I noticed about 80% or more of the clients I worked with who had severe mental illness were survivors of abuse. Wouldn't it be nice if society could know this and de- stigmatize mental illness and stop filling our prisons and jails with these crime victims.
That'll happen when people no longer want their children to be subject to long term intergenerational warfare weapons like fiat currency, national debt and inflation (all one system).
a crime is a antisocial proven bad act they have done, not just an intention/guess. Even traumatized, they should have been able to behave in a socially acceptable manner and to resist perpetrating and/or amplifying the abuse they received. I know it's hard but it is possible.
@@wilbureastern1115 I know what you mean, right, it's like Native Americans, if only they would act like they were never brutalized, and continue to ignore the current state of affairs and with no assistance for their trauma, just rise above it. Just act like the rest of us normal people who would never stoop to desperation and crime if we thought our survival depended on it. Btw, how's your toilet roll collection going? No queues, fights, weapons draw. Everyone acted in socially acceptable form? Thank goodness they had parents that loved them, imagine if they had no parents, no toilet paper and carried guns.
10:25 - Talk starts 31:00 - BPD v. DID 45:35 - Schizophrenia v. DID 1:19:00 - Q: So what are we even treating? A: To get a better answer, we should be thinking more about childhood trauma. 1:27:29 - Errors of Logic and Scholarship Concerning DID 2:04:44 - What might cause these errors? 2:09:55 - Audience Questions
Children who grow up suffering from abuse, neglect, violence do not develop a sense of inner self. This leads to BPD and DID. As a sufferer, I can say that I received treatment for depression early in my 20's. It lasted till my 30's. My 30's and 40's were a hellish roller coaster ride. Today, having just turned 60, I have learned to cope so I can function and Antidepressants keep the ideations away. I remain hollowed out on the inside and have to re-invent myself on a regular basis. It is exhausting. But never boring.
Absolutely brilliant such a true genuine comment taking responsibility instead of all these other fake people with did which is basically border line personality disorder
The “a child’s memory is different, and may experience and categorize a traumatic event in a different way” thing helped so much, it finally clicked. I knew I’d never been sexually abused (as a child anyway) by my parental abuser, but I still always had a part of me that felt sexually violated and still can’t hug my dad. But then I realized, just because no molestation ever happened…I still was having my “private areas” (butt) being abused being hit with hand or belt in a highly ritualistic manner and being told that was love…like yes, I wasn’t sexually abused thank god my parents never got off on it, but no I’m not crazy just because a part of me still feels extremely sexually violated, because I was.
I completely understand this, I never was able to fully admit the physical violation and overwhelm I experienced as a child with a family member who was quite unhealthy in their approach to touch/physical affection. I was obsessively sought after like a security blanket for a grown man who obviously has severe mental problems. Even as a kid I knew there was something wrong with him, but unhealthy touch became a regular thing for me and at some point I was conditioned to believe that my body wasn't mine when it was pushed to survive in that state, it was his to seek comfort from even though I was uncomfortable, and unable to set a boundary or leave. It doesn't have to be sexual for it to be psychologically damaging, it was a violation of my physical safety and little me had no way of protecting myself or creating distance, it just became normal when it shouldn't have been. I just wanted to rant this because it's still relevant even if nothing sexual happened, to which people might say, "At least you weren't..." Etc. The threat was still there, your sense of safety was still violated, and experiencing unhealthy touch as a child can have longlasting and negative impact on you later in life. Its important to have that experience validated and heard for what it was to you, as pain and fear that we experience as a child does not discriminate. It deserves to be heard, valued and validated in a safe and helpful environment, so we can fully process it and move on without it hurting us like it did in the past. ❤️
@@Dannydawson537 pardon? So what is never a good thing to say because it means, so what, youre going to get hurt or were hurt and so what does that mean in the grand scheme of things or the short version: I don't care. That usually means, you should see my wounds! Try not to say that ever. For all our sakes
@@ageves8487 it deserves to be understood, as humans we are not perfect and biology has a massive play over the mind. Your story matters but also so does everyone else’s. Well done for seeing it and learning to see it as a behaviour in others now, check yourself for flaws too. ❤
Colin Ross is knowledgeable because he is the author of the first textbook on the diagnosis and treatment on dissociative identity disorder, published in 1989. There are still many misinformed professionals today regarding DID. It is alarming. All mental health professionals should listen to this lecture and take notes. this should be a compulsory lecture for medical students. I am speaking as a retired psychiatrist of over 40 years of experience.
aegeanbo I had multiple personality disorder from trauma I went through as a child. I didn’t know I had it until I was 32 years old and it was revealed to me after I accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior. I recently posted my testimony on my CZcams channel if you are interested. God bless.
aegeanbo, all our psychiatrists want to do, and have done is destroy our lives by prescribing psychiatric drugs to treat our imaginary mental illnesses. and then they go after our children. Psychiatric drug addiction is ripping families apart across America and these are only the ones that don't commit suicide to escape the horrendous withdrawal symptoms. But no one seems notice or care just as long as big pharma continues making money from bribing doctors & selling their pills. It's really sad that here in America it is legal to murder for profit (just ask any GP, Psychiatrist or pharmaceutical company) and where in Psychiatry the Hippocratic Oath 'First Do No Harm' - Does NOT apply.
indeed a pharmaceutical approach is biased, but so is a trauma centric approach that Ross pushes. My advice would be to avoid trauma centric therapists, and pick cognitive or behavioral therapists who specifically do not attempt to go after repressed memories of abuse, and who do not encourage you to play the victim
@@psyskeptic9979 this is my 2nd time commenting this! *See Sigman Frueds 1896 seduction theory that he called "the source of tje Nile". He said all of his patients had been sexually abused as infants. See Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, The by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson*
@@psyskeptic9979 it's not about playing victim. And, actually, you cannot fully resolve some of these issues & move on without focusing on the trauma. I'm sorry that you aren't educated enough on the brain. Or understanding psychological trauma. I think the thing you don't realize is how long it really takes for the brain's neuroplasticity to be well-utilized to heal. When it comes to the point of dissociative disorders (particularly ones grim early brain development), developmental arrests abound. And it takes time to discover the issues, begin to change, see the fruit of that labour, & be ready to go to next healing task. There's no such thing as a 12-session magic fix.
I got DID diagnosed three years ago (I am 44 years old). (If I make mistakes, please ignore them - English is not my mother language. I am from Germany) Back to my diagnosis: I am 'highly funktional', as my therapist often mentions, got no time losses (maybe minutes, but not more), always 'in the backseat', as I describe it, when an other part of me is driving the car, that looks like my name. Until a few years ago, I didn't know, that this is DID. I got severe depressions sometimes, anxiety as well, but no wonder, with a highly manipulating, gaslighting, narcissist mother (I am the familys black sheep). I always thought, that this is normal, that you got a few persons living inside you, with their own feelings, desires, different ages and sexes. I thought that this is only my fantasy (I am a talented painter, I write books and so on ...). I would never fear to be alone, because I got always someone to talk to. And I also got no memorys except for a few in the age of seven to 15 years. Before 7 years, I don't remember anything. My therapist suggests, that I have been severly emotional neglected and abused (no physical or sexual abuse, as we can say - or I don't remember anything). In my case, the thought, that my other parts will integrate or otherwise disapear, frightens me. We are a well functional and most of the times a happy family - all of me. And so, I think, I am one of the very few 'lucky ones' with DID, that are doing well with all their persons inside. But it is still sad, that here in Germany (and I am sure also in other countrys), when you tell someone about DID (I told it 3 persons since I knew it), that they ask at first: "And which one is the bad one?" Or "Is there a murderer?" and other bullsh### . There is lots of educational work left to do. (Spoiler alert: THERE IS NO 'BAD ONE')
Same here, when I went to charities for help they said they don’t work with us as we are too dangerous. I am 73 never hurt anybody, rescue cats, dogs, birds, snails, slugs, bees, spiders, people. Live a chaotic miserable life because some of my personalities tried to kill me when I had to have my cat put to sleep (from their point of view that was fair as I didn’t ask them first as I didn’t know I should!!)so my therapist, who trained under Colin Ross, seemed to lock some of them up. But they were useful to me as well so it is like a lobotomy. Crazy cat Lady, congratulations on your brilliant English and if your team is working well together leave them alone. They will not thank you for messing with them. I wish you the very best and when emotions are difficult search “Brad Yates Desperate” for amazing Emotional Freedom Technique EFT lifesaving routines for everything and homoeopathy. They heal without destroying the autonomy of your System, give everybody a choice. Bless you. Namaste 🙏
@@tumbleweeduk7479 Thank you for your detailed answer. I think, that the parts, that try to hurt you (and in the past me also), are the most injured ones. They have to heal, what I happily managed in the last years (without knowing having DID or going to therapy). What we should take into consideration is also the 'living' of our other parts, that are not often in the outside world. I got this idea from a CZcamsr (I think it was Multiplicity and me), who told, that she got for every part a house or at least a room with thinks they like to do. We can make their lives more pleasant doing so (one of me got her own Caravan and a big pig to cuddle, other ones a big house with their own Gym, an other one a dog, that takes care of him and so on). Best wishes from us :)
@@crazycatlady7143 Thank you so much I will have a look at multiplicity and me. Unbelievably I have never studied multiple personality disorder because I didn’t want to feel I was copying anybody else or making it up, the stigma from the media? Actually I didn’t have to make a special environment for my friends they did it for themselves, I have a university, a hospital, a Playschool, an aquarium and other nice places that they created for themselves and live in groups. There are probably some I don’t know about and I probably don’t give them enough time, as I am too busy just struggling with surviving! Thank God for CZcams I am just watching Dr Colin Ross talking about recovery, every day trying to get a bit better. Namaste 🙏
What are you doing about it? There were lots of people in ly life when i was a chols that could have figured it out and stopped it. My teachers... My pastors... Neighbors... No one did anything.
@@marielalonde4750 I think the only way to keep this from happening is to increase the level of conciousness and awareness people operate under. However self actualization for the masses isn't exactly encouraged nowadays So yeah society is just traumatized & controlled people, sometimes people are smart enough to break the cycle, but until we as a people can rise ourselves out of self defeating behavior, this will keep happening.
Is about having no help also, like you are alone and this constant bad thing keeps happening, so your brain made dissociation so you can survive, the abuse happens for a long period of time like 3 years or more without any support or help
Thank you. I feel affirmed at 67 years old. I experienced both confirmation & illumination. I have tears & gratitude for the doctor's research, instruction, critical thinking, & empathy.
I was in a psych ward at one point, it was the trauma unit he spoke of that specialized in DID among other things, and we had a group with this dude over video conference. Honestly, it was one of my best stays in a psych ward. This guy knows his shit and the few conversations I had with him were enlightening.
Buzzybuzz Can you tell me what helped you? Did it bother you to be in a locked facility? I can’t find help anywhere for DID that takes insurance except locked facilities.
Buzzybuzz, that wasn't at Forest View Psychiatric Hospital in Grand Rapids was it? While I was there I was enrolled into Dr. Ross's Trauma Program, only Forest View turned out to be just another torture center, but I sure didn't blame Dr. Colin Ross. I was diagnosed DID too, it was quite a popular diagnosis/label back in 2000. There aren't any psychiatric hospitals that are capable of seeing or treating benzodiazepine withdrawal in patients. I too, was diagnosed DID. It was quite a popular diagnosis/label back in 2000. Do I believe it today? Hell no. I don't believe any of the diagnosis' I was given over the decades. Now off all the drugs I'm no more mentally ill than the man on the moon.
Was it ntc? I also briefly saw him through video conferencing. I've been trying to go back to that unit for a while in search of finding answers to the mysteries of my life.
Its super helpful in my opinion to have a comment such as yours from someone with in person experience as a consumer. I'm appreciative. I'm an OT who is no longer an OTR but continuing to assist consumers with the occupation of navigating life and resolving what problems can be. Hence I am checking into resources and here.
Well this was validating. I had a DID diagnosis and it shook my world. 20 years of trying to deal with my mental health has culminated in this, so far. I have an ACE score of 10/10. Despite this, I’ve accomplished everything I’ve wanted to (so far) and can manage most days. But disassociation is a plague and makes it unbelievably difficult. It is such a complex and confusing thing to experience. But childhood trauma does not have to ultimately define you.
Of all my Diagnosis DID was the most Shocking and Shameful because of Hollywood’s misrepresentation. It’s Frustrating the shame belongs to our abusers NOT us!
Thank you, the trauma really doesn't define me, but it made it very difficult to access certain skills to be successful in life, like you said, despite all that, you accomplished, for lots of us that despite never comes.
as someone who has DID i really appreciate the level of knowledge this professor shows. DID is often misrepresented and misunderstood by many many professionals. anyway thank you for the positive representation of DID
@@psyskeptic9979 as I expected. This paper is from 1994. There has been quite a lot of development and understanding of this disorder sense then and the majority of the scientific community now agrees it is real.
Psychiatry, such a nascent science. So many "disorders" are trauma-based, but that's not the model so many fall through the cracks. Also, in the states, where it's profit over people, it's next to impossible to get competent help with trauma-related issues.
I suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar1, DID, and a laundry list of other conditions. I was diagnosed in 1997. The amazing amount of misinformation in the especially in movies etc make these conditions seem frightening. We need more critical thinking and people to watch information like this presented here so we can dispell the myth and mystery around these conditions so not I don't have to hear "why would you admit something like that,". When I openly speak about my conditions . Knowledge is golden and this lecture is amazing. Watched it once about to play it for my husband..
1:25:20. Wow. I remember saying this to my mom in my teens, that I thought maybe I was subconsciously keeping myself overweight, because maybe then men wouldn’t be interested in me. I feel like I haven’t even heard this idea again until now, like 25 years later. Damn if that didn’t punch me right in my huge gut..
