“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve to be heard and recognised, not stigmatised.” Mental HealthMental IllnessDissociative Identity DisorderStigmaDissociationMultiplicityMultiple Personality DisorderMental Health StigmaDissociative DisorderDissociative DisordersMental Health ProfessionalsMental Health BiasMental Health SystemAnti StigmaMental Health ProblemsNot Being HeardStigmatised Book:Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices Source: Living with the Reality of Dissociative Identity Disorder: Campaigning Voices
“DID survivors are failed twice: once at the initial point of their abuse/trauma and again when the system fails to acknowledge their needs, even doubting their diagnosis if they have been fortunate enough to obtain one. This cannot be right in the twenty-first century.” PsychiatryDissociative Identity DisorderAbuse SurvivorsMental Health StigmaDissociative DisorderAbuse RecoveryMisdiagnosisInvalidationMental Health Problems Author:Joan Coleman