This podcast had me teary from the start! Rhonda Macken is an author, composer and musical educator from Sydney, Australia.  Through her moving and uplifting memoir Hope Street and her album Flight: A Musical Mosaic, Rhonda reveals how the creative arts can be used to process and heal from childhood trauma and Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

 

Rhonda and I dispel the idea that DID is a form of insanity, but rather a sane way to cope with horrific trauma. Rhonda is a testament to human resilience after facing unimaginable childhood trauma at the hands of her father, a returned WW2 veteran. We take you through the journey from those childhood experiences to creating multiple personalities as a protection mechanism .

 

Rhonda began to experience unprecedented bouts of anxiety and frustration but was unsure why. It was upon meeting Libby, an amazing therapist who understood DID that the real healing begun. Rhonda talks about never been medicated, where her love of art, music and writing became instrumental to her ability to accept their past and move forward.

 

Rhonda is now a 70 year old Wife, Mother and Grandmother and using her story to help educate others, firstly to remove the stigma that surrounds DID and that recovery is a real possibility for those in similar circumstances.

 

This podcast is for those who want to understand DID,  as a self preservation mechanism whereby the brain compartmentalises to help protect oneself from experiencing ongoing trauma.

 

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