My wife has DID and has been in and our of pinerest and forest view her whole life. This man here helped her come into who she/they are. Thank you for helping them!
As a west Michigan local this is a first positive light I’ve seen shed on Pinerest.. I recently started dating a system and they’re wonderful but man is it tough sometimes! I came to this video to learn and I’m thankful to see other partnerships that have worked out longterm 💜
Thank you, so much, for going over all of these errors in logic. Too many providers know nearly nothing about this disorder, or able to conceptualize how it works. It's frustrating to be living with this when so many people don't understand.
I have dissociative fuege disorder. I've had it since I was a child, I'm guessing around 6yrs old. I was brutally raped all of my young years, abused, rejected. Which of course lead to drug use, PTSD and many many mental health issues. My whole life, I am 55 now, I was missing time and people would tell me I was doing things that I didn't believe. This was a very lonely life. It would be one day then a month or a week later not knowing where I had been or done which sometimes actually many times led to legal issues. UNFAIR! I was diagnosed with lots of mental health disorders including Dissociative fuege disorder around 31-33 yrs old. Imagine how confused I was by this time in my life 😪 I still struggle immensely with this because there is not enough information in the phycology world. I have found it very hard to find a therapist that understands this disorder. I hate living like this because now I struggle with what is real and not real. Sometimes I completely black out and sometimes I'm outside myself looking in but not being able to feel it do anything about what is happening. The littlest trauma now sets me off and I hate living like this. So for those who don't believe this exists "your wrong." They say it's a defense mechanism. I slammed my finger in the door not long ago and I disappeared for a week or so. I am interested in this hypnosis but I don't know where to go. I have been lost my whole life, I have been in and out of psych wards, jail and treatment centers I feel like I'm going to be punished for the rest of my life. If it wasn't for my King Jesus I would not have one day of Peace 🙏🙏🙏. So thank you for listening ❤️
I am 63, i have been aware of the other "parts of me" for decades. In Feb. had 2 extremely traumatic events, back to back, (Physical and emotional) and the glue that held the "parts of me" shattered and suddenly i was dealing with more than one alt (5 to begin with) then another emotionally traumatizing event in mid-late june , (there are 9, 3 months later). This is the second of your lectures that i have watched and it has helped me quite a bit since there are no therapists in my area that deal with this disorder. I'd had a good therapist back in 1994-96 and i am using some of the coping techniques she taught me to get through this.
Awkward Autistic No it is Nothing! like acting My biggest clues that the diagnosis is accurate is what other people tell me about me. My second biggest clue was a houseful and now a storage unit full of so many things started and stopped with no logical, sound reason for such good things to be stopped. Some of them get work done weeks months or years later. My adult children absolutely concur that this diagnosis is an accurate fit. My worst piece of evidence involved my middle child. It started with a very distressed day and going through my entire phone list trying to find someone to talk to to figure it out, followed by a common mess to be cleaned up scenario with my young child, followed by a black out spell, I came out of the black out spell holding my small child against the wall by his throat without his feet touching the floor. I scared the hell out of myself. I dropped my son and screamed for him to get away from me, out of the house, because I did not understand why in the world I would ever be treating him such a way. I locked the door once he was outside. I had the neighbor take care of him until his father came home. I’m just grateful they are willing to have any relationship with me at all as adults.
I am just fascinated by his way of delivering this lecture let alone the experience and knowledge he has. 2 hours 13 mins straight with full attention. thank you so much.
As a psych student it never ceases to amaze me at how complicated everything is. We can categorize definitions but there are variances and conditions as to when a definition can be used given the parameter
Dissociative disorders appear to be rare for a very simple logical reason: The patient doesn't remember the dissociative episodes. He only have gaps in his memories. In order to complain of gaps in memories, a long time has to pass by, or many gaps in memories created. Can you remember forgetfulness? Can you remember the period that you forgot? Can you miss the periods that you forgot? Do you know/aware of not knowing something? Dissociation could be very common, just it takes a long time for a patient to figure out he has gaps in his memories. It's like finding black holes, in dark skies, with an optical telescope. I have 20 gaps in my memories, where I remember only the first 10 seconds of the memory. All those memories are accompanied by a bad feeling.
Oh Friend! I’m sorry for your experience! For me, it was hard hearing others’ experiences where I was there, too. But don’t remember. And the bad feeling… 😢
at 47 just now discovering my DID! My mother studied psychology and appears now she felt my DID is her fault which why I was never told about my abuse perhaps. We need some big changes! Referring to how the world sees abuse!
My mental illness was likely caused from extreme traumatic events in my past as well as the long term abuse from the households. But my current mental illness is no one else's fault. It's not my fault, its not their fault, but it's there. I have found that when I stop holding others to blame I become more of a nice person. But I do have to occasionally remind people that my mental illnesses exist and I sometimes do things differently to avoid triggers that cause me to have a bad time. Usually even my dad, who was an alcoholic and abusive when I was young, understands me now, he gives me space and doesn't get upset when I do something that would normally irritate him.
That's great that he can give you space to be you. Only one person in my entire life, close enough to know my issues, has given me the space to be, and simply wanted to know why something was good to me, rather than trying to persuade me out or blame me. He was not my family, but because he was the rarest gem I didn't know I'd find in life, he's the closest held to my heart, even not living among me anymore.
I’m going to school for my psychology degree, focusing on mental health. DID is a very interesting mental disorder & it’s always intrigued me to learn more about it. (Along with other mental health disorders). This is very insightful & I’m so glad I came across this video! Well done 👍🏼
All the deniers that are saying that I/we do not exist, live in a very unrealistic view of the mental health field that will keep new fields of research from being developed. Mainly I just feel sorry for missing out on all the wonderful things we have to offer to this world. Thank you Dr Ross for the work you do. In New Zealand where I live we have a low rate of cases, and thankfully a higher rate of believing and now thankfully miss diagnoses rates have gone down but the linage is still the same here.
@@rickdeckard1075 Sorry, I think you may have misunderstood me. I have a general interest only, I know nobody on whom I could perform such a test. My interest is in how different pathologies often link through unexpected means. I'm not a doctor of any kind.
I'm voting with my found out what dissociation is now!! It was no joke for my altars to play with. But I needed them then to comeback once I experienced the dissociation. It's still too strong. I really don't like it.
@@christopherboucher2887 Sometimes I wonder what children think when they somehow manage to stumble across such X-Rated comments like yours. But then, well, I have a conscience.
I’m just going through the diagnosis process for DID. Trying to understand why one of the alters wants to hurt the body. This doctor seems like a really caring guy as well as brilliant
I was very young when I had my first confrontations with an alter. He'd punch me and I'd punch him back and cripes! I was beating myself up. Then one night while in bed I surrendered to this alter, repeat I surrendered, and I told him I was sorry. The alter wouldn't accept it at first but I continued on saying I was sorry. Then maybe the next night, I don't remember exactly how long later, it spoke to me first saying it was sorry. Both of us repeatedly began saying to each other "I'm sorry" and we began crying. We were in debt with each other and it was so true. To make this long story short we bonded immediately afterwards and that alter had become a bodyguard for me forever after. If you still have problems with alters, surrender and apologize and be truthful too about it and see what happens. Good luck.
Im here after 59 yrs of disassociation to differing degrees. I was never in my body fully from early childhood. At 24 I was diagnosed with ptsd from childhood trauma. Horrible existence. I had *no idea* when asked by a doctor what i was feeling. Whats a feeling, I asked. How will I know when i have one, i asked. It took over 30 years of self work, counseling, treatment for me to finally be here. I am finally living. I dont have other full personalities, imo. But I did/possibly still do have personas i put on. I'd appreciate any info on coming out of disassociation. What am I? Not DID, I dont think. But definitely something. Too many of us spend our whole lives in trauma responses and not ever really living. I need a referral to doctors in Edmonton, Canada who do know what this is. I did this all on my own. My doctors only treated the cptsd. They seem to avoid disassociation with a 10 ft pole.
There is such a thing as possession by evil spirits. There is also dissociative identity disorder, which is different. Both need prayer when occurring in Christians.
@@jamellagory1823 I did too, however I was delivered from my mental illness back in February 2017....I literally could feel them LEAVE my body... it's been 2 years, and no more depression, dark episodes OR voices. No medication and I now work for a university and getting my Master's degree. I literally called out the Name JESUS, and cried from my heart for freedom and wholeness AND I had the most amazing encounter... after the demons left my body, I threw up thick white stuff and my throat felt like a basketball had went through it..the Peace and freedom that God has given me ever since I gave my illness to HIM has been mind blowing .I love God with everything in me. God is real and so is His healing power #Jesus❤
"Christian people"???? nigga, we'z human beings!! how DARE you limit and label humans as such! Christian implies a religious undertone which no way describes the unlimited capacity a human being possess.
@@ZenithAstrology hes a scammer and a quack. hoaxteadresearch.wordpress.com/2017/09/05/dr-colin-ross-a-well-respected-and-dangerous-fool/ (Sources are sited in the opinion piece)
Ra'Bia Griffith I’m sure my mixed races black white are not mpd on the skin. Are the protests not mpd outside. This is why my mom was a Virgo Gemini MOON! Y’all been hiding it! Hmm he doesn’t feel like a scammer.
Ra'Bia Griffith I still don’t see him as a quack you just want us mixed racers and occultist to go away. Why if you ask my neighbor, the number one quirk he noted is me leaving my keys I. The door in a “dissociative place”. Studios make you dissociative. This is the “box”. Yes I noticed my age would be 7 or 8 because they zapped my energy or an alter would switch making me extremely tired. Then I would rush into the room to “go play” as a 28 year old. Thinking I’m just doing my own thing. The thing is black and white raced people do not have family. Notice the vibe outside? So it’s not documented.. most people who help me are narcissistic and do it “for supply” and my unique skin. I also had the dissociation break once I learned how to stop. It’s real personally I just have Astrological evidence for mine. And been telling 100 percent races they split my race and personality as a child and the 100 percent racers dissociate me on purpose! I noticed. To keep us hidden this is why they tore city asunder for Uranians. I’m an Aquarius Scorpio moon. Aquarius rules flashes being WHITE. This makes my white mom even though Aquarius is the darkest sign (OPP SUN) Scorpio my moon sign is Black rules the color. When you combine them it creates = mpd . Gemini is just there for the Aquarius Scorpio occultist to who gave the ruler of Astrology Aquarius, mpd anyway. I have never seen Gemini have two. It’s there so you leave Aquariuss child altars alone. Because mpd is “alien to others” it cannot be Gemini rule! This just means the father/ Gemini Sun was divisive (trump). This means a Gemini can research it or work as custodian in a hospital without ruldly offending the Aquarius. (Trine) The problem becomes in relationship when it is hard to not “hurt” a child’s feelings.this is why if your hurt me one time you don’t come back. To close ! Even in Vedic my placement is the BUTCHER. Which makes CUTS or Splits! This is why many in India noticed I’m your “local butcher” but still they cannot find it till I become an Astrologer and explain. Butcher =split personality they “BUTCHERED” my race by having 100 percent raced hide my mpd! I just figured out how to stop dissociatting two years ago and it was scary! Because I was so used to it. It’s like a acid on the brain so you don’t feel no pain.
I’m not saying all people with mix race are but the half BLACK Half white every time you call these they are PULLING apart in the most extreme “protest”. If you haven’t noticed. This is why Aquarius is an eliete sign. It means there is something special about you and be careful because of it. This is why I cannot get involved in the protests even though I went to one. Because it’s extremely me there fights are about. I could barely live my life without constant stress and fetishizatioj by the rainbow community males
I wish I went to school for Psych, I could listen to and read about psychology all day. The way these mysterious systems are interconnected will never cease to be curious to me. This is such a great resource I'm so glad to have access to it!
He was at DID event near Tampa past 2 yrs. Conference. Very kind of him to come to a small (but growing) venue. Really grounded and helpful he is. DIDer here.
this was great! thank you.. my girlfriend has alot of trauma and DID related stuff going. i've seen alot of it first hand and i feel helpless sometimes. thanks for helping me to understand her that much better :) 100% agree with this guy and his view on the current state of medicine! peace & respect
padlockbeats I don't know what to do. I can't get real help. I'm so scared! I'm almost 47. Been in the system for years now. They won't listen to me. They will only put me on antipsychotics they tell me that there is no such thing as did &, dismiss me. Like a POS.
My husband is also getting inform about my DID. If only this video was translated in Spanish. Its a wonderful video that explains everything perfectly. I told my husband about and his glad his not the only one going through this. Stay strong.
It seems that way doesn’t it. I can guarantee that the reason why he is telling you the truth now is because he can. He has full confidence in their programming of us that their is no alarm or concern of any opposition or objection to the blatant mockery on the human species. This guy is standing out because he is the voice of psychiatry and he has just come to the level of care these professionals have on people that are seen as less than human. out to the public is because it’s telling you what the profession has done. Does anybody see what he is saying here.?
>Unfortunately, this caliber of human isn't desired in higher positions of power.... if only the smartest and most honest and good people coincided with the most powerful at the same time.
@@TinyDancerO - I know that symbol and oh yes it is the Process church. "Satanists deny Satanism is dangerous" What a shock. I suppose if I was linked to as many serial killers and cults as the Process Church I would be denying it all too. "Many of the group's therapeutic practices or "processes" (hence the name) and concepts were derived from Scientology, including the term "processing" TotAlLy CreDiBLe SoURCe
He had malpractice cases against him and was a conspiracy theorist. He isnt the real deal. Check out Bessel Van Der Kolk instead. Hes cocky too, but his research is real.
Dakota Siobhan Hello Dakota, Where do you find help? I live in Phoenix and my therapist passed me off to another Therapist after disassociation during our sessions became severe. This other therapist is not Even remotely seem appropriate . I have checked the internet and my last therapist for A list of other therapists and the 2 that returned my call are not taking new patients. Do you have any ideas? Tworiverswind@gmail.com Leah
2 1/2 years into supporting a person with DID and this is so validating. I'm not a therapist. DID is very real. It's a brutal condition. Hard to find proper help.
