Erin Rackham, PhD
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Erin Arie :
There’s a lot of info out there about people being diagnosed with more overt versions of did and osdd, but I would really like something to focus more on someone discovering it when it’s much more covert and battling with the constant denial that comes from not having some of those more obvious markers of the disorder. And maybe haven’t been hospitalized multiple times but have muddled through and can’t point back to a hospitalization to help them come to terms with the fact that they really have the disorder. I think that’s more common than we realize but no one seems to write about that experience
2026-08-06 13:59:39
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Sandra Collins :
I was very functional for years until I wasn't. I would love to read a story ir someones story who talks about what it is like to be "normal "in the world and then having your world turned upside down by the disorder. Then how you come back from that.
2026-08-06 19:38:05
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Lariat :
How to discover yourself and how to cope is extremely helpful for people, peer reviewing stuff is extremely valuable.
2026-08-06 05:31:59
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Ellie Reed :
I think dissociation disorder is still linked to schizophrenia and I’d love to see these de-coupled 💜💜
2026-08-06 14:52:22
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carlycantdeal :
i think memoir informed by clinical expertise sounds like a great idea. personal testimony is always way more helpful to me than reading about things from a distanced clinical perspective. i think people want to know that there are people with academic expertise who also have first hand experience with mental illness
2026-08-06 06:30:21
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CassM.🏳️🌈Author🏳️🌈 :
we recently started writing/publishing sapphic romance novels with systems as the love interests as a way to not only help destigmatize did for singlets but to also offer some (mostly) accurate representation without all the harmful stereotypes seen in what little main stream media rep exists. as far as we're concerned any positive portrayal of systemhood is what's desperately needed...
2026-08-07 18:47:01
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The.Kintsugi.System :
How your experience of therapy can look like vs for the person in front of you. I was misdiagnosed because my therapist thought I was denying some stuff he was underlying to me, without realizing it was another part active that I was not aware on my side at the same time that I was there. So he was invalidating me while I was doing the same for him. Because it was like having a three party conversation while two boddies are in the room. So I guess, how to better navigate communication or how to better word certains situations. Because if not, it can lead to denial, invalidation, resistance or even destroy/rupture in the therapeutic alliance ; mostly for therapists who are not used to DID or have their first clients/patients. Ahhhh and a part to better identify dissociative behaviour and to ALWAYS assess the level of it before giving a diagnosis, because it can be a huge factor in the dx differential
2026-08-06 20:39:26
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☁️ Claudia ☁️ :
We need more DID specific books!! From first hand accounts & it’s a mega bonus to the field that you are also a professional. There’s still so much myth and stigma around DID 😔
2026-08-06 08:47:28
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jazminebellTheTraumaPapers :
More personal stories, as they are the most relatable.
2026-08-06 04:53:28
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ia3 🍉 :
I have cptsd and struggle with dissociation and I think a memoir esq book where you describe how it showed up for u since childhood and unpacking that and how you’ve learned to heal what u can heal and cope with what is permanent, I think you already have an incredible framework to move forward with
2026-08-06 06:25:36
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MelodyAnna 🇨🇦🎹🇨🇦 :
Just your own experience in detail and how you coped and how that coping has evolved over time. I wouldn't stress about the clinical take. Its so broad anyway. id juat go to a purely clinical book for a clinical take. I'm interested in your lived experience.
2026-08-06 04:54:56
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voice (r)evolution :
my Parts are so excited for your writing journey! We have questions about the spectrum of dissociation and how having aphantasia and not hearing an internal dialogue (unless I deeply slow down to notice who is in the driver's seat and what they're thinking/feeling) plays into how Parts have stored memory
2026-08-06 12:46:32
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Shield Collective!!! :
Maybe you could do a google survey link we could all answer?
2026-08-06 18:57:51
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Ani: AuDHD Coach :
I would love to know what might be noticed by others and how to help. I sought therapy for what what I now know as dissociative autistic masking. I developed very unhealthy coping mechanisms to cope with what they kept telling me was just “anxiety”. So therapy did fuck all for 15 years. I had to learn about it from ppl on tt/insta and then go find an EMDR therapist who could help me with my experiences. But I had to know it all first to say “this is what I needed help with”. But it was dissociation!! I wasn’t even in my body half the time?! I was burning out to the point of almost death. I reached out for help so many times but felt constantly failed by therapists in general.
2026-08-06 11:21:31
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June Joy :
“If you’ve met one system, you’ve met one system”. As a fellow therapist with DID, I am also working on a book about living a “functional” life. I would (personally) encourage you to do the memoir with clinical experience. I think we have a very unique perspective that this society needs. Best of luck, can’t wait to read it!
2026-08-07 17:22:23
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hidden0way :
Hello, I have D.I.D. and i would love to see a memoir!
2026-08-06 08:08:03
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BluSpiral Phoenix System :
More info on working through trauma with each alter self, not just the presenting ones. Because so many can hold aspects of the trauma and be affected by it and reacting to it without realizing
2026-08-07 02:35:12
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Charlie_en_Co :
I would love an explanation about how/why some people with DID don't have a 'core' personality. We don't have 1 alter who is the 'core'. And it's a struggle when therapists think that the alter with our legal name, is 'the original/core' and therefore should be around most often or is the only one who can do work in therapy
2026-08-06 07:17:47
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Prismatic Visions 🌈 Pet Art :
Survival in the trenches. So much advice before you can seek treatment are reliant on privilege or resources that simply don’t exist for many.
2026-08-28 08:17:38
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mims1sland :
one thing for me personally is where the distinction between clinical dissociation to regular - e.g parts therapy suggests everyone has parts how’s that different or not so different to DID. I think that dissociative disorders are completely under diagnosed or misdiagnosed and potentially so many more people have it, even outside clinical settings. How can this understanding of structural dissociation apply to non-clinical trauma experiences
2026-08-27 19:28:44
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user6750093406853 :
I wish there was more conversation about how much it sucks to never be alone. and how ocd is a load bearing pillar in a lot of systems.
2026-08-22 22:32:06
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Tarese Estelle & Co :
I def like the combination of both - it’s kind of what I’ve wanted to do with my journey. Mine would be mostly personal, intertwined with my own learning and realisations. I do love books that intertwine both (in a variety of topics, not just DID)
2026-08-06 09:28:01
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