December 2023
The sensationalized conceptualization of DID
When a DID diagnosis was first put on the table for me, I thought there was no way that I could have this disorder. It sounds, quite frankly, fantastical. There is a common narrative of one having “multiple people living in the same body” which dominates the representation of this disorder online, in the media, and even in most therapeutic spaces. In reality, that is only one conceptualization of this disorder, and is not what I personally subscribe to.
autism conceptualization culture DID identity language narrative
15 minutes
April 2023
Have you thought about how you conceptualize your internal experience, or the language you use to describe it? I personally hadn’t given either much thought until I learned I had DID. Since then, I’ve had a long journey of learning to understand how I operate, which has required me to think deeply about how to convey my experiences to others who likely do not operate in the same way that I do.
conceptualization DID language
6 minutes