Loved it! Was able to work w/ him in 2012 and gained much insight. I only wish he had described the co-conscious DID patient to them. We are often overlooked bc we don't have missing time. I do have a wide range of styles in my closet, but I remember buying them. My voice, facial expressions and writing changes, all of which I have explained as my "moods."
It’s a great shame the medical community don’t see mental health as higher ranking as other disciplines. A lot of social issues other departments deal with I see as having heavy links to untreated mental health issue.
I think things are changing in a relatively rapid way and their changing views and society when it comes to mental health awareness and its importance for overall health
Our world evolves around marketing and personal, corporate profits. The majority of the US population lives in Fantasyland and is extremely gullible. Thank you for this eye-opening 💜 presentation.
When I took Psych 101 at University of Kansas in 1970, the instructor described the diagnosis of Schizophrenia as a “wastebasket diagnosis”, meaning if the doctor had no idea what was happening with a patient , he could just call it schizophrenia.
I'm to scares to get help. Scared to be judged. You described how hard it is to live life normal. When I was 8 I got molested, told my parents and the cops. Instead of protecting me, they got furious at me. They said I was heartless for not thinking of the damage I did to the abuser's family. I was shocked, then my father would allow older man to molest me for money. Suddenly one night I started to hear voices at night. I would even see like small creatures, they would sing all night and laugh at me, not letting me sleep, and I would wake up so tired. In 6 grade I started to develop a new person in me, rebellious and depressed child. In Jr High I would get bully a lot for being overweight. So I started working out and got in shape. By freshman year I was a new person, I called myself Nenalover. A confident and social teenager who covered her depression with a beautiful smile. She was always friendly and love making people laugh. At the age of 16, my father sold me to my husband. My husband was a alcoholic and violent. I enter a new evil world that I wasn't prepared. I had to have sex, but didn't know how to satisfy my husband sexually so I would get hurt for not doing it well. I had to always keep the house clean and organized, if not.... well punishment of course. If I were to disobey, I would see the dark evil side of my husband. I then comfort myself by talking to myself, and train my brain to believe I wasn't the victim because only victims are weak and get hunt down faster. I learn to control my emotions. I could be crying for an hour, turn into a happy perfect wife. When I noticed my ability to make people believe I was okay. Thats when I began to develop a new personality. I call her Anabell, she is the strongest personality. She is self love, impulsive, sensual, dominant, and careless. She doesn't care to hurt people, never physically. She can sleep with someone get home and sleep with her husband the same night. I mean she loves doing bad stuff that I would never thought or knew I would be able to. Currently I developed a new person named Anamaria which is my birth name. Its like I want to return to the little girl mix with Nenalover. I'm struggling with staying in one character for a long period of time. Today in the morning I was Jr high teen and suddenly turned into Nenalover when I was driving. I felt my skin transform. I'm scared now kuz I thought I was the only one going through this. I just don't know how to express all this to people. I also sometimes want to kill myself because its exhausting being alert and cautious of every move you make.
. The personalities help us overcome and cope with pain, Helps us a lot. I'm to scared to get help. Scared to be judged. You described how hard it is to live life normal. When I was 8 I got molested, told my parents and the cops. Instead of protecting me, they got furious at me. They said I was heartless for not thinking of the damage I did to the abuser's family. I was shocked, then my father would allow older man to molest me for money. Suddenly one night I started to hear voices at night. I would even see like small creatures, they would sing all night and laugh at me, not letting me sleep, and I would wake up so tired. In 6 grade I started to develop a new person in me, rebellious and depressed child. In Jr High I would get bully a lot for being overweight. So I started working out and got in shape. By freshman year I was a new person, I called myself Nenalover. A confident and social teenager who covered her depression with a beautiful smile. She was always friendly and love making people laugh. At the age of 16, my father sold me to my husband. My husband was a alcoholic and violent. I enter a new evil world that I wasn't prepared. I had to have sex, but didn't know how to satisfy my husband sexually so I would get hurt for not doing it well. I had to always keep the house clean and organized, if not.... well punishment of course. If I were to disobey, I would see the dark evil side of my husband. I then comfort myself by talking to myself, and train my brain to believe I wasn't the victim because only victims are weak and get hunt down faster. I learn to control my emotions. I could be crying for an hour, turn into a happy perfect wife. When I noticed my ability to make people believe I was okay. Thats when I began to develop a new personality. I call her Anabell, she is the strongest personality. She is self love, impulsive, sensual, dominant, and careless. She doesn't care to hurt people, never physically. She can sleep with someone get home and sleep with her husband the same night. I mean she loves doing bad stuff that I would never thought or knew I would be able to. Currently I developed a new person named Anamaria which is my birth name. Its like I want to return to the little girl mix with Nenalover. I'm struggling with staying in one character for a long period of time. Today in the morning I was Jr high teen and suddenly turned into Nenalover when I was driving. I felt my skin transform. I'm scared now kuz I thought I was the only one going through this. I just don't know how to express all this to people.
I’m a hobby writer that has always been fascinated by this condition, but wanted to do some proper research on the topic before trying my hand at including it in my writing. This really helped me understand it.
I worked 7 yrs for a lady who claimed extreme sever sexual, and emotional trauma inflicted by her mother, father and brother on/against her all her life until she went to college . (Her earliest memory was 2 yrs old-naturally her family tagged her "crazy" & A very sick & wicked Liar and went on to maintain None of her claims were ever based on a shread of truth.) She had lifelong history of being hospital- ized... In her late 30s she met her husband (because of mental issues the met in a therapy treatment type setting... Both had genius IQs and a history of mental issues) and both worked over 40 yrs at IBM. When I began working for her she had recently retired from IBM because one day @ rush hour was involved in a multiple motor vehicle accident, where she claimed a "coo-counter-coo' closed head injury" . She had a psychiatrist, (many) over entire life... She found a Dr with double degrees, & licensed as both MD. & Psychiatric Dr. She found him when they lived and worked in Dallas, Texas and ironically the lady & her husband were transferred by IBM to the RESEARCH TRIANGLE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PSYCHIATRIST FROM TEXAS HAD ALSO relocated about 2 years prior and started his own private practice. Eventually she became his client and that's where her next few years were spent 2-3 Days per week and their work began to integrate a total of 102 separate identities.... Can YOU imagine? Genius with head trauma , and more issues than could be resolved in almost 70 years before she died of starvation. (She battled eating disorders all her life, as well as a number of other disorders and conditions. Several times over her lifespan her eating disorder had nearly cost her, her life ...and resulted in her being saved by being medically hospitalized and given a feeding tube , until nourished back to sustainable weight...the last battle she had she had decided AGAINST ANOTHER FEEDING TUBE, they cautioned her if this was OF UTMOST dire consequence, AND WAS EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE... THey said there was a window of time that they had for feeding tube in., IF SHE chose to wait too long to MAKE HER DECISION , it COULD BE TOO LATE... AND AT ONE POINT THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP HER, HER HUSBAND SUPPORTED HER DECISION... RC ALWAYS HAD FOR THE PAST FORTY THREE YEARS! AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED . Sadly once it was too late she decided I get a feeding tube and recover again BUT is WAS 2 LATE... A REAL NEXT 3 WEEKS SHE DECLINED SLIPPED INTO A COMA AND DIED QUIETLY AT HOME , WHILE I SAT WITH HER... I THINK IN HER ENTIRE LIFE THIS WAS THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY OF ALL SHE WANTED TO LIVE... SHE REALIZED SHE HAD MADE THE WRONG DECISION... SHE IS MORE THAN A COMPLEX WOMAN WITH A GENIUS IQ COMPOUNDED WITH BRAIN DAMAGE. She was my friend. Rest in peace Joanie. (That was about 8ish years ago now...) ♥️
Excellent lecture and Dr Colin Ross who is a Psychiatrist, Author and Expert in DID research and has devoted a big part of his lifetime's work on the subject of 'dissociative identity disorder' (DID) etc. Dr Ross is a great authority on the subject of DID formerly known as multiple personality disorder.People with DID have many symptoms a vast array of things which can and do fall under other categories / diagnosis etc.I feel Dr Colin Ross offers great clarity here in this lecture and offers substantial evidence to support the data and he is working clinically with patients and has extensive experience with DID patients in his career. If you have not read any of his books I would recommend them for further clarity and understanding on this topic or seek out his You Tube videos on the internet to hear him speak.
The problem is that in Germany his books are not available, neither in Libraries nor in Bookstores and even at Amazon You only get a very limited selection of books by Colin Ross
I'm no brain trust, and certainly not health care professional, but this guy has an amazing overview of so many topics that effect us all. I could tell that his approach was both concise, logical, and factually accurate. He just makes sense, and in a field so filled with nonsense. What really spooked me though, were his accounts of CIA mind control, all supported and condoned by the entire ivy league college apparatus. Welcome to the USSA.
it's getting late so will watch later, but according to the comments I look forward to it. In the late 80s I was a case manager at a community mental health center and my office mate and I tried to get trauma related disorders accepted. But every psychiatrist I worked with there and later believed DID was real but so rare that they'd never see it. Then I moved to another state and ended up finding someone there who was DID. I questioned his diagnosis and finally got the state hospital to accept him on in-patient after listening to my explanation of what I recognized being with him. They called the very next day and told me they agreed with me and would I please go get him as they don't treat DID. He'd been a client since he'd been a teen, and before that a client elsewhere since he was 2. I felt I needed to stay around to try and help him because I was the reason he had no support. We were together for ~10 years- and we gave up counting the alters. They were coming out in clusters after while about 5 or more. At first they were crying babies, and they grew up quick with nurturing. But then they came as angry teenagers and I had to leave for my own safety. I've written a book (actually several books), but haven't had the stability to get anything published. Eventually, my memories surfaced and I accept the diagnosis of C-PTSD. (Was bipolar until we found a blood pressure pill did more for me than anything typical for bipolar.) You are right- it is NOT rare! Since then I've met several DIDs- in various situations and all very different. I founded a non-profit SEASCAT for adult survivors of child abuse to help people understand the struggles. My biography is titled The True Story of a Malingerer. He is still around and we occasionally talk- but someone else is in charge of his system and we barely know each other. I need to go to bed- I'm at the part where you're comparing BPD and DID. They are not even close in behavior, in my experience. I've had a few people try to suggest I was BPD but I've never enough of the criteria at any one time. C-PTSD. still not in the DSM fits me perfectly.
I would think that big pharma would have an interest in suppressing any diagnosis that doesn't require medication intervention. Think how their profits would suffer if most patients could be cured without taking drugs for the rest of their lives.
Hit the nail on the head! Just like big pharma and big tobacco have dumped so much lobbiest money into killing the vaping industry...they do not want smokers to quit smoking! Vaping has been proven to be the best and most effective means to quiting to many now ex-smokers. Vaping doesn't cause cancer, emphasema, COPD, etc...not to mention it does not support the continued production of tobacco. I didn't miss his comment about vaping! Good comment Mr. Savage.
TW for some, no specific incident with graphic detail, but some vague references to where to find such activities, and some vague into what orgs are involved. Many coincidentally happen to have contracts with CIA, military and mind coreol projects. They are heavily invested and are just another arm of the same monster. To all those who think they are working on projects to save our national security or help the innocent, please stop being such a fool. You've no idea what you're really developing, or even administering, no idea if the "subjects" (victims) are really who you are told they are, no idea of the true nature, even if you are on of the sadistic fkers who do it for joy. And if you are, please sign up to be used in a torture and deprivation program. You need the empathy experience. All you (p)harmacists and docs, nurses who give vaccine jabs, the CDC who think whatever bs they've fed you lately, anyone in an alphabet agency, military, or research hospital, or any average therapist, and so on, you are all just blind order-followers, and that doesn't make you exempt from guilt. Not one tiny bit. It makes you all mind-controlled robots who believe that their indoctrination/education and their name on paper with a gold seal and hanging in a frame proves they somehow really do know what are really doing. No, it makes you an egotistical sap who is too self-assured to question everything. And yes, I got one, too, but they're hardly worth the paper they are printed on. The more independent research I do, the more sure I am of it all. Textbooks are the equivalent of bibles in the Bible Belt. They get pounded just as hard, blindly followed every bit as much, the authors and "contributors" are idols and gods of knowledge to the students, and most, if not all are on the take, only some are too stupid to even realize they've been bought off. So they spew their horribly mangled findings as facts, and the world suffers. And the truth is, most MOD/DIDs are miles ahead of any therapy tactics, they've seen it all, and they know exactly what they're up to. These idiot therapists think they're so clever, but they are so obvious, and they'll blame the client for their inept failures. So, wise up, all, and stop making it worse. If you're not acknowledging and listening to the client with the mindset as if they had just been abused, especially when they are relating hellish facts that your little Mayberry-world mind cannot handle, if you are not lending some humanity, but are instead keeping that lame-assed "cool and collected" demeanor, then you are way off base and are causing harm. That detached bedside manner is medieval, and needs to end yesterday. If you even think that there isn't that level of evil in the world, or just plain bizarre circumstances, then count yourself lucky as hell, truly appreciate the life you've lived, go thank everyone you've ever known in your life for what they've given you, because you would have to have been hella-protected to escape this kind of crap. It was and is far more rampant than 99.9% realize. The only ones who do are the victims. And bugger that word "survivor". Sure, everyone is sorta that, too, though the "survive" part is debatable. Victim is also true, and the audacity to try to deny that aspect is just more disinfo/degradation bs. Cult and MKers have been and still are victimized (it doesn't go away!), and every day they carry what would blow other's minds into a hundred more lifetimes and then some. (Everyday-ers would curl up in a ball, mindlessly babbling and sniveling and flinching!). We use the term "MK" loosely; what they kept changing the name to after they were interrogated in the 70's and had to pretend to shut it down is totally irrelevant. A rose is a rose by any other name, and sadistic evil crap is sadistic evil crap, and MK is a tiny part, but it is fully evil in every way on its own, and serves as an umbrella term just fine. And no military or evil overlord ever, ever, ever puts down a weapon when they know it works. They WILL say they did, but they will not actually do so, and they never intended to do so. Kinda like the Treaty of Versailles, or any other treaty other than the Antarctic one, that one is sorta holding, bc so many countries have several guns pointed to each leader's head, it's a worldwide standoff, to be sure. They will not honor treaties, and they will not abandon their "toys"; they'll just pretend to, them gaslight the world with more lies...like yhey shut down MK. No, they didn't. For all it's names, it goes on right this second....Now, someone go look into the MK "pride of ownership"/Olympics-meets-gladiators-with-MK-type slaves for the worldwide underground special games. That will shake a few. Idk if ANYONE has breathed a word of THAT yet.
