Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices

ISBN-13: 9781782201342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 150 str.

Xenia Bowlby; Deborah Briggs

Opis

This book is the product of a Campaign Day which was organized to raise awareness of Dissociative Identity Disorder ('DID'). The Paracelsus Trust undertook to bring people together, and individuals were enabled to tell their story to the audience. As this had been a profoundly moving experience, it was decided to put the presentations into a book and hence this publication. The book recounts some painful personal experiences and some ideas for ways forward, always recognizing the pain of the condition and the abuse that precedes it.

The Paracelsus Trust is a Charity which exists to support people with DID who are in receipt of services from the Clinic for Dissociative Studies. The Trust has undertaken the work to bring the book to publication. Most of the authors are active in this or other supportive organizations. The Campaign Day enabled all of those involved to recognize the progress that has been made in recognition of the condition and the possibilities for the future. It has long been either ignored or misunderstood. Bringing people with experience together in the same room and then writing a book which will be available for many has demonstrated a coherent approach that can only be helpful. The disintegration experienced by sufferers hinders collective working and it is hoped that this publication will encourage others to speak out, as well as facilitate more understanding in the wider community.

Spis treści

Foreword -- Introduction -- The art of Kim Noble -- Spiritual aspects of DID -- Reading, writing, and reeling -- The role of friends in recovery -- Satanic Ritual Abuse (the painful truth) -- Personal and societal denial -- Living with DID -- Back to normal? Surviving life with dissociation -- Living well is the best revenge -- Medical aspects of recognising complex dissociative disorders -- How far have we come?

O autorze

Bowlby, Xenia