Personal blogs about living with dissociative disorders

The following blog posts are written by people with personal experience of dissociative disorders. By talking openly, our bloggers hope to increase understanding around mental health, break down stereotypes and take the taboo out of something that – like physical health – affects us all.

Find out more about dissociative disorders from Mind.

'Split' review

, January 26, 2017

When the first trailer for 'Split' was released back in September, I was filled with dread. A ‘horror’ film, based on dissociative identity disorder (DID), the mental illness that I’ve battled with every single day for the past eight years. The whole DID community shared my concerns and protested the release of the film. However, a world renowned director, actor and production from Universal Studios meant the film was majorly anticipated with lots of hype.

What my stigmatising and supportive experiences have taught me

August 10, 2015

Memory is a fickle thing; if I need to remember to buy washing powder from Sainsburys then there is a 100% chance of me completely forgetting it. On at least three consecutive occasions. Before I give up completely and buy it online. On the other hand there's the trivial things that stay with you decades later. Here are two that have stuck with me across the years:

Why I will never stop loving and supporting my friend

July 13, 2015

My best friend and I had a running joke that we would moan about things - it started off little things but gradually I noticed the moans got more frequent and less jokey.Mu's blog At one point I read over our messages and noticed that she only said negative things. I was concerned and brought it up with her; she was not aware she was being so negative and insisted she was fine.

Mental health stigma means people often cope in silence

November 28, 2014

I have had mental health problems for a large percentage of my life, beginning when I was in my early teens.Vikki's Blog It wasn’t until recently that I was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder, depression and anxiety and dissociative disorder.

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