NO. This is the most ignorant anti-helpful thing towards people dealing with mental health diatribe ever. Stop it. You help no one. This kind of rhetoric makes it harder for people to have the severity of their disorders taken seriously and their ability to access the medication they need.
I went to this video because of my belief that my wife has DID. And I found out even more evidence of her having experienced childhood trauma. He mentioned heart disease and childbirth by c-section. My wife contracted congestive heart failure at age 30, and had both her children by c-section. So those are two more pieces of evidence toward her childhood trauma that she experienced. In other words, every time I find out more possible ramifications of childhood trauma, (such as those mentioned above) I see more of them manifested in my wife's life. I wish I could find a therapist she could talk to about these things.
She might be or feel a slight bit safer if she finds others like her. They are the ones who help the most, bc they know what it's like. I hope she finds what she needs. Most therapists are out of their depth on this one. Way out. I do think that only other splits would be the very most useful, but that's my take on it. The parts need to truly be understood, and really, only another split truly understands, though support from singles/everyday-ers is always welcome and helpful, too, if it is sincere and the person tries to just treat each part as they would differently people, and if it's hard, think of it as a company, and you talk to various people there, who may or may not be aware of your dealings with another party of the same company. Maybe they were there and listened, maybe they were debriefed, and maybe they were away and have no idea of the interaction. And maybe it's a huge company and you've no idea who all works there. No single part usually knows about the existence of ALL the others. They can only guess. There can always be more to show themselves as it gets safer to come up...then realize they probably needed a lot to feel safe, so best to not go wrecking that. It's nice that you are trying to understand her situation and want to help:)
Oh I thought Disassociation was what I'm going through when I walk around a store. My anxiety makes it impossible to do some things so I go into a store, I'm not staying long because it feels so weird. Like what I'd imagine the moments before a seizure would feel like.
That is dissociation. Just not in the form of multiple personality disorder / DID. The definition of dissociation is really murky just because there are so many definitions and perspectives on it, as he points out. You can dissociate from immediate stimuli or you can dissociate from your personality. "Dissociation is a psychological experience in which people feel disconnected from their sensory experience, sense of self, *or* personal history." What you are referencing to is dissociation from sensory experience. What Colin A. Ross is focused on in this lecture is dissociation from personal history and/or sense of self. I believe that the etiology of those two main categories of dissociation vary widely, though, and I feel the same as you-- not really sure why they would lump them together. In the former case I think that can be more of a dopaminergic problem, and in the latter case, more of a psychological issue caused by trauma. You can of course argue that everything psychological is at the same time biological, but when I say psychological, I am more so referring to actual synapses in the brain being atypical, and when I say biological, I am more so referring to neurotransmitters and hormones. So i'd argue that dissociation of sensory experience is very different than dissociation of sense of self when looking at their biological and psychological causes. Anyways, i'm not a psychiatrist or psychologist. I'm merely someone interested in the study of psychology, so take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully this is helpful info though! I've personally been trying to understand my dissociation from sensory experience better, and I have absolutely no problems with dissociation from identity. It's really hard to find info on the former type of dissociation, and it seems like there's a lot more focus on the latter (probably because the latter is more apparent to others).
Colin , please come back to Canada. I'm in Edmonton Alberta Canada and it sucks having dissociative identity disorder with no help or little to no help was diagnosed officialy 2-3 weeks ago, im 42 year old female from Winnipeg mb, and lived in Saskatchewan for some time 😭🥺
oh my lol I was watching random youtubes about DID, fell asleep and it went to auto play...in my dream I was in your class...and I kept asking a ton of questions at inappropriate times. You were like "do you go to this school, why are you in my class" and I was like "this is interesting to me can I audit it?" then it got much stranger...all of a sudden I started thinking "man this sounds like me, I probably have DID" and I felt embarissed so then I was like "don't act to interested or ask too many questions all these people will think you are CRAZY"...as the dream went on I got more into the actual lesson...I was super fascinated, woke up (for real), and replayed it so I could watch the lesson while I am awake! That is super funny :) Ps it's a good lesson awake or asleep!
Someone I know was diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder many years ago. I'm not exactly sure what their current diagnosis are. They try hide it but their behavior leaks out. I'm glad to watch this. Very informative. Thank you
It would be interesting to know more about where funds come from to support research. I believe there is a bias to discover what will support the system holding the greatest influence over the direction of research. Independent research is more likely to result in more accurate and actually helpful information. All the best to you. The world could use more people with the same insight and understanding of the human condition.
Read the book....make appointment..... RUN...and don't have children....👎just sayin 😢Oh yeah his stand in fell asleep...note to self....Im a nana...glad I could help 😴
Deborah Mccall I hope you weren’t responding to someone who had deleted their message, someone who perhaps is thinking they have DID symptoms. To tell someone like that to not have children is 100 percent ignorant. Watch a few channels of people with DID. they are the most genuine, strong people. The two I watch most are Dissociadid and Team Piñata.
Hello Colin, I am a colleague of Yours! I find Your statistics very convincing! Very often I had the feeling that schizophrenia is a less well defined diagnosis than DID! We all definitely need Information where the literature is cited you are relating to! Please leave us a note where to find it, so we can cite it!
@George Robins...thank you for providing a good example of faulty logic and poor reasoning skills. Your post is a great lesson of inane speculation and supplements well this video describing bad science.
Thank you for uploading this! Far too many Myths out there sold as Science...there was a time I would not listen to Dr Collin Ross, during the over diagnosis years of MPD and bogus diagnosis years, but now hes finally telling alot of the field true..Students need to understand this more.. I do not agree with the medical trauma model only with MPD/DID, trauma is trauma is trauma, how each person survives trauma and copes with possible future trauma is unique to all , some dissociation make perfect sense in order to cope..
Im an mk program survivor now gangstalked (stupid name-zerstung decay was nazi word) been in trauma based milab crazy life was taken ....there are so many of us too
Knowledge is power, understanding is wisdom, and Radical Acceptance is Key. From Victim, Survivor, to Thriver. Thank you for sharing these educational videos. Learning to recognize red flags and starting to embrace learning tools are the first steps in awakening conscious awareness and behavior.
Thank You for helping to open my eyes to just how large of a problem mental illness and the corelation between childhood trauma and abuse is.I've held this belief for a long time .I am throughly impressed and inspired by this talk. This talk has helped me to better understand myself and my friend who is suffering from mental illness. I do believe there needs to be a physcological treatment to help individuals that are suffering. Is there any belief among physcoligists and physchiatrist that you could create a new healthy physcosis (Reality) or personality for the individual to help them function better in society without the paranoia, outbursts, constant switching, or awkwardness ? Great talk Dr Ross so insightful
You might like Marisa Peer. She has many talks & interviews on CZcams. She is the highest rated therapist from the UK. If you go to her site, marisapeer.com, she has a program "I am Enough" currently free. She's practiced over 30 years to develop this technique & helped many very high profile individuals. Wishing you blessings!
Excellent, informative and educational lecture., Learnt a lot from just watching this. Colin Ross is great at being able to put things across in a way that can be understood and is very much a leading figure in the treatment of DID. Great lecture
I would like to mention that he did not make a distinction between schizophrenia and DID...DIDs do Not hear voices externally. A very important fact left off the criteria for diagnosis. Everything else stated was extremely fascinating and a move forward towards less misdiagnosing patients. Therapy however for schizophrenic patients absolutely need medication whereas medications for DID patients are not consistent between alters. Once a switch between one alter to another, there is no effect of the drug whatsoever. I thought this was important to note. Borderline patients absolutely need medication due to the extremes of emotions. I was diagnosed MPD in the early 80s. It’s been a very long road of recovery. Recovery for DID has the highest success rate.
Christina Holzschuh It’s actually possible for people with DID to experience hallucinations (most commonly auditory hallucinations of alter voices along with the internal alter voices) so it can’t be in the diagnostic criteria. I have DID too, and I hear my alters internally and externally (I only hear them externally on rare occasions though, it’s not something that happens regularly)
I have DID. Hypnoses in the past worked. First I needed to dissociate before being put under hypnoses. Dissociating was easy because I was with fellow DID patients and we were wired lol. While under hypnoses I could remember time and weather etc lets say my memories were so accurate. For many years now I've been remembering times when I dissociated. PTSD opens the door to remembering. Dissociative amnesia opens up lets say. Some of my memories are fictional and to describe are realistic. Deceiving they seem so real. It's phenomenal. I learned that these memories are medically called as "Dreams". How I sift my real memories from fictional dreams is I find facts. Real memories also tend to give me the trench symptom. Vertigo is one physical symptom I cannot stand.
How about you watch the lecture in this video where he debunks this so-called “proof”. Just because people all agree on something doesn’t make it true. Scientists used to believe the world was flat. Scientists used to believe that male sperm contained all the genetics for the child and that the mother simply hosted the child as it grew. Scientists used to believe the earth was the centre of the universe. Scientists used to believe that continents are unmovable. Until 1987, scientists believed that babies DIDNT FEEL PAIN. Yes, something not being peer edited makes it have debatable credibility, but being peer-reviewed doesn’t mean it’s true. A bunch of nazis could have made a peer reviewed article about how Jews deserve to die, but would that make it true? Obviously that’s an extreme example, but I’m just pointing out a flaw in your reasoning. And this research that the man in the video presents is, guess what? Also peer-reviewed and evidence based! Imagine that. And, could you provide more specific examples please? Thanks. It’s no fun debating in an echo chamber. Also, I was saying that I realize *you think* I’m full of shit. Because, y’know, you saying “I call BS. DID is a big scam.” kind of tipped me off on the fact that you don’t think DID is real and, therefore, you probably think I’m lying. Or, as you put it, I’m “full of fecal matter.” I think you oughta work on your comprehension there, bro.
This has to be the best lecture on this topic i have ever seen. I will definitely be following Dr. Collin Ross and his other discussions, at it can be difficult to find good information that isn't just someones "opinion." I have always had this idea that if i can dissect and study and understand psychology and mental health that i can understand myself.. It helps, but i don't know how to feel after researching the ACE test (adverse childhood experience) and to realize i got 10 out of 10 (not a good thing) and apparently people who have 4 or higher are extremely at risk for health problems (which i do have) and other issues. Feels pretty lonely but i still believe educating myself is better than acting out with unhealthy coping skills. I never finished high-school but i love to read and really appreciate the information available on the internet. Well time to find another educational video while i clean. Better than silence. Thank-you to the up-loader.
The first thing you're told when you take an abnormal psychology class is that once you have a little bit of information on any given psychological disorder, you will start seeing it in yourself and everybody else. I doubt that anybody would argue that self-diagnosis is a good idea, but if psychology as a field could weed out everybody who started studying human behavior to learn about their own issues, there wouldn't be any practicing psychologists left. My point is that some knowledge may be helpful, but it's not nearly as beneficial as getting help from a trained clinician who uses both knowledge and experience to treat clients.
Society doesn’t want to talk about childhood trauma. That’s partly because it always jumps to judgement and shaming. There are many reasons that Trauma or Neglect can happen in childhood and much of it is intergenerational. A lot of psycho-education and structured programming is needed.
Marvellous, intriguing and at the same time disheartening. It is so frustrating to see, that vanity still dominates the field of science, where objectivity, reliability and validity should reign (so they teach us at least). I enjoyed this lecture very much. Thank you!!
Dr Ross, in my opinion, is absolutely brilliant! He authenticates his point well. I loved his willingness in addressing and disproving doubts/concerns placed upon his work. He rebutted each concern in a comical, point blank manner and maintained his professionalism. Definitely recommend watching this discussion several times to accurately interpret the rich content expressed.
Great lecture. I feel your frustration. For 30 years I've known that childhood trauma is the root cause of all ''mental illness'' and that the diagnostics are meaningless drivel. Glad to see the medical profession, or a part of it, is finally considering the idea....[that's me being gloat-y and snide] Still, I won't be dragging my dissociative self anywhere near any of you for the foreseeable future. I've had 30 years of the lay population telling me how wrong I am....not about to put one penny in the pockets of ''professional'' half-wits. Stumbled on this video by accident [actually looking for NEUROFEEDBACK] , and almost switched it off, expecting it to be the usual medical clap-trap. To be brutally honest, I only left it running to hear what particular species of clap-trap you were touting.... [and enjoy a little intellectual superiority........so few pleasures.] SO....... delighted by your presentation and, genuinely, understand the difficulty of fighting DENIAL, vested interests and profoundly-average thinking. BUT.....most importantly, those of us whose lives have been blighted/stolen and want to experience some form of healthy life before we die......[ what does ease/rest/peace/ love feel like?]....are in dire need of real help. THIS IS NOT AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE FOR US.
