Hey peops with #DID#OSDD we reached out in a #DID forum to ask if anyone was prepared to help us a logo for our system name which is ETERNITY. As we’ve a background in marketing we gave some thought to our collective ‘brand identity’, a logo being an outward expression of that.
We wanted an alternative to ‘my’ face because of course not all of our internal family see themselves this way. So we very much hope this will help with the dysphoria system members feel when they see my image on social media in profiles etc.
We explained how our system name came about in the first live webinar we did which hopefully many of you have seen/listened to. We also took inspiration from the web about symbols that represent ETERNITY / eternal / infinity.
We decided we’d like a combo of the tree of life, the Triquetra and an endless heart. Another DID system agreed to help us with the artwork for which we will be grateful to ETERNITY (see what we did there 😉).
We plan to get a huge vinyl decal for one of our walls. hopefully a t-shirt & maybe one day a piece of jewellery & a tattoo.
Because we’re not co-conscious, I will take these images with us to therapy so that our T can show them to the others. I really hope they like it.
We’ve got three different versions and we have them in dark green and black and white. We’ve got the main one, one with a circle around potentially for a pendant and then a paired down one for when we need less detail and just want a signature image. We hope you like them too!
Hello, it's me
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to meet, to go over Wembley
They say that time's supposed to heal ya
But I ain't done much healing
Hello, can you hear me?
I'm in Cirencester dreaming about the day we were due to see you
When we were younger and free
I've forgotten how it felt
Before you fell poorly at our feet
So what shall we post & do on this #WorldMentalHealthDay
One ‘alter’ despairs over the rejection & disappointment we feel when we don’t get engagement in our efforts to generate awareness & improve the base of knowledge with people outside of our own #mentalhealth community.
But then the same alter & ‘I’ have this inner drive and passion to see change and also to support others who aren’t able to speak out. So on one hand we are like why do we bother, what’s the point, nothing changes. People have their own lives, they don’t want to hear heavy stuff
They’d rather spend time watching movies & TV or just getting on with what’s in front of them, their responsibilities and we don’t ‘blame’ them, we understand. But you see we don’t have a choice, like anyone dealing with serious ‘illness’ and/
or dealing with stigma of any kind
Hi @SwinGlosMind Thank you for the work you do. I am really disappointed at the moment with MIND. Whilst I understand that charitable status comes with limitations on what you are able to for individuals, I feel fobbed off about several broader societal issues I’ve raised with HQ
The two major issues I have raised are; * The lack of commissioned #NHS support for those with #DissocativeDisorders
* The ambiguous wording in exclusion clauses in income protection policies.
Both of these I have offered my painful accounts of lived experience for campaigning.
Each time I get signposted to fact sheets etc which doesn’t actually take the issues forward as an individual I don’t carry ‘clout’ & I’m tired of having to self advocate.
I know there are so many things you could tackle, but the issues I’m raising are potentially costing lives.
A recording of the live webinar featuring Gill Frost, Valerie Sinason, Amanda Ball, and Alf McFarland, held on Wednesday 30 June 2021.
For anyone who is a survivor of abuse or trauma, please take care when viewing this video as some content may be triggering.
Event information;
DID – or dissociative identity disorder – is a little-known and widely misunderstood condition, even within the medical and therapeutic professions. Any scant knowledge amongst the public comes mostly from poorly researched or sensationalist films or television series.
Hi @MindCharity@mentalhealth appreciate what you do for #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek But...last year I highlighted a need for info to explain differences between good/poor mental health & living with a serious condition. It’s v upsetting when little is available on #NHS for SMI
People like myself (ves) have taken to National TV and Radio to try and raise awareness of the lack of #NHS support for diagnosis, therapy & proper crisis support for #DID & other Dissociative Disorders. It’s a national disgrace & a challenge the world over.
If you could do one thing for me (us) and on behalf of the community struggling with #DID as a result of childhood trauma. Please listen and share this interview I gave on BBC Radio 2 Jeremy Vine Show. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…
Unashamedly asking for a RT.
Two BBC radio stations have kindly given air time to me sharing experiences of living with #DisscociativeIdentityDisorder.
Listen again still up ATM so PLEASE tune in & share. Radio silence gives air to stigma & these interviews help change that #DID