Why do fictives have backstories and memories that never happened to the body? Learn how fictive memories can carry real emotions and meaning...
Someone submitted this question to CommuniDID: Their alter is completely blind in their inner world and seems to affect the body’s eyesight when she’s close to the front. She wants to...
Childhood trauma can make it difficult to identify or express your needs. Learn how ignoring your needs can develop as a survival strategy...
Learn why hope for an abusive or neglectful parent to change can persist into adulthood and why letting go of that hope can bring profound grief...
Learn how noise, lighting, movement, seating, and other environmental factors can send threat or safety signals to your nervous system after trauma...
Learn how interdependence differs from codependence and hyper-independence and how healthy relationships can include both autonomy and connection...
Learn how childhood abuse or neglect can teach conditional self-worth and why old standards about performance, approval, and mistakes may continue into adulthood...
Learn how contextual cues such as places, people, music, and activities may influence switching or bring different DID or OSDD parts closer to the front...
Learn why constant threat monitoring from hypervigilance uses mental resources and can leave you exhausted, even when you haven’t done much physically...