My son has paranoid ischizophrenia and there is no history in either my family or his fathers family. I did find some information where they related schizophrenia to pregnancy difficulties and/or infections shortly after birth. I had placenta abruption during early pregnancy and they waited 24 hours after membranes broke before c-section and we both developed infections. He was 8 lbs 3 oz in the NICU with IV antibiotics in the top of his head. He developed it within 2 years of returning from Iraq. He is considered treatment resistant.
Talk therapy. That is something that won't be resisted with the right therapist. Treatment resistant just that just mean risperidone is useless on him for example. Thank God! You can heal without meds. I did. But he has to be strong and know there is another life to live. He will experience road from the paranoid schizophrenia too not just his prior experiences. You must feel like you've lost your son twice. To war, to this suffering. Just make sure he know youb are there for him and live him and he is always safe with you. Having no one to trust or be comforted by is awful. I felt like I was in a living hell. Hope youre you're ok.
Driving costs = driving profits. And covering up all the child abuse amounts to covering up the reality of our general environmental conditions that we live under.
I noticed about 80% or more of the clients I worked with who had severe mental illness were survivors of abuse. Wouldn't it be nice if society could know this and de- stigmatize mental illness and stop filling our prisons and jails with these crime victims.
That'll happen when people no longer want their children to be subject to long term intergenerational warfare weapons like fiat currency, national debt and inflation (all one system).
a crime is a antisocial proven bad act they have done, not just an intention/guess. Even traumatized, they should have been able to behave in a socially acceptable manner and to resist perpetrating and/or amplifying the abuse they received. I know it's hard but it is possible.
Excellent! WHO ? IS "Society"??? Not you, not me, the others...THEY!! aha...
I always wonder why it gets so severe in that other 20%
@@wilbureastern1115 I know what you mean, right, it's like Native Americans, if only they would act like they were never brutalized, and continue to ignore the current state of affairs and with no assistance for their trauma, just rise above it. Just act like the rest of us normal people who would never stoop to desperation and crime if we thought our survival depended on it. Btw, how's your toilet roll collection going? No queues, fights, weapons draw. Everyone acted in socially acceptable form? Thank goodness they had parents that loved them, imagine if they had no parents, no toilet paper and carried guns.
10:25 - Talk starts
31:00 - BPD v. DID
45:35 - Schizophrenia v. DID
1:19:00 - Q: So what are we even treating? A: To get a better answer, we should be thinking more about childhood trauma.
1:27:29 - Errors of Logic and Scholarship Concerning DID
2:04:44 - What might cause these errors?
2:09:55 - Audience Questions
Angry Beaver11 - Ey! You actually followed up on your promise elsewhere and got back with the timestamps. Alright!
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Children who grow up suffering from abuse, neglect, violence do not develop a sense of inner self. This leads to BPD and DID. As a sufferer, I can say that I received treatment for depression early in my 20's. It lasted till my 30's. My 30's and 40's were a hellish roller coaster ride. Today, having just turned 60, I have learned to cope so I can function and Antidepressants keep the ideations away. I remain hollowed out on the inside and have to re-invent myself on a regular basis. It is exhausting. But never boring.
Absolutely brilliant such a true genuine comment taking responsibility instead of all these other fake people with did which is basically border line personality disorder
I relate xxx
That's a very hard life to live. Much admiration for your efforts.
i've been trying to get help, but nobody seeems to do that. :(
@@blacksheepgirl it's really hard to find the right, if ant, help. I'm sorry you're struggling to find any support :(
The “a child’s memory is different, and may experience and categorize a traumatic event in a different way” thing helped so much, it finally clicked. I knew I’d never been sexually abused (as a child anyway) by my parental abuser, but I still always had a part of me that felt sexually violated and still can’t hug my dad. But then I realized, just because no molestation ever happened…I still was having my “private areas” (butt) being abused being hit with hand or belt in a highly ritualistic manner and being told that was love…like yes, I wasn’t sexually abused thank god my parents never got off on it, but no I’m not crazy just because a part of me still feels extremely sexually violated, because I was.
Awe so what
I completely understand this, I never was able to fully admit the physical violation and overwhelm I experienced as a child with a family member who was quite unhealthy in their approach to touch/physical affection. I was obsessively sought after like a security blanket for a grown man who obviously has severe mental problems. Even as a kid I knew there was something wrong with him, but unhealthy touch became a regular thing for me and at some point I was conditioned to believe that my body wasn't mine when it was pushed to survive in that state, it was his to seek comfort from even though I was uncomfortable, and unable to set a boundary or leave. It doesn't have to be sexual for it to be psychologically damaging, it was a violation of my physical safety and little me had no way of protecting myself or creating distance, it just became normal when it shouldn't have been. I just wanted to rant this because it's still relevant even if nothing sexual happened, to which people might say, "At least you weren't..." Etc. The threat was still there, your sense of safety was still violated, and experiencing unhealthy touch as a child can have longlasting and negative impact on you later in life. Its important to have that experience validated and heard for what it was to you, as pain and fear that we experience as a child does not discriminate. It deserves to be heard, valued and validated in a safe and helpful environment, so we can fully process it and move on without it hurting us like it did in the past. ❤️
@@Dannydawson537 pardon? So what is never a good thing to say because it means, so what, youre going to get hurt or were hurt and so what does that mean in the grand scheme of things or the short version: I don't care. That usually means, you should see my wounds! Try not to say that ever. For all our sakes
@@29sasha 🥱 yawn yawn yawn stop begging attention and get a grip poor me poor me never got you anywhere
@@ageves8487 it deserves to be understood, as humans we are not perfect and biology has a massive play over the mind. Your story matters but also so does everyone else’s.
Well done for seeing it and learning to see it as a behaviour in others now, check yourself for flaws too.
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Colin Ross is knowledgeable because he is the author of the first textbook on the diagnosis and treatment on dissociative identity disorder, published in 1989. There are still many misinformed professionals today regarding DID. It is alarming. All mental health professionals should listen to this lecture and take notes. this should be a compulsory lecture for medical students. I am speaking as a retired psychiatrist of over 40 years of experience.
aegeanbo I had multiple personality disorder from trauma I went through as a child. I didn’t know I had it until I was 32 years old and it was revealed to me after I accepted Jesus as my Lord and savior. I recently posted my testimony on my CZcams channel if you are interested. God bless.
Lilly Hubbard Same here. God bless you
I am scitzophrenic and it is scary how much psychiatry do not have a clue...
@Jonathan Brown Why say something like this? You have MY pity, so ignorant.
aegeanbo, all our psychiatrists want to do, and have done is destroy our lives by prescribing psychiatric drugs to treat our imaginary mental illnesses. and then they go after our children. Psychiatric drug addiction is ripping families apart across America and these are only the ones that don't commit suicide to escape the horrendous withdrawal symptoms. But no one seems notice or care just as long as big pharma continues making money from bribing doctors & selling their pills. It's really sad that here in America it is legal to murder for profit (just ask any GP, Psychiatrist or pharmaceutical company) and where in Psychiatry the Hippocratic Oath 'First Do No Harm' - Does NOT apply.
It’s great to hear someone talk about the biased focus of medicating people with mental illness and the lack of focus on psychotherapy!
Sometimes people can afford medication ..
But cannot afford therapy
indeed a pharmaceutical approach is biased, but so is a trauma centric approach that Ross pushes. My advice would be to avoid trauma centric therapists, and pick cognitive or behavioral therapists who specifically do not attempt to go after repressed memories of abuse, and who do not encourage you to play the victim
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@@psyskeptic9979 this is my 2nd time commenting this! *See Sigman Frueds 1896 seduction theory that he called "the source of tje Nile". He said all of his patients had been sexually abused as infants. See Assault on Truth: Freud's Suppression of the Seduction Theory, The by Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson*
@@psyskeptic9979 it's not about playing victim. And, actually, you cannot fully resolve some of these issues & move on without focusing on the trauma.
I'm sorry that you aren't educated enough on the brain. Or understanding psychological trauma.
I think the thing you don't realize is how long it really takes for the brain's neuroplasticity to be well-utilized to heal. When it comes to the point of dissociative disorders (particularly ones grim early brain development), developmental arrests abound. And it takes time to discover the issues, begin to change, see the fruit of that labour, & be ready to go to next healing task.
There's no such thing as a 12-session magic fix.
I got DID diagnosed three years ago (I am 44 years old). (If I make mistakes, please ignore them - English is not my mother language. I am from Germany) Back to my diagnosis: I am 'highly funktional', as my therapist often mentions, got no time losses (maybe minutes, but not more), always 'in the backseat', as I describe it, when an other part of me is driving the car, that looks like my name. Until a few years ago, I didn't know, that this is DID. I got severe depressions sometimes, anxiety as well, but no wonder, with a highly manipulating, gaslighting, narcissist mother (I am the familys black sheep). I always thought, that this is normal, that you got a few persons living inside you, with their own feelings, desires, different ages and sexes. I thought that this is only my fantasy (I am a talented painter, I write books and so on ...). I would never fear to be alone, because I got always someone to talk to. And I also got no memorys except for a few in the age of seven to 15 years. Before 7 years, I don't remember anything. My therapist suggests, that I have been severly emotional neglected and abused (no physical or sexual abuse, as we can say - or I don't remember anything). In my case, the thought, that my other parts will integrate or otherwise disapear, frightens me. We are a well functional and most of the times a happy family - all of me. And so, I think, I am one of the very few 'lucky ones' with DID, that are doing well with all their persons inside. But it is still sad, that here in Germany (and I am sure also in other countrys), when you tell someone about DID (I told it 3 persons since I knew it), that they ask at first: "And which one is the bad one?" Or "Is there a murderer?" and other bullsh### . There is lots of educational work left to do. (Spoiler alert: THERE IS NO 'BAD ONE')
God bless you sister. You are amazing :)
Same here, when I went to charities for help they said they don’t work with us as we are too dangerous. I am 73 never hurt anybody, rescue cats, dogs, birds, snails, slugs, bees, spiders, people. Live a chaotic miserable life because some of my personalities tried to kill me when I had to have my cat put to sleep (from their point of view that was fair as I didn’t ask them first as I didn’t know I should!!)so my therapist, who trained under Colin Ross, seemed to lock some of them up. But they were useful to me as well so it is like a lobotomy. Crazy cat Lady, congratulations on your brilliant English and if your team is working well together leave them alone. They will not thank you for messing with them. I wish you the very best and when emotions are difficult search “Brad Yates Desperate” for amazing Emotional Freedom Technique EFT lifesaving routines for everything and homoeopathy. They heal without destroying the autonomy of your System, give everybody a choice. Bless you. Namaste 🙏
@@tumbleweeduk7479 Thank you for your detailed answer. I think, that the parts, that try to hurt you (and in the past me also), are the most injured ones. They have to heal, what I happily managed in the last years (without knowing having DID or going to therapy). What we should take into consideration is also the 'living' of our other parts, that are not often in the outside world. I got this idea from a CZcamsr (I think it was Multiplicity and me), who told, that she got for every part a house or at least a room with thinks they like to do. We can make their lives more pleasant doing so (one of me got her own Caravan and a big pig to cuddle, other ones a big house with their own Gym, an other one a dog, that takes care of him and so on). Best wishes from us :)
@@crazycatlady7143 Thank you so much I will have a look at multiplicity and me. Unbelievably I have never studied multiple personality disorder because I didn’t want to feel I was copying anybody else or making it up, the stigma from the media? Actually I didn’t have to make a special environment for my friends they did it for themselves, I have a university, a hospital, a Playschool, an aquarium and other nice places that they created for themselves and live in groups. There are probably some I don’t know about and I probably don’t give them enough time, as I am too busy just struggling with surviving! Thank God for CZcams I am just watching Dr Colin Ross talking about recovery, every day trying to get a bit better. Namaste 🙏
Your English is very good! Very interesting comments. Thank you for sharing.
Maybe... Like.. stop abusing kids? This is a horrific outcome and many families are causing this to their own family members.
What are you doing about it? There were lots of people in ly life when i was a chols that could have figured it out and stopped it. My teachers... My pastors... Neighbors... No one did anything.
@@marielalonde4750 I think the only way to keep this from happening is to increase the level of conciousness and awareness people operate under.
However self actualization for the masses isn't exactly encouraged nowadays
So yeah society is just traumatized & controlled people, sometimes people are smart enough to break the cycle, but until we as a people can rise ourselves out of self defeating behavior, this will keep happening.
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and schools, childcare institutions, religious institutions, and family friends
Is about having no help also, like you are alone and this constant bad thing keeps happening, so your brain made dissociation so you can survive, the abuse happens for a long period of time like 3 years or more without any support or help
Thank you. I feel affirmed at 67 years old. I experienced both confirmation & illumination. I have tears & gratitude for the doctor's research, instruction, critical thinking, & empathy.
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You matter 🤙
I was in a psych ward at one point, it was the trauma unit he spoke of that specialized in DID among other things, and we had a group with this dude over video conference. Honestly, it was one of my best stays in a psych ward. This guy knows his shit and the few conversations I had with him were enlightening.
Buzzybuzz Can you tell me what helped you? Did it bother you to be in a locked facility? I can’t find help anywhere for DID that takes insurance except locked facilities.
Buzzybuzz, that wasn't at Forest View Psychiatric Hospital in Grand Rapids was it? While I was there I was enrolled into Dr. Ross's Trauma Program, only Forest View turned out to be just another torture center, but I sure didn't blame Dr. Colin Ross. I was diagnosed DID too, it was quite a popular diagnosis/label back in 2000. There aren't any psychiatric hospitals that are capable of seeing or treating benzodiazepine withdrawal in patients. I too, was diagnosed DID. It was quite a popular diagnosis/label back in 2000. Do I believe it today? Hell no. I don't believe any of the diagnosis' I was given over the decades. Now off all the drugs I'm no more mentally ill than the man on the moon.
Was it ntc? I also briefly saw him through video conferencing. I've been trying to go back to that unit for a while in search of finding answers to the mysteries of my life.
