Resources

Disclaimer: The inclusion of any resource here does not indicate the author's endorsement of the resource nor of its contents. The author cannot guarantee positive, safe, or healthy experiences with the forums listed.

Informational

• International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D): Information for the general public, for survivors and their loved ones, and for professionals. Also offers training and conferences and has a resource for finding therapists
• Trauma Information Pages: Academic articles regarding trauma and dissociation from a variety of authors
• Jim Hopper: Contains extensive information about child abuse, sexual abuse of males, and recovered memories, among other topics
• PODS/Carolyn Spring: General and specific articles and information for those with DID/OSDD, their supporters, clinicians, and the general public
• Discussing Dissociation: The blog of a therapist who treats DID/OSDD. Very friendly and accepting tone, discusses a large range of relevant issues, accepts input from survivors
• Beauty After Bruises: Information on complex PTSD and posttraumatic dissociative disorders. Also helps survivors to locate treatment and offers treatment grants to survivors in the United States
• Teach Trauma: Contains information about trauma, posttraumatic stress, and dissociation as well as resources to help educators and students teach others about trauma; managed by Dr. Bethany Brand
• The CTAD Clinic: The YouTube channel of the Complex Trauma and Dissociation Clinic, managed by Dr. Mike Lloyd. Regularly uploads informational videos on topics ranging from DID/OSDD to therapy processes
• Healthy Place: Contains general articles, videos, and conference transcripts about DID/OSDD as well as articles by individuals who have or had DID

Informational And Forum

• System Speak: A series of audio-only content about Emma's healing journey, DID/OSDD, and information from professional guests. Also has a community, with additional community options for paid members
• Dissociative Initiative: Provides very positive and optimistic yet helpful and informative information on a variety of topics related to dissociation and multiplicity. Does not have a forum but does have a Facebook group
• First Person Plural: Personal stories, advice, general information, questions, and answers as well as games, puzzles, jokes, and poems through the newsletter archives. Offers private forum access; however, the charity is retiring, and it is unclear if the forum will continue
• Mosaic Minds: Informational links on various topics in the "Reading Room." Contains a forum with both publicly visible and hidden sections, moderate in size but very low in activity
  

Forums

• iSurvive: Has some resources but mostly functions as a forum for survivors. Has specific subforums for survivors of different types of abuse, male survivors, and survivors with dissociative disorders or PTSD. Relatively strict rules. Some public sections, moderate size
• Psych Forums: Overall health forum with a specific section for those with DID/OSDD, curious about DID/OSDD, or supporting someone with DID/OSDD. Relatively active and large, but public and has high member turnover
• Coping with Dissociative Identity Disorder: Meant for both individuals with DID/OSDD and their supporters. Contains subsections for different ages and needs. Moderate size with low activity, public
• Ivory Gardens: Has information but mostly functions as a forum for survivors. Large and active forum with many specific subsections. However, admin have been accused of slander aimed at skeptics of DID/OSDD as well as random banning of members
• Fort Refuge: Has some information but mostly functions as a forum and chat for survivors. Because it's not solely meant for those with DID/OSDD, those with DID/OSDD might find it a little limiting or overly strict on how it allows alters to express themselves. It's a large and very active forum with many specific subforums, including for religious abuse and male survivors. Currently offline; it's unclear if this is permanent
• Pandora's Project/Aquarium: Has resources and a forum but is aimed at general survivors and not those with DID/OSDD. Relatively large and active forum with specific subforums for survivors of different types of abuse, male survivors, and survivors with PTSD, but only allows the host of DID/OSDD systems to post

Literature: Autobiographical

• "When Rabbit Howls" by Truddi Chase and the Troops. Written by a system that remained a system until their death. It can be graphic and at points blurs inside and outside realities
• "A Fractured Mind: My Life with Multiple Personality Disorder" by Robert B Oxnam. Written by a system that chose to integrate partially but not completely. Avoids giving details about trauma and includes discussions of alter relationships and an inner world
• "First Person Plural: My Life As a Multiple" by Cameron West. Written by a system that chose to integrate partially but not completely. Not overly graphic. Explores the relationships between alters and addresses the impact of West's diagnosis on his family and career
• "The 3 Faces of Eve" by Corbett H. Thigpen and Hervey M. Cleckley; "The Final Face of Eve,"

