Irena mainly speaks about how alters can identify as a different gender and biological sex than the body, as well as seeing themselves as a shapeshifter or perceiving their appearances differently even as a human alter.

Note: I am not a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Everything we say in this podcast is what works for us and the other people we know who claims what works for them. If you are in a crisis, call your local helpline for professional assistance. Please listen to this podcast at your own discretion and take good care of yourself. 

Links for further reading:

A person with DID's experience of Gender

Opposite-Gender Alters

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Jenessa gives listeners a very simple overview of non-human alters in the episode.

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Troubleley shares common community terms used for DID and OSDD-1 alter ages, explains its concepts and lists potential reasons why they may result in it.

Note: I am not a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Everything we say in this podcast is what works for us and the other people we know who claims what works for them. If you are in a crisis, call your local helpline for professional assistance. Please listen to this podcast at your own discretion and take good care of yourself.

A helpful article on different types of common alter roles + alters aged under 20: Dissociative Identity Disorder Alter Roles + Functions Master List | Freya J.

Veritas returns to DIDebunk to share another five of the basic alter roles that are commonly used in the DID and OSDD community.

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Veritas returns to DIDebunk to share five of the basic alter roles that are commonly used in the DID and OSDD community.

Note: I am not a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Everything we say in this podcast is what works for us and the other people we know who claims what works for them. If you are in a crisis, call your local helpline for professional assistance. Please listen to this podcast at your own discretion and take good care of yourself.

Simple Definitions

Host: an alter who shows up the most to the external world

Protector: an alter who shields the body and/or other alters from harm

Caretaker: an alter who looks after someone internally and/or externally

Holder: an alter who carries something that other alters are detached towards

Core: an alter who represented the whole before splitting off into alters (controversial)

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Sapphire extends on the scientific information about DID and OSDD from episodes 1 and 2, talks about the statistics on DID and OSDD, describes how DID is different from schizophrenia and borderline personality disorder. She states how OSDD-1 is one of the four subtypes of OSDD, and outlined the diagnostic criteria for DID.

Note: I am not a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Everything we say in this podcast is what works for us and the other people we know who claims what works for them. If you are in a crisis, call your local helpline for professional assistance. Please listen to this podcast at your own discretion and take good care of yourself.

Research links for this episode

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Veritas shares the traumatic roots of DID and OSDD-1, and listed 2 commonly used perspectives on how alters come to be.

Note: We are not a therapist, psychologist or psychiatrist. Everything we say in this podcast is what works for us and the other people we know who claim what works for them. If you are in a crisis, call your local helpline for professional assistance. Please listen to this podcast at your own discretion and take good care of yourself.

Links for further reading:

Dissociative Identity Disorder: What Causes DID? | Psych Central

Dissociative Identity Disorder - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf (nih.gov)

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Onnida introduces the concept of DID (dissociative identity disorder) and OSDD-1 (other specified dissociative disorders subtype 1), describes their relative positions within the category of dissociative disorders in the DSM-5, outlines symptoms for both of them, and shares briefly of her own experiences when mentioning alters as a characteristic. 

Veritas's disclaimer was recorded ahead of time. It does not mean that switching and grounding has happened immediately after it was done.

LINKS to articles related to DID and OSDD-1 (with alters):

⁠3 Main Dissociative Disorders by the NHS

⁠⁠Symptoms of DID by PsychCentral⁠⁠

OSDD-1 symptoms in relation to DDNOS-1 by Trauma Dissociation.com

⁠⁠DID versus OSDD-1 by DID Research.org⁠

LINKS to articles related to other dissociative symptoms:⁠

Dissociative Amnesia (DA): Deeply Buried Memories by HealthyPlace

⁠⁠Depersonalisation-Derealisation (DPDR) by Psychology Today 

⁠⁠Dissociative Fugue (within DA) by Healthline ⁠

DIDebunk does not own the copyright or claims to any of those materials, nor do the materials substitute for any professional help. 

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Veritas gives you a summary of the series' aim and what she strives to achieve in the series.