Ashley Renzi JESUS IS THE ANSWER
Its super helpful in my opinion to have a comment such as yours from someone with in person experience as a consumer. I'm appreciative. I'm an OT who is no longer an OTR but continuing to assist consumers with the occupation of navigating life and resolving what problems can be. Hence I am checking into resources and here.
Just watching this alone has cleared so much up for me and the more I feel validated the more I get on a healing path
Love you ❤️
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Hear hear.
Well this was validating. I had a DID diagnosis and it shook my world. 20 years of trying to deal with my mental health has culminated in this, so far. I have an ACE score of 10/10. Despite this, I’ve accomplished everything I’ve wanted to (so far) and can manage most days. But disassociation is a plague and makes it unbelievably difficult. It is such a complex and confusing thing to experience. But childhood trauma does not have to ultimately define you.
Of all my Diagnosis DID was the most Shocking and Shameful because of Hollywood’s misrepresentation.
It’s Frustrating the shame belongs to our abusers NOT us!
Thank you, the trauma really doesn't define me, but it made it very difficult to access certain skills to be successful in life, like you said, despite all that, you accomplished, for lots of us that despite never comes.
as someone who has DID i really appreciate the level of knowledge this professor shows. DID is often misrepresented and misunderstood by many many professionals. anyway thank you for the positive representation of DID
Alexis Taylor if you don’t yet, follow Team Piñata channel and Dissociadid. They’re amazing. But I’m sure you do already
it's not a real disorder, although patients may have underlying problems. DID therapy is iatrogenic in most cases
@@psyskeptic9979 source ?
@@alexistaylor8417 there is a link to a few papers in the description of this video: czcams.com/video/a3Ggf9jPJq8/video.html
@@psyskeptic9979 as I expected. This paper is from 1994. There has been quite a lot of development and understanding of this disorder sense then and the majority of the scientific community now agrees it is real.
Psychiatry, such a nascent science. So many "disorders" are trauma-based, but that's not the model so many fall through the cracks. Also, in the states, where it's profit over people, it's next to impossible to get competent help with trauma-related issues.
Capitalism is always profit before people, no matter which state you live
You might find Prof Sam Vaknin CZcams usefully...❤
I suffer from schizophrenia, bipolar1, DID, and a laundry list of other conditions. I was diagnosed in 1997. The amazing amount of misinformation in the especially in movies etc make these conditions seem frightening. We need more critical thinking and people to watch information like this presented here so we can dispell the myth and mystery around these conditions so not I don't have to hear "why would you admit something like that,". When I openly speak about my conditions . Knowledge is golden and this lecture is amazing. Watched it once about to play it for my husband..
The word ‘admit’ can be a bit problematic. It suggests that someone has committed a crime. 💔
I hope your treatment is going well, that sounds like a lot to handle
@@echase416 perception is a wonderful thing. Maybe to you it means that 😉
1:25:20. Wow. I remember saying this to my mom in my teens, that I thought maybe I was subconsciously keeping myself overweight, because maybe then men wouldn’t be interested in me.
I feel like I haven’t even heard this idea again until now, like 25 years later.
Damn if that didn’t punch me right in my huge gut..
FE Rebekah
I have the same thing, but instead of being overweight I just have terrible hygiene. In my mind, that keeps bad people away from me.
FE Rebekah Same except I have a hard time putting on weight
Yea trauma. Don't let it stop you. Treat it, heal it. That's gotta be pretty hard work
It is your responsibility to not eat too much, and playing the victim is not going to change that--nor is blaming others.
@@psyskeptic9979 but it's okay if that's where you are starting from now.
My wife has DID and has been in and our of pinerest and forest view her whole life. This man here helped her come into who she/they are. Thank you for helping them!
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As a west Michigan local this is a first positive light I’ve seen shed on Pinerest.. I recently started dating a system and they’re wonderful but man is it tough sometimes! I came to this video to learn and I’m thankful to see other partnerships that have worked out longterm 💜
Thank you, so much, for going over all of these errors in logic. Too many providers know nearly nothing about this disorder, or able to conceptualize how it works. It's frustrating to be living with this when so many people don't understand.
I have dissociative fuege disorder. I've had it since I was a child, I'm guessing around 6yrs old. I was brutally raped all of my young years, abused, rejected. Which of course lead to drug use, PTSD and many many mental health issues. My whole life, I am 55 now, I was missing time and people would tell me I was doing things that I didn't believe. This was a very lonely life. It would be one day then a month or a week later not knowing where I had been or done which sometimes actually many times led to legal issues. UNFAIR! I was diagnosed with lots of mental health disorders including Dissociative fuege disorder around 31-33 yrs old. Imagine how confused I was by this time in my life 😪 I still struggle immensely with this because there is not enough information in the phycology world. I have found it very hard to find a therapist that understands this disorder. I hate living like this because now I struggle with what is real and not real. Sometimes I completely black out and sometimes I'm outside myself looking in but not being able to feel it do anything about what is happening. The littlest trauma now sets me off and I hate living like this. So for those who don't believe this exists "your wrong." They say it's a defense mechanism. I slammed my finger in the door not long ago and I disappeared for a week or so. I am interested in this hypnosis but I don't know where to go. I have been lost my whole life, I have been in and out of psych wards, jail and treatment centers I feel like I'm going to be punished for the rest of my life. If it wasn't for my King Jesus I would not have one day of Peace 🙏🙏🙏. So thank you for listening ❤️
So few people in the psych field have this guys honesty, that I feel we’re all crying in the wilderness.
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I am 63, i have been aware of the other "parts of me" for decades. In Feb. had 2 extremely traumatic events, back to back, (Physical and emotional) and the glue that held the "parts of me" shattered and suddenly i was dealing with more than one alt (5 to begin with) then another emotionally traumatizing event in mid-late june , (there are 9, 3 months later). This is the second of your lectures that i have watched and it has helped me quite a bit since there are no therapists in my area that deal with this disorder. I'd had a good therapist back in 1994-96 and i am using some of the coping techniques she taught me to get through this.
Dr roger boehm. Skype. He can help even on skype. I worked w him. Google him.
@@ashleyadams2666 check Facebook but be careful sometimes these groups push people further into self made holes
@Chipsy Plank no. You are not aware at first. Most people who have DID have amnesia when we switch
Awkward Autistic
No it is Nothing! like acting
My biggest clues that the diagnosis is accurate is what other people tell me about me.
My second biggest clue was a houseful and now a storage unit full of so many things started and stopped with no logical, sound reason for such good things to be stopped. Some of them get work done weeks months or years later.
My adult children absolutely concur that this diagnosis is an accurate fit.
My worst piece of evidence involved my middle child. It started with a very distressed day and going through my entire phone list trying to find someone to talk to to figure it out, followed by a common mess to be cleaned up scenario with my young child, followed by a black out spell, I came out of the black out spell holding my small child against the wall by his throat without his feet touching the floor. I scared the hell out of myself. I dropped my son and screamed for him to get away from me, out of the house, because I did not understand why in the world I would ever be treating him such a way. I locked the door once he was outside. I had the neighbor take care of him until his father came home.
I’m just grateful they are willing to have any relationship with me at all as adults.
Ashley Adams
Have you started your own support group or joined one already in existence?
I am just fascinated by his way of delivering this lecture let alone the experience and knowledge he has. 2 hours 13 mins straight with full attention. thank you so much.
As a psych student it never ceases to amaze me at how complicated everything is. We can categorize definitions but there are variances and conditions as to when a definition can be used given the parameter
Dissociative disorders appear to be rare for a very simple logical reason:
The patient doesn't remember the dissociative episodes. He only have gaps in his memories. In order to complain of gaps in memories, a long time has to pass by, or many gaps in memories created.
Can you remember forgetfulness?
Can you remember the period that you forgot?
Can you miss the periods that you forgot?
Do you know/aware of not knowing something?
Dissociation could be very common, just it takes a long time for a patient to figure out he has gaps in his memories.
It's like finding black holes, in dark skies, with an optical telescope.
I have 20 gaps in my memories, where I remember only the first 10 seconds of the memory. All those memories are accompanied by a bad feeling.
I recovered from the amnesia of a dissociative episode when a flashback was triggered at the shocking sight of marks I found on my arm.
Oh Friend! I’m sorry for your experience! For me, it was hard hearing others’ experiences where I was there, too. But don’t remember. And the bad feeling… 😢
That was totally awesome. I am so glad Dr. Ross is aware and vocal concerning the reality of D.I.D. You go, Dr. Ross!! You rock!
at 47 just now discovering my DID! My mother studied psychology and appears now she felt my DID is her fault which why I was never told about my abuse perhaps. We need some big changes! Referring to how the world sees abuse!
How's your healing going?
hope you’re doing well 💛
My mental illness was likely caused from extreme traumatic events in my past as well as the long term abuse from the households. But my current mental illness is no one else's fault. It's not my fault, its not their fault, but it's there. I have found that when I stop holding others to blame I become more of a nice person. But I do have to occasionally remind people that my mental illnesses exist and I sometimes do things differently to avoid triggers that cause me to have a bad time. Usually even my dad, who was an alcoholic and abusive when I was young, understands me now, he gives me space and doesn't get upset when I do something that would normally irritate him.
That's great that he can give you space to be you. Only one person in my entire life, close enough to know my issues, has given me the space to be, and simply wanted to know why something was good to me, rather than trying to persuade me out or blame me. He was not my family, but because he was the rarest gem I didn't know I'd find in life, he's the closest held to my heart, even not living among me anymore.
I have multiple personality disorder and I have been trying to find a therapist and someone to help me understand thank you so much sir
I’m going to school for my psychology degree, focusing on mental health. DID is a very interesting mental disorder & it’s always intrigued me to learn more about it. (Along with other mental health disorders). This is very insightful & I’m so glad I came across this video! Well done 👍🏼
All the deniers that are saying that I/we do not exist, live in a very unrealistic view of the mental health field that will keep new fields of research from being developed. Mainly I just feel sorry for missing out on all the wonderful things we have to offer to this world. Thank you Dr Ross for the work you do. In New Zealand where I live we have a low rate of cases, and thankfully a higher rate of believing and now thankfully miss diagnoses rates have gone down but the linage is still the same here.
DID correlates almost perfectly to blood sugar level
Rick Deckard interesting. Could you elaborate on that at all?
@@tracik1277 sure just get a glucometer and record DID symptoms + BG levels
@@rickdeckard1075 Sorry, I think you may have misunderstood me. I have a general interest only, I know nobody on whom I could perform such a test. My interest is in how different pathologies often link through unexpected means. I'm not a doctor of any kind.
@@tracik1277 glucometers are $20 at walmart...or search pubmed for BG vs psychological conditions
This guy is so genuine ~ a treat to listen to!
my new favourite psych lecture! this guy knows what he is talking about! which (like he says) is an absolute RARITY in this field!
Ok, this got pretty good pretty fast.
I'm voting with my found out what dissociation is now!! It was no joke for my altars to play with. But I needed them then to comeback once I experienced the dissociation. It's still too strong. I really don't like it.
alchemica you hot baby
@@ronbishop889 Oh, believe me, she wants you to notice her, especially her auggies. You are her Narcissistic Supply.
@@christopherboucher2887 Sometimes I wonder what children think when they somehow manage to stumble across such X-Rated comments like yours. But then, well, I have a conscience.
The world needs more sceptical intelligent people like this man 😊
I’m just going through the diagnosis process for DID. Trying to understand why one of the alters wants to hurt the body. This doctor seems like a really caring guy as well as brilliant
I was very young when I had my first confrontations with an alter. He'd punch me and I'd punch him back and cripes! I was beating myself up. Then one night while in bed I surrendered to this alter, repeat I surrendered, and I told him I was sorry. The alter wouldn't accept it at first but I continued on saying I was sorry. Then maybe the next night, I don't remember exactly how long later, it spoke to me first saying it was sorry. Both of us repeatedly began saying to each other "I'm sorry" and we began crying. We were in debt with each other and it was so true. To make this long story short we bonded immediately afterwards and that alter had become a bodyguard for me forever after. If you still have problems with alters, surrender and apologize and be truthful too about it and see what happens. Good luck.
Just drives home the basic and intuitive idea that “what’s wrong with you” is more or less a function of “what happened to you”
Im here after 59 yrs of disassociation to differing degrees. I was never in my body fully from early childhood. At 24 I was diagnosed with ptsd from childhood trauma. Horrible existence. I had *no idea* when asked by a doctor what i was feeling. Whats a feeling, I asked. How will I know when i have one, i asked. It took over 30 years of self work, counseling, treatment for me to finally be here. I am finally living. I dont have other full personalities, imo. But I did/possibly still do have personas i put on. I'd appreciate any info on coming out of disassociation. What am I? Not DID, I dont think. But definitely something. Too many of us spend our whole lives in trauma responses and not ever really living. I need a referral to doctors in Edmonton, Canada who do know what this is. I did this all on my own. My doctors only treated the cptsd. They seem to avoid disassociation with a 10 ft pole.
One of the first to help Christian people who was treated like possession cases! Hes a hero!
Pamela Cook what do you mean? I went through the same thing as a Christian
There is such a thing as possession by evil spirits. There is also dissociative identity disorder, which is different. Both need prayer when occurring in Christians.
@@jamellagory1823 I did too, however I was delivered from my mental illness back in February 2017....I literally could feel them LEAVE my body... it's been 2 years, and no more depression, dark episodes OR voices. No medication and I now work for a university and getting my Master's degree. I literally called out the Name JESUS, and cried from my heart for freedom and wholeness AND I had the most amazing encounter... after the demons left my body, I threw up thick white stuff and my throat felt like a basketball had went through it..the Peace and freedom that God has given me ever since I gave my illness to HIM has been mind blowing .I love God with everything in me. God is real and so is His healing power #Jesus❤
Yes it is so sad when people were abused because Christians thought they were possessed.