  "I'm Eve," and "A Mind of My Own" by Chris Costner Sizemore. The first is written about "Eve" by her therapists while the others are all written by different alters of Eve as they struggled to have their full truth known

• "All of Me: How I Learned to Live with the Many Personalities Sharing My Body" by Kim Noble
• "The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder" by Olga Trujillo
• "Breaking Free: My Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder" by Herschel Walker
• "The Flock: The Autobiography of a Multiple Personality" by Joan Frances Casey
• "Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder" by Sarah E. Olson. Addresses both the trauma that created the author's DID and her journey in healing
• "Today I'm Alice: Nine Personalities, One Tortured Mind" by Alice Jamieson. Addresses the trauma that created the author's DID, her life prior to diagnosis, and her long journey to heal and find justice
• "I Am More Than One: How Women with Dissociated Identities Have Found Success in Life and Work" by Jane Hyman. Shares the challenges and triumphs of successful women with DID/OSDD
• "Sybil" by Flora Rheta Schreiber may be best paired with "Sybil Exposed: The Extraordinary Story Behind the Famous Multiple Personality Case" by Debbie Nathan. "Sybil" is supposedly an autobiography of a woman with DID while "Sybil Exposed" supposedly debunks Sybil as a fraud/woman manipulated by her therapist. It is worth noting that numerous inaccuracies and misleading statements have been found in Debbie Nathan's book and it has been disputed by family of Sybil. Additionally, Debbie Nathan has a history of attempting to discard statistics on the prevalence of child abuse as resulting from a "moral panic". As the issue is highly polarized, one should form their own opinion on the truth.

Literature: Informational and Self-Help

• "Amongst Ourselves: A Self-Help Guide to Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder" by Tracy Alderman and Karen Marshell. Written by a survivor-therapist with DID and by a social worker. A self-help/workbook, most helpful for those new to their diagnosis
• "Got Parts? An Insider's Guide to Managing Life Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder" by ATW. Written by a survivor, her therapist, and her support group. Self-help oriented, most helpful for those new to their diagnosis
• "Me, Not-Me, and We: A Lived Experience Workbook for Phased Recovery from Complex and Relational Trauma with Dissociative Identity Response" by Emma Sunshaw. Written by a survivor-therapist with DID. A self-help/workbook, most helpful for those new to their diagnosis
• "Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation: Skills Training for Patients and Therapists" by Suzette Boon, Kathy Steele, and Onno van der Hart. Covers PTSD, OSDD, and DID with an emphasis on parts-based dissociation. Serves as a workbook for skills such as accepting one's diagnosis, improving internal communication, and managing triggers
• "Finding Solid Ground: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Treatment" and "The Finding Solid Ground Program Workbook: Overcoming Obstacles in Trauma Recovery" by

  Bethany L. Brand, Hugo J. Schielke, and Ruth A. Lanius. A clinical guide and companion workbook for survivors of trauma informed by findings about effective treatment from the TOP DD Network study. The former provides an overview of trauma-related and dissociative disorder neurobiology, assessment, impact, and treatment. The latter serves as a workbook for skills such as grounding, safety, and addressing trauma-based thinking

• "The Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook" by Deborah Haddock. This is a more text-heavy resource on DID, but it does additionally contain healing strategies, and it's meant to be accessible to non-clinical audiences
• "Silver Boat" and "The Silver Boat II : The Journey" by Ann Adams. Addresses trauma and DID/OSDD in the fashion of a children's book. May be helpful for child parts. Pro-integration
• "A Different Kind of Super Hero" by Tracy Werner. A book meant to help parents with DID/OSDD to start a conversation with their children about why they sometimes act differently
• "My Mom is Different" by Deborah Sessions and Susan Chalkley. A book meant to help parents with DID/OSDD to start a conversation with their children about their mental health struggles, including therapy, hospitalization, and flashbacks
  
