Series
Each series offers a focused investigation into different facets of dissociation, examining its narrative, psychological, cultural, historical, scientific, and philosophical dimensions. Together, they aim to deepen understanding, challenge dominant assumptions, and offer clearer ways to conceptualize dissociative experience.
These series are written for people living with dissociation, clinicians, researchers, and anyone unsettled by the dominant discourse surrounding DID—for those seeking clearer language, deeper questions, and more coherent conceptual frameworks.
Navigating the narrative
Interrogating the stories we tell about dissociation
This series analyzes the dominant narratives used to frame dissociative identity disorder—within clinical discourse, popular culture, and online communities. It explores how language, metaphor, and repetition shape what is seen as valid experience, legitimate identity, or clinical truth.
Constructed by culture
Examining the cultural origins of dissociative experiences
This series investigates culturally-driven elements of DID that were shaped more by social context than by clinical necessity. It looks at how therapeutic trends, moral panics, and collective narratives generated symptom structures that were later mistaken for clinical discoveries.
History of hysteria
Tracing the evolution of dissociation through clinical history
This series examines how dissociative experiences were conceptualized before the dominance of identity-based models. From fugue states to hysterical neuroses, it explores how earlier and contemporary frameworks understood fragmentation without invoking multiple selves—and how those understandings were reshaped into modern diagnoses.
Shoddy science
Dissecting poor science in trauma and dissociation
This series critiques flawed or ideologically-driven research in the dissociative disorders field, from advocacy-based affirmations to skeptical dismissals. It focuses on circular logic, methodological weaknesses, and the misuse of scientific language to reinforce pre-existing narratives about dissociation.
Philosophy of perception
Exploring questions of selfhood, perception, and internal experience
This series examines foundational philosophical questions raised by dissociation: what is the self, how are internal experiences structured, and how do concepts and perceptions shape our understanding of mind and identity? It explores how dissociative phenomena challenge or affirm various notions of internal experience—and asks whether the ways we describe identity are themselves products of culture, interpretation, and metaphor.