"Christian people"???? nigga, we'z human beings!! how DARE you limit and label humans as such! Christian implies a religious undertone which no way describes the unlimited capacity a human being possess.
I can't tell you how wonderful it was to work with this man!!!!!
1:56:00 they make no sense.
@@ZenithAstrology hes a scammer and a quack.
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(Sources are sited in the opinion piece)
Ra'Bia Griffith
I’m sure my mixed races black white are not mpd on the skin. Are the protests not mpd outside. This is why my mom was a Virgo Gemini MOON! Y’all been hiding it! Hmm he doesn’t feel like a scammer.
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I still don’t see him as a quack you just want us mixed racers and occultist to go away. Why if you ask my neighbor, the number one quirk he noted is me leaving my keys I. The door in a “dissociative place”. Studios make you dissociative. This is the “box”. Yes I noticed my age would be 7 or 8 because they zapped my energy or an alter would switch making me extremely tired. Then I would rush into the room to “go play” as a 28 year old. Thinking I’m just doing my own thing. The thing is black and white raced people do not have family. Notice the vibe outside? So it’s not documented.. most people who help me are narcissistic and do it “for supply” and my unique skin. I also had the dissociation break once I learned how to stop. It’s real personally I just have Astrological evidence for mine. And been telling 100 percent races they split my race and personality as a child and the 100 percent racers dissociate me on purpose! I noticed. To keep us hidden this is why they tore city asunder for Uranians. I’m an Aquarius Scorpio moon. Aquarius rules flashes being WHITE. This makes my white mom even though Aquarius is the darkest sign (OPP SUN) Scorpio my moon sign is Black rules the color. When you combine them it creates = mpd . Gemini is just there for the Aquarius Scorpio occultist to who gave the ruler of Astrology Aquarius, mpd anyway. I have never seen Gemini have two. It’s there so you leave Aquariuss child altars alone. Because mpd is “alien to others” it cannot be Gemini rule! This just means the father/ Gemini Sun was divisive (trump). This means a Gemini can research it or work as custodian in a hospital without ruldly offending the Aquarius. (Trine) The problem becomes in relationship when it is hard to not “hurt” a child’s feelings.this is why if your hurt me one time you don’t come back. To close !
Even in Vedic my placement is the BUTCHER. Which makes CUTS or Splits! This is why many in India noticed I’m your “local butcher” but still they cannot find it till I become an Astrologer and explain. Butcher =split personality they “BUTCHERED” my race by having 100 percent raced hide my mpd! I just figured out how to stop dissociatting two years ago and it was scary! Because I was so used to it. It’s like a acid on the brain so you don’t feel no pain.
I’m not saying all people with mix race are but the half BLACK Half white every time you call these they are PULLING apart in the most extreme “protest”. If you haven’t noticed. This is why Aquarius is an eliete sign. It means there is something special about you and be careful because of it. This is why I cannot get involved in the protests even though I went to one. Because it’s extremely me there fights are about. I could barely live my life without constant stress and fetishizatioj by the rainbow community males
I wish I went to school for Psych, I could listen to and read about psychology all day. The way these mysterious systems are interconnected will never cease to be curious to me.
This is such a great resource I'm so glad to have access to it!
He was at DID event near Tampa past 2 yrs. Conference. Very kind of him to come to a small (but growing) venue. Really grounded and helpful he is. DIDer here.
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this was great! thank you.. my girlfriend has alot of trauma and DID related stuff going. i've seen alot of it first hand and i feel helpless sometimes. thanks for helping me to understand her that much better :)
100% agree with this guy and his view on the current state of medicine!
peace & respect
padlockbeats I don't know what to do. I can't get real help. I'm so scared! I'm almost 47. Been in the system for years now. They won't listen to me. They will only put me on antipsychotics they tell me that there is no such thing as did &, dismiss me. Like a POS.
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Lucky girlfriend!
My husband is also getting inform about my DID. If only this video was translated in Spanish. Its a wonderful video that explains everything perfectly. I told my husband about and his glad his not the only one going through this. Stay strong.
@@anaana5980 sometimes the closed caps are available in different languages
Hooray!!! FINALLY AN INTELLIGENT HONEST AWESOM MAN
www.process.org/discept/2010/02/08/dr-colin-a-ross-psychiatry-the-supernatural-and-malpractice-most-foul/
It seems that way doesn’t it. I can guarantee that the reason why he is telling you the truth now is because he can. He has full confidence in their programming of us that their is no alarm or concern of any opposition or objection to the blatant mockery on the human species. This guy is standing out because he is the voice of psychiatry and he has just come to the level of care these professionals have on people that are seen as less than human. out to the public is because it’s telling you what the profession has done. Does anybody see what he is saying here.?
>Unfortunately, this caliber of human isn't desired in higher positions of power.... if only the smartest and most honest and good people coincided with the most powerful at the same time.
@@TinyDancerO - I know that symbol and oh yes it is the Process church.
"Satanists deny Satanism is dangerous"
What a shock. I suppose if I was linked to as many serial killers and cults as the Process Church I would be denying it all too.
"Many of the group's therapeutic practices or "processes" (hence the name) and concepts were derived from Scientology, including the term "processing"
TotAlLy CreDiBLe SoURCe
Thank you for your research and your reasonable presentation. More scientists need such a disposition as this.
He had malpractice cases against him and was a conspiracy theorist. He isnt the real deal.
Check out Bessel Van Der Kolk instead. Hes cocky too, but his research is real.
I've seen Dr Ross at UBH in Texas and he's literally a lifesaver. 👯✌💕 × 1000
Dakota Siobhan
Hello Dakota,
Where do you find help? I live in Phoenix and my therapist passed me off to another
Therapist after disassociation during our sessions became severe. This other therapist is not
Even remotely seem appropriate . I have checked the internet and my last therapist for
A list of other therapists and the 2 that returned my call are not taking new patients.
Do you have any ideas? Tworiverswind@gmail.com
Leah
Wow you are so fortunate to have had this man to help you. I'm lost and hopeless. But very glad for you Dakota!
Do you have DID
2 1/2 years into supporting a person with DID and this is so validating. I'm not a therapist. DID is very real. It's a brutal condition. Hard to find proper help.
This lecture is filled to the brim with useful information. Positively brilliant.
Loved it! Was able to work w/ him in 2012 and gained much insight. I only wish he had described the co-conscious DID patient to them. We are often overlooked bc we don't have missing time. I do have a wide range of styles in my closet, but I remember buying them. My voice, facial expressions and writing changes, all of which I have explained as my "moods."
Colleen Mayes Could you say more about the co-conscious DID Patient?
Isn't that OSDD?
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It’s a great shame the medical community don’t see mental health as higher ranking as other disciplines. A lot of social issues other departments deal with I see as having heavy links to untreated mental health issue.
I think things are changing in a relatively rapid way and their changing views and society when it comes to mental health awareness and its importance for overall health
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Please keep this uploaded. I love to listen to Dr colin ross' lectures or words
I love GRCC, thankful that they upload their resources to the public!
The making of the psychiatric sausage is as fascinating as the understanding of the classifications.
Our world evolves around marketing and personal, corporate profits. The majority of the US population lives in Fantasyland and is extremely gullible. Thank you for this eye-opening 💜 presentation.
When I took Psych 101 at University of Kansas in 1970, the instructor described the diagnosis of Schizophrenia as a “wastebasket diagnosis”, meaning if the doctor had no idea what was happening with a patient , he could just call it schizophrenia.
readysetgo luckily there is much more information available about it now.
I'm to scares to get help. Scared to be judged. You described how hard it is to live life normal. When I was 8 I got molested, told my parents and the cops. Instead of protecting me, they got furious at me. They said I was heartless for not thinking of the damage I did to the abuser's family. I was shocked, then my father would allow older man to molest me for money. Suddenly one night I started to hear voices at night. I would even see like small creatures, they would sing all night and laugh at me, not letting me sleep, and I would wake up so tired. In 6 grade I started to develop a new person in me, rebellious and depressed child. In Jr High I would get bully a lot for being overweight. So I started working out and got in shape. By freshman year I was a new person, I called myself Nenalover. A confident and social teenager who covered her depression with a beautiful smile. She was always friendly and love making people laugh. At the age of 16, my father sold me to my husband. My husband was a alcoholic and violent. I enter a new evil world that I wasn't prepared. I had to have sex, but didn't know how to satisfy my husband sexually so I would get hurt for not doing it well. I had to always keep the house clean and organized, if not.... well punishment of course. If I were to disobey, I would see the dark evil side of my husband. I then comfort myself by talking to myself, and train my brain to believe I wasn't the victim because only victims are weak and get hunt down faster. I learn to control my emotions. I could be crying for an hour, turn into a happy perfect wife. When I noticed my ability to make people believe I was okay. Thats when I began to develop a new personality. I call her Anabell, she is the strongest personality. She is self love, impulsive, sensual, dominant, and careless. She doesn't care to hurt people, never physically. She can sleep with someone get home and sleep with her husband the same night. I mean she loves doing bad stuff that I would never thought or knew I would be able to.
Currently I developed a new person named Anamaria which is my birth name. Its like I want to return to the little girl mix with Nenalover. I'm struggling with staying in one character for a long period of time. Today in the morning I was Jr high teen and suddenly turned into Nenalover when I was driving. I felt my skin transform. I'm scared now kuz I thought I was the only one going through this. I just don't know how to express all this to people.
I also sometimes want to kill myself because its exhausting being alert and cautious of every move you make.
. The personalities help us overcome and cope with pain, Helps us a lot.
I'm to scared to get help. Scared to be judged. You described how hard it is to live life normal. When I was 8 I got molested, told my parents and the cops. Instead of protecting me, they got furious at me. They said I was heartless for not thinking of the damage I did to the abuser's family. I was shocked, then my father would allow older man to molest me for money. Suddenly one night I started to hear voices at night. I would even see like small creatures, they would sing all night and laugh at me, not letting me sleep, and I would wake up so tired. In 6 grade I started to develop a new person in me, rebellious and depressed child. In Jr High I would get bully a lot for being overweight. So I started working out and got in shape. By freshman year I was a new person, I called myself Nenalover. A confident and social teenager who covered her depression with a beautiful smile. She was always friendly and love making people laugh. At the age of 16, my father sold me to my husband. My husband was a alcoholic and violent. I enter a new evil world that I wasn't prepared. I had to have sex, but didn't know how to satisfy my husband sexually so I would get hurt for not doing it well. I had to always keep the house clean and organized, if not.... well punishment of course. If I were to disobey, I would see the dark evil side of my husband. I then comfort myself by talking to myself, and train my brain to believe I wasn't the victim because only victims are weak and get hunt down faster. I learn to control my emotions. I could be crying for an hour, turn into a happy perfect wife. When I noticed my ability to make people believe I was okay. Thats when I began to develop a new personality. I call her Anabell, she is the strongest personality. She is self love, impulsive, sensual, dominant, and careless. She doesn't care to hurt people, never physically. She can sleep with someone get home and sleep with her husband the same night. I mean she loves doing bad stuff that I would never thought or knew I would be able to.
Currently I developed a new person named Anamaria which is my birth name. Its like I want to return to the little girl mix with Nenalover. I'm struggling with staying in one character for a long period of time. Today in the morning I was Jr high teen and suddenly turned into Nenalover when I was driving. I felt my skin transform. I'm scared now kuz I thought I was the only one going through this. I just don't know how to express all this to people.
Ana b3ll we’re here for you
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I’m a hobby writer that has always been fascinated by this condition, but wanted to do some proper research on the topic before trying my hand at including it in my writing. This really helped me understand it.
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i have did. life was a nightmare until i was finally made aware of it.
I know how you feel. But it took me awhile before I could admit I was.
I worked 7 yrs for a lady who claimed extreme sever sexual, and emotional trauma inflicted by her mother, father and brother on/against her all her life until she went to college . (Her earliest memory was 2 yrs old-naturally her family tagged her "crazy" & A very sick & wicked Liar and went on to maintain None of her claims were ever based on a shread of truth.) She had lifelong history of being hospital- ized... In her late 30s she met her husband (because of mental issues the met in a therapy treatment type setting... Both had genius IQs and a history of mental issues) and both worked over 40 yrs at IBM. When I began working for her she had recently retired from IBM because one day @ rush hour was involved in a multiple motor vehicle accident, where she claimed a "coo-counter-coo' closed head injury" . She had a psychiatrist, (many) over entire life... She found a Dr with double degrees, & licensed as both MD. & Psychiatric Dr. She found him when they lived and worked in Dallas, Texas and ironically the lady & her husband were transferred by IBM to the RESEARCH TRIANGLE IN NORTH CAROLINA AND THE PSYCHIATRIST FROM TEXAS HAD ALSO relocated about 2 years prior and started his own private practice. Eventually she became his client and that's where her next few years were spent 2-3 Days per week and their work began to integrate a total of 102 separate identities.... Can YOU imagine? Genius with head trauma , and more issues than could be resolved in almost 70 years before she died of starvation. (She battled eating disorders all her life, as well as a number of other disorders and conditions. Several times over her lifespan her eating disorder had nearly cost her, her life ...and resulted in her being saved by being medically hospitalized and given a feeding tube , until nourished back to sustainable weight...the last battle she had she had decided AGAINST ANOTHER FEEDING TUBE, they cautioned her if this was OF
UTMOST dire consequence, AND WAS EXTREMELY TIME SENSITIVE... THey said there was a window of time that they had for feeding tube in., IF SHE
chose to wait too long to MAKE HER
DECISION , it COULD BE TOO LATE... AND AT ONE POINT THAT WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING THEY COULD DO TO HELP HER, HER HUSBAND SUPPORTED HER DECISION... RC ALWAYS HAD FOR THE PAST FORTY THREE YEARS! AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED . Sadly once it was too late she decided I get a feeding tube and recover again BUT is WAS 2 LATE... A REAL NEXT 3 WEEKS SHE DECLINED SLIPPED INTO A COMA AND DIED QUIETLY AT HOME , WHILE I SAT WITH HER... I THINK IN HER ENTIRE LIFE THIS WAS THE BIGGEST TRAGEDY OF ALL SHE WANTED TO LIVE... SHE REALIZED SHE HAD MADE THE WRONG DECISION... SHE IS MORE THAN A COMPLEX WOMAN WITH A GENIUS IQ COMPOUNDED WITH BRAIN DAMAGE. She was my friend. Rest in peace Joanie.
