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Freshwater is one of my favourite books but I'm always scared to read reviews of it because so many of them (even 5 star reviews) contain inaccurate and even harmful language about dissociative disorders like DID/OSDD
Please do enough research to check your reviews for ableism
Please do enough research to check your reviews for ableism
In case you need a bit of help working out where to start with that research, I'm going to add some resources to this thread!
Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I'm a singlet but willing to put in the time/emotional energy on behalf of the systems I love.
Also, if you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I'm a singlet but willing to put in the time/emotional energy on behalf of the systems I love.
DID and OSDD are trauma-based dissociative disorders.
DID = Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder).
OSDD = Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (previously known as DDNOS).
More common terms to know: https://www.instagram.com/p/CByzSWZJoDt/
DID = Dissociative Identity Disorder (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder).
OSDD = Other Specified Dissociative Disorder (previously known as DDNOS).
More common terms to know: https://www.instagram.com/p/CByzSWZJoDt/
There are lots of wonderful systems out there making educational content about DID & OSDD - e.g. Multiplicity & Me (a.k.a Jess, Jake, Jamie, Ed and Oliver)!
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MultiplicityAndMe/
Twitter: @multiplicityand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multiplicityandme/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/MultiplicityAndMe/
Twitter: @multiplicityand
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/multiplicityandme/
Specifically r.e. Freshwater, please remember that it's an autobiographical novel - you can learn a lot from Akwaeke Emezi's own words!
e.g. their upcoming autobiography, Dear Senthuran: https://www.akwaeke.com/dear-senthuran
Also their interviews + this recent thread: https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1379164624218681347
e.g. their upcoming autobiography, Dear Senthuran: https://www.akwaeke.com/dear-senthuran
Also their interviews + this recent thread: https://twitter.com/azemezi/status/1379164624218681347
This website has a lot of information r.e. scientific research on dissociative disorders (with emphasis on DID) for those who find that useful, e.g. these pages on structural dissociation theory: https://did-research.org/origin/structural_dissociation/
Documentaries:
All of Me (25 mins long):
What It's Like To Live With Dissociative Identity Disorder (1 hour long):
All of Me (25 mins long): What It's Like To Live With Dissociative Identity Disorder (1 hour long):
Adding some more OSDD to this thread... Nat Puff (Left at London) has OSDD-1b, which is like DID but with less/no dissociative amnesia.
Here's her thread about how writing the song "6 Feet" helped her to reach that diagnosis: https://twitter.com/LeftAtLondon/status/1248869575749332993
Here's her thread about how writing the song "6 Feet" helped her to reach that diagnosis: https://twitter.com/LeftAtLondon/status/1248869575749332993
Next up, terms to avoid.
"Multiple personalities" is outdated, inaccurate, and associated with a lot of stigma against DID/OSDD.
"Personalities" = alters
"Has multiple personalities" = has alters/is a system/is multiple/has a dissociative disorder
"Multiple personalities" is outdated, inaccurate, and associated with a lot of stigma against DID/OSDD.
"Personalities" = alters
"Has multiple personalities" = has alters/is a system/is multiple/has a dissociative disorder
"Plural" and "plurality" are also terms to avoid - see he tweet below.
DID and OSDD1 are traumagenic (resulting from trauma).
Endogenic = people who believe they are systems without trauma https://twitter.com/FUGlOMIS/status/1380967408639217666?s=19
DID and OSDD1 are traumagenic (resulting from trauma).
Endogenic = people who believe they are systems without trauma https://twitter.com/FUGlOMIS/status/1380967408639217666?s=19
(I forgot to define "singlet" before now even though I said that I am a singlet, oops
Singlet = person who is not part of a system)
Singlet = person who is not part of a system)