• "Multiple Personality Disorder from the Inside Out" by W Giller. Published by the Sidran Institution and includes contributions from individuals with DID and their supporters
• "Our House: Making Sense of Dissociative Identity Disorder" and "Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Guidebook for Survivors and Practitioners" by Lindsay Schofield and Cassie Herschel-Shorland. These books are intended to explain DID and its origin to both survivors and supporters of all ages, with the latter additionally including resources and activities to assist with self-reflection and treatment
• "The Haunted Self: Structural Dissociation and the Treatment of Chronic Traumatization" by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele. Informational with a focus on the theory of structural dissociation
• "Dissociation and the Dissociative Disorders: DSM-V and Beyond" by Paul F. Dell and John A. O'Neil. Informational with a focus on relatively current understandings and research regarding dissociation
• "The Stranger in the Mirror: Dissociation -- the Hidden Epidemic" by Marlene Steinberg and Maxine Schnall. Informational, about dissociation as normal reactions to stress and as symptoms of dissociative disorders, focuses on DID and includes several case studies
• "Understanding and Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder: A Relational Approach" by Elizabeth F. Howell. Informational with a focus on DID/OSDD and its treatment
• "Treating Trauma-Related Dissociation: A Practical, Integrative Approach" by Onno van der Hart, Ellert R. S. Nijenhuis, and Kathy Steele. Clinician-oriented alternative to "Coping with Trauma-Related Dissociation"
• "Rebuilding Shattered Lives: Treating Complex PTSD and Dissociative Disorders" by James Chu.  Informational and aimed at conveying information about treatment to clinicians
• "Perspectives of Dissociative Identity Response: Ethical, Historical, and Cultural Issues" by Emily Christensen. A collection of edited chapters related to complex trauma, dissociation, and treatment considerations
• "Diagnosis and Treatment of Multiple Personality Disorder" by Frank Putnam. Informational and sheds light of early understanding and treatment of DID/OSDD while giving advice still useful to clinicians today
• "Clinical Perspectives on Multiple Personality Disorder" by Richard P. Kluft, Catherine G. Fine, and George B. Greaves. Like the book above, this informational book provides early perspectives on DID/OSDD and treatment, many of which are still relevant today
  
• "Dissociation in Traumatized Children and Adolescents: Theory and Clinical Interventions" by Sandra Wieland. Uses case studies to illustrate different techniques to treat dissociative youth
• "The Child Survivor: Healing Developmental Trauma and Dissociation" by Joyanna L. Silberg. Another informational book on treating traumatized and dissociative children  
• "Betrayal Trauma: The Logic of Forgetting Childhood Abuse" and "Blind to Betrayal" by Jennifer Freyd. Informational with a focus on how betrayal can lead to dissociative amnesia in the wider context of how betrayal can encourage overlooking or remaining willfully ignorant to harm
• "Witch-Hunt Narrative: Politics, Psychology, and the Sexual Abuse of Children" by Ross Cheit. While not directly about DID/OSDD, this book provides context and refutation of the sociopolitical movement that denies child abuse and its outcomes

Personal Blogs

• Dis-sos: A blog with English and German posts about trauma, dissociation, and DID/OSDD. Both informational and self-help
• Holding My Childhood to Ransom: Personal posts about daily life, multiplicity, and trauma by a system who doesn't consider it beneficial to refer to their system as disordered
• A Multitude of Musings: A blog about autism, activism, PTSD, and DID
• The Sum of My Parts: Contains articles by an attorney and advocate for survivors who's been diagnosed with DID; also the author of "The Sum of My Parts: A Survivor's Story of Dissociative Identity Disorder"
• Living Successfully with Dissociative Identity Disorder: In-depth posts about daily life with DID
• The Road to Understanding Dissociative Identity Disorder and Me!: Personal posts of varying length about daily life with DID
• Life as a Committee: Personal and informal-informational posts about life with DID
  
