DID/OSDD Casually Explained: Masterpost
Here is a list of all my Casual Explanations about DID/OSDD. Please note that these are specific to the experiences of DID/OSDD and should not be attributed to anything else.
My casual explanations are a combination of academic research, personal experience, and community feedback. I am not a professional. I’m simply a person with dissociated parts, one of whom enjoys doing research. A lot.
If you would like to repost my work elsewhere, please include a link back to this post so others can see my sources!
DID/OSDD Casually Explained posts:
How Alters/Parts are Experienced Internally
Splits in Established Systems
One Person’s Experience of Having Dissociated Parts
Understanding Dissociated Parts:
Part 1: Belief and Appearance
Part 2: All About Introjects
The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization by Onno van der Hart
Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart
Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart
Treating Adult Survivors of Childhood Emotional Abuse and Neglect: Component-Based Psychotherapy by Hopper, Grossman, Spinazzola, and Zucker
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors: Overcoming Internal Self-Alienation by Janina Fisher
The Treatment of Structural Dissociation in Chronically Traumatized Patients by Janina Fisher (pdf)
International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (2011): Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults, Third Revision
Trauma-related Structural Dissociation of the Personality by Ellert Nijenhuis, Onno van der Hart, & Kathy Steele
PODS (Positive Outcomes for Dissociative Survivors)