort study
Other
Dissociation and its biological and clinical associations in functional neurological disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis
Self-Reported Sleep Disturbances in Patients with Dissociative Identity Disorder and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and How They Relate to Cognitive Failures and Fantasy Proneness
oh you want your daily supply of daydreams? ok so first up we got you are gods favourite person. not that one? ok next is uhhhh you Are God . not that one either?? ok ummmm how about you are a famous celebrity. no???? ok fine just take your stupid fictional characters damn
having high cognitive empathy with npd is so funny because its like Yeah i intrinsically understand why you act and feel the way you do because it makes logical sense but . do i gaf? no not really
i hate learning new things from the beginning. why am i not immediately good at this ? why should i need to learn? Is this reflective of my overall worth as a person? if i do not pick it up quickly does that make me a useless and worthless idiot? and the answer is Yes
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✦ Resources/Miscellaneous
Avoidant Personality Disorder - Etiology, Epidemiology, treatment/management, and more!
Comorbid Disorders
AvPD shoutout (Positivity)
System AvPD positivity
✦ About AvPD
What is AvPD
An introduction to AvPD and Diagnostic criteria
An AvPD checklist
AvPD: Traits and triggers
AvPD; Causes, statistics, signs, symptoms & side effects
✦ Recovery Resources
Challenging negative thoughts
8 simple tips to help overcome loneliness
10 tips on how to work through feelings of social isolation
Recovering from isolation
Recovering from isolation and making friends
Therapy information for AvPD
✦ AvPD safe blogs/Informational Blogs
@avpdcommunity
@avpdculture
@avpdvoidspace
@avpdpossum
@an-actual-real-live-eevee
@avoidantcoyote (Inactive, but does provide information/resources)
@cluster-c-pds-culture-is
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