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One but Also Many: Living Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder

One but Also Many: Living Life with Dissociative Identity Disorder

Wyn
Jess King, University of Nebraska Medical Center

Description

Book synopsis

I was diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID, formerly multiple personality disorder) and feared that my life as I had known it was over. Now I am embracing a lifestyle called ‘functional multiplicity.’ This means that I have different, distinct personality states (called alters), but we work together as a cohesive team. This is the story of how I grew to love all parts of myself, and I hope that by sharing my story I can make the world a safer and more understanding place for people like me.

About Wyn

Senior Patient Access Associate at Nebraska Medicine*

*Position at the time of the recording.