This video explores one of the most common fears for people with DID or OSDD: “If I don’t remember the trauma, how can this be real?” You’ll learn how trauma affects memory storage, why nonverbal memories matter, and why the absence of clear memories doesn’t mean the absence of trauma.
Safety is the key condition for recovery from DID and complex trauma. Without safe living circumstances, the nervous system stays in survival mode, protectors won’t let go of old strategies, and healing stalls. This video explains why unsafe environments make recovery so difficult and why finding safety is the first step on the healing journey.
DID doesn’t arise by chance. One of the most important circumstances that shapes it is the experience of scared or scary caretakers. This video explains why caretakers are so critical for babies, how unpredictable or unsafe caretakers create a no-win survival dilemma, and how dissociation and parts can develop as a way to cope.
This video introduces the Structural Dissociation model as a beginner-friendly way to understand your system. All alters fit into one of two categories: everyday life alters who manage daily living, and emotional parts who hold trauma defenses. Using this model can make a confusing system feel more understandable and less overwhelming.
What is blending? It’s when another part’s feelings, thoughts, or urges spill into your own experience. This video explains Dr. Janina Fisher’s five-step method for unblending, so you can create gentle separation and respond with more stability and care for your parts.
Many people don’t realize they have DID until adulthood, when symptoms like time loss or alters seem to appear suddenly. This video explains why DID is always formed in childhood, how symptoms can stay hidden for years, and what triggers—like stress, trauma reminders, or your children reaching your abuse age—can suddenly activate your system.
Trauma therapy often follows a three-phase model known as the tri-phasic approach. Phase one builds safety and regulation skills, phase two carefully processes traumatic memories, and phase three helps survivors adjust to life after trauma. This video explains each phase and why therapy may cycle through them, offering a clear roadmap for DID and trauma recovery.
Discover videos that explain what alters are in DID, how they form through neural networks, and why they develop as part of the brain’s survival response.
What is trauma, and how does it connect to DID? Trauma occurs when the nervous system is overwhelmed with helplessness and fear. For children—who have fewer ways to cope—abuse and neglect are especially devastating. DID develops as a survival response to repeated relational trauma in childhood, especially when no supportive caregiver is available to help process what happened.
DID systems can have a few alters or over a hundred. This video explains what the number of alters means, why it can change, and how it affects recovery.