• Being Emily Living Plural: Personal posts by Emily and some of her alters regarding DID, surviving trauma, and foster care. Some information available from the top bar
  
• Donna Williams: A blog about autism, art, child abuse, DID, cancer, Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, and human rights

YouTube Channels and Podcasts

• The CTAD Clinic: The YouTube channel of the Complex Trauma and Dissociation Clinic, managed by Dr. Mike Lloyd. Regularly uploads informational videos on topics ranging from DID/OSDD to therapy processes
• System Speak: A series of audio-only content about Emma's healing journey, DID/OSDD, and information from professional guests. Also has a community, with additional community options for paid members
• Carol Anne: Vlogs by various alters about therapy, self-advocacy, and daily life
• Tomi Jameson: Vlogs by various alters about a variety of topics related to daily life, DID, trauma, and healing
• Multiplicity and Me: A mix of personal and informational videos, including videos aimed to provide help to those with DID/OSDD and videos meant to raise public awareness
• Donna Williams: Videos about alters, gender identity, integration, and other such topics

Organizations, Hospitals, and Finding Therapists

• International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISST-D): Resource for finding therapists willing to work with trauma and dissociation. International
• Psychology Today (international) and Zen Care (US specific) may also help with finding a therapist who can treat dissociation
• Trauma Disorders Program at Sheppard Pratt: Known for treatment of patients with C-PTSD and dissociative disorders. Also helps to train professionals. Towson, Maryland
• River Oaks: Has a trauma program that addresses dissociation. New Orleans, Louisiana
• Psychiatric Institute of Washington: Has intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization trauma programs that address dissociation. Washington, DC
• McLean: Has both inpatient and outpatient treatment options for trauma survivors and those with dissociative disorders. Belmont, Massachusetts
• Black Bear Lodge: Focuses on dual diagnosis of substance addiction and mental illness, including PTSD and dissociative disorders. Sautee Nacoochee, Georgia
• Transformations Treatment Center: Focuses on dual diagnosis of substance addiction and mental illness, including PTSD and dissociative disorders. Morriston and Delray Beach, Florida
• Bridges to Recovery: Provides residential treatment options for a variety of mental illnesses, including PTSD and dissociative disorders. Beverly Hills, California
• SoCal Empowered: Inpatient treatment for PTSD and dissociative disorders. Orange County, California
• BrightQuest Treatment Center: Residential treatment, including for PTSD and dissociative disorders. San Diego, California and Nashville, Tennessee
• Center for Interpersonal Relationships: Provides assessments and referrals for PTSD and dissociative disorders. Ontario, CA

• Attachment and Trauma Treatment Centre for Healing (ATTCH) Niagara: Individual and group therapies with a focus on trauma. Ontario, CA
  

• Pottergate Center: For finding therapists and assessment. Also offers a training course. UK
• Clinic for Dissociative Studies: Assessments, therapy, professional training and support, lectures and seminars, forensics and court work. UK

• Complex Trauma And Dissociation Clinic: Assessments, therapy, and professional training and support for PTSD and dissociative disorders. UK

• Belmont Private Hospital: Inpatient, day patient, and outpatient treatment for posttraumatic and dissociative disorders. Queensland, AU

• Abbotsford Private Hospital: Inpatient and day patient treatment for posttraumatic and dissociative disorders. Western Australia, AU

• The Hummingbird Centre: Provides various individual and group therapies and is dissociation-informed. New South Wales, AU

Other

• Many Voices: Art and personal stories of survivors, book reviews, and a subscription-based newsletter
• An Infinite Mind: Provides outreach to dissociative individuals, supporters, and treating professionals through a yearly conference and monthly speaker series
• Kim Noble: The art collections of Kim Noble and her alters
• Loving My DID Girls: The blog of a husband to a DID system. Addresses his role in helping his wife to heal from DID as well as topics such as DID and attachment, inner worlds, and relationships between alters
• European Society for Trauma and Dissociation (ESTD): The ESTD no longer has patient-oriented resources available to the general public; however, it does have some publicly available resources that might be helpful for clinicians