Books

Got Parts?

Got Parts? was written by a survivor of DID in association with her therapist and therapy group. This book is filled with successful coping techniques and strategies to enhance the day-to-day functioning of adult survivors of DID in relationships, work, parenting, self-confidence, and self-care. Got Parts will help you introduce yourself to your internal family and improve its communication, integration, and well-being. Although written to carefully avoid triggering, it delivers well-grounded guidelines for living that DID people need to do on the way to recovery. Coping strategies included help you with issues related to triggers, flashbacks, and body memories. Got Parts also includes a detailed list of outside resources you can draw on. This book is intended to be used in conjunction with a therapist and is not a substitute for therapy. Once thought of as a rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosity, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) is now understood to be a fairly common outcome of severe trauma in young children most typically extreme and repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse, and often lack of attachment. Formerly called Multiple Personality Disorder, DID is a condition in which a person has two or more distinct identities or personality states that recurrently take control of the person's consciousness and behavior. Symptoms can include depression, mood swings, panic or anxiety attacks, substance abuse, memory loss, propensity for trances, sleep and eating disorders, distrust, detachment, lack of self-care, and distress or impairment at work.
Amazon Link:Got Parts?

Applications

Some useful apps to use as a system is Simply Plural, Pluralkit (a bot for Discord), and Mytter (a note taking App that allows you to have different people listed as saying things which helps with communication, there are quite a few of these kinds of apps and any will help)

Additional Resources


More than One
Plurality Resource
Building Headspaces
Global Hotlines
Amnesia and Timeloss DID 101
Switching in Dissociative Identity Disorder DID 101
Co-con and Co-front DID 101
Setting Rules and Boundaries in Your System
OSDD
About Multiplicity
System Safety
New Alter Help
Plurality Help Hub

Helpful Youtube Channels


Multiplicity And Me
The Rings System Good resource for the differences between OSDD and DID
DissociaDID Note: While this creator has had some controversy their actual educational videos are well made with research and information. System in a Box does not endorse any of the drama that happens within the community and only lists this as a good educational resource