(That was about 8ish years ago now...) ♥️
God Bless you,my journey into this with my wife is 4 months and in 3 hrs. we are finally going to psyche ward.
sounds like reappraisal and iatrogenic theory
I've never related to a comment more.
Excellent lecture and Dr Colin Ross who is a Psychiatrist, Author and Expert in DID research and has devoted a big part of his lifetime's work on the subject of 'dissociative identity disorder' (DID) etc. Dr Ross is a great authority on the subject of DID formerly known as multiple personality disorder.People with DID have many symptoms a vast array of things which can and do fall under other categories / diagnosis etc.I feel Dr Colin Ross offers great clarity here in this lecture and offers substantial evidence to support the data and he is working clinically with patients and has extensive experience with DID patients in his career. If you have not read any of his books I would recommend them for further clarity and understanding on this topic or seek out his You Tube videos on the internet to hear him speak.
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The problem is that in Germany his books are not available, neither in Libraries nor in Bookstores and even at Amazon You only get a very limited selection of books by Colin Ross
Thank you Dr. Colin Ross. Your honesty is SO refreshing!
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I'm no brain trust, and certainly not health care professional, but this guy has an amazing overview of so many topics that effect us all. I could tell that his approach was both concise, logical, and factually accurate. He just makes sense, and in a field so filled with nonsense. What really spooked me though, were his accounts of CIA mind control, all supported and condoned by the entire ivy league college apparatus. Welcome to the USSA.
Totally agree-very well presented.
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Thank you. I try.
Do you know where in the vid that was? I watched most of this lecture but missed that
Thank you for addressing the thinking errors in the field.
Looking forward to setting aside some time to watch this lecture. My partner has DID.
Kathryn Solaris - how’d it go?
it's getting late so will watch later, but according to the comments I look forward to it. In the late 80s I was a case manager at a community mental health center and my office mate and I tried to get trauma related disorders accepted. But every psychiatrist I worked with there and later believed DID was real but so rare that they'd never see it. Then I moved to another state and ended up finding someone there who was DID. I questioned his diagnosis and finally got the state hospital to accept him on in-patient after listening to my explanation of what I recognized being with him. They called the very next day and told me they agreed with me and would I please go get him as they don't treat DID. He'd been a client since he'd been a teen, and before that a client elsewhere since he was 2. I felt I needed to stay around to try and help him because I was the reason he had no support. We were together for ~10 years- and we gave up counting the alters. They were coming out in clusters after while about 5 or more. At first they were crying babies, and they grew up quick with nurturing. But then they came as angry teenagers and I had to leave for my own safety. I've written a book (actually several books), but haven't had the stability to get anything published. Eventually, my memories surfaced and I accept the diagnosis of C-PTSD. (Was bipolar until we found a blood pressure pill did more for me than anything typical for bipolar.)
You are right- it is NOT rare! Since then I've met several DIDs- in various situations and all very different. I founded a non-profit SEASCAT for adult survivors of child abuse to help people understand the struggles. My biography is titled The True Story of a Malingerer. He is still around and we occasionally talk- but someone else is in charge of his system and we barely know each other. I need to go to bed- I'm at the part where you're comparing BPD and DID. They are not even close in behavior, in my experience. I've had a few people try to suggest I was BPD but I've never enough of the criteria at any one time. C-PTSD. still not in the DSM fits me perfectly.
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I would think that big pharma would have an interest in suppressing any diagnosis that doesn't require medication intervention. Think how their profits would suffer if most patients could be cured without taking drugs for the rest of their lives.
Hit the nail on the head! Just like big pharma and big tobacco have dumped so much lobbiest money into killing the vaping industry...they do not want smokers to quit smoking! Vaping has been proven to be the best and most effective means to quiting to many now ex-smokers. Vaping doesn't cause cancer, emphasema, COPD, etc...not to mention it does not support the continued production of tobacco. I didn't miss his comment about vaping! Good comment Mr. Savage.
TW for some, no specific incident with graphic detail, but some vague references to where to find such activities, and some vague into what orgs are involved. Many coincidentally happen to have contracts with CIA, military and mind coreol projects. They are heavily invested and are just another arm of the same monster. To all those who think they are working on projects to save our national security or help the innocent, please stop being such a fool. You've no idea what you're really developing, or even administering, no idea if the "subjects" (victims) are really who you are told they are, no idea of the true nature, even if you are on of the sadistic fkers who do it for joy. And if you are, please sign up to be used in a torture and deprivation program. You need the empathy experience.
All you (p)harmacists and docs, nurses who give vaccine jabs, the CDC who think whatever bs they've fed you lately, anyone in an alphabet agency, military, or research hospital, or any average therapist, and so on, you are all just blind order-followers, and that doesn't make you exempt from guilt. Not one tiny bit. It makes you all mind-controlled robots who believe that their indoctrination/education and their name on paper with a gold seal and hanging in a frame proves they somehow really do know what are really doing. No, it makes you an egotistical sap who is too self-assured to question everything. And yes, I got one, too, but they're hardly worth the paper they are printed on.
The more independent research I do, the more sure I am of it all. Textbooks are the equivalent of bibles in the Bible Belt. They get pounded just as hard, blindly followed every bit as much, the authors and "contributors" are idols and gods of knowledge to the students, and most, if not all are on the take, only some are too stupid to even realize they've been bought off. So they spew their horribly mangled findings as facts, and the world suffers. And the truth is, most MOD/DIDs are miles ahead of any therapy tactics, they've seen it all, and they know exactly what they're up to. These idiot therapists think they're so clever, but they are so obvious, and they'll blame the client for their inept failures.
So, wise up, all, and stop making it worse. If you're not acknowledging and listening to the client with the mindset as if they had just been abused, especially when they are relating hellish facts that your little Mayberry-world mind cannot handle, if you are not lending some humanity, but are instead keeping that lame-assed "cool and collected" demeanor, then you are way off base and are causing harm. That detached bedside manner is medieval, and needs to end yesterday. If you even think that there isn't that level of evil in the world, or just plain bizarre circumstances, then count yourself lucky as hell, truly appreciate the life you've lived, go thank everyone you've ever known in your life for what they've given you, because you would have to have been hella-protected to escape this kind of crap. It was and is far more rampant than 99.9% realize. The only ones who do are the victims.
And bugger that word "survivor". Sure, everyone is sorta that, too, though the "survive" part is debatable. Victim is also true, and the audacity to try to deny that aspect is just more disinfo/degradation bs. Cult and MKers have been and still are victimized (it doesn't go away!), and every day they carry what would blow other's minds into a hundred more lifetimes and then some. (Everyday-ers would curl up in a ball, mindlessly babbling and sniveling and flinching!). We use the term "MK" loosely; what they kept changing the name to after they were interrogated in the 70's and had to pretend to shut it down is totally irrelevant. A rose is a rose by any other name, and sadistic evil crap is sadistic evil crap, and MK is a tiny part, but it is fully evil in every way on its own, and serves as an umbrella term just fine. And no military or evil overlord ever, ever, ever puts down a weapon when they know it works. They WILL say they did, but they will not actually do so, and they never intended to do so. Kinda like the Treaty of Versailles, or any other treaty other than the Antarctic one, that one is sorta holding, bc so many countries have several guns pointed to each leader's head, it's a worldwide standoff, to be sure. They will not honor treaties, and they will not abandon their "toys"; they'll just pretend to, them gaslight the world with more lies...like yhey shut down MK. No, they didn't. For all it's names, it goes on right this second....Now, someone go look into the MK "pride of ownership"/Olympics-meets-gladiators-with-MK-type slaves for the worldwide underground special games. That will shake a few. Idk if ANYONE has breathed a word of THAT yet.
NO. This is the most ignorant anti-helpful thing towards people dealing with mental health diatribe ever. Stop it. You help no one. This kind of rhetoric makes it harder for people to have the severity of their disorders taken seriously and their ability to access the medication they need.
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John Savage speak for yourself and make personal policy personal, dick.
Wokeup, with CZcams running all night into the day Sunday, this was on and this guy really hits home and explains well....
I cannot thank you enough for publishing this video.
I went to this video because of my belief that my wife has DID. And I found out even more evidence of her having experienced childhood trauma. He mentioned heart disease and childbirth by c-section. My wife contracted congestive heart failure at age 30, and had both her children by c-section. So those are two more pieces of evidence toward her childhood trauma that she experienced. In other words, every time I find out more possible ramifications of childhood trauma, (such as those mentioned above) I see more of them manifested in my wife's life. I wish I could find a therapist she could talk to about these things.
She might be or feel a slight bit safer if she finds others like her. They are the ones who help the most, bc they know what it's like. I hope she finds what she needs. Most therapists are out of their depth on this one. Way out.
I do think that only other splits would be the very most useful, but that's my take on it. The parts need to truly be understood, and really, only another split truly understands, though support from singles/everyday-ers is always welcome and helpful, too, if it is sincere and the person tries to just treat each part as they would differently people, and if it's hard, think of it as a company, and you talk to various people there, who may or may not be aware of your dealings with another party of the same company. Maybe they were there and listened, maybe they were debriefed, and maybe they were away and have no idea of the interaction. And maybe it's a huge company and you've no idea who all works there.
No single part usually knows about the existence of ALL the others. They can only guess. There can always be more to show themselves as it gets safer to come up...then realize they probably needed a lot to feel safe, so best to not go wrecking that. It's nice that you are trying to understand her situation and want to help:)
Christian OrNot there's no evidence to support childhood trauma causing DID.
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Did you watch the video? I've heard plenty of studies that say up to 90% of people with DID experienced childhood trauma.
Dr Roger Boehm. Skype. He is a specialist and it works even on skype. I am proof.
I've watched this two years in a row and recommend it at all times. this is such a great video. so informative.
Excellent speaker! How refreshing to hear someone who takes all the data into account. :-)
Thank you for posting. :-)
Superb presentation in fact the best I've ever heard wow makes so much sense
Oh I thought Disassociation was what I'm going through when I walk around a store. My anxiety makes it impossible to do some things so I go into a store, I'm not staying long because it feels so weird. Like what I'd imagine the moments before a seizure would feel like.
That is dissociation. Just not in the form of multiple personality disorder / DID. The definition of dissociation is really murky just because there are so many definitions and perspectives on it, as he points out. You can dissociate from immediate stimuli or you can dissociate from your personality. "Dissociation is a psychological experience in which people feel disconnected from their sensory experience, sense of self, *or* personal history."
What you are referencing to is dissociation from sensory experience. What Colin A. Ross is focused on in this lecture is dissociation from personal history and/or sense of self. I believe that the etiology of those two main categories of dissociation vary widely, though, and I feel the same as you-- not really sure why they would lump them together. In the former case I think that can be more of a dopaminergic problem, and in the latter case, more of a psychological issue caused by trauma. You can of course argue that everything psychological is at the same time biological, but when I say psychological, I am more so referring to actual synapses in the brain being atypical, and when I say biological, I am more so referring to neurotransmitters and hormones.
So i'd argue that dissociation of sensory experience is very different than dissociation of sense of self when looking at their biological and psychological causes.
Anyways, i'm not a psychiatrist or psychologist. I'm merely someone interested in the study of psychology, so take this with a grain of salt. Hopefully this is helpful info though! I've personally been trying to understand my dissociation from sensory experience better, and I have absolutely no problems with dissociation from identity. It's really hard to find info on the former type of dissociation, and it seems like there's a lot more focus on the latter (probably because the latter is more apparent to others).
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Sounds like BPD
Colin , please come back to Canada. I'm in Edmonton Alberta Canada and it sucks having dissociative identity disorder with no help or little to no help was diagnosed officialy 2-3 weeks ago, im 42 year old female from Winnipeg mb, and lived in Saskatchewan for some time 😭🥺
oh my lol I was watching random youtubes about DID, fell asleep and it went to auto play...in my dream I was in your class...and I kept asking a ton of questions at inappropriate times. You were like "do you go to this school, why are you in my class" and I was like "this is interesting to me can I audit it?" then it got much stranger...all of a sudden I started thinking "man this sounds like me, I probably have DID" and I felt embarissed so then I was like "don't act to interested or ask too many questions all these people will think you are CRAZY"...as the dream went on I got more into the actual lesson...I was super fascinated, woke up (for real), and replayed it so I could watch the lesson while I am awake! That is super funny :) Ps it's a good lesson awake or asleep!
MommyCassReborns OMG that was hilarious! Thanks for sharing. I’m amazed you could remember your dream in such detail. Not everyone can do that.
@@canwegonowhereanyfaster2958 lol thanks it was super vivid
I love the idea of you getting the answers in the Dream as well : )
Dreamtime is FriendTime. ⚡️🙌🌙
Good recall. Lack of dream recall indicates a problem and is very common.
Can We Go Nowhere Any Faster? I like that name bro
Someone I know was diagnosed with schizophreniform disorder many years ago. I'm not exactly sure what their current diagnosis are. They try hide it but their behavior leaks out. I'm glad to watch this. Very informative. Thank you
What kind of behavior?
It would be interesting to know more about where funds come from to support research. I believe there is a bias to discover what will support the system holding the greatest influence over the direction of research. Independent research is more likely to result in more accurate and actually helpful information. All the best to you. The world could use more people with the same insight and understanding of the human condition.
you are an amazing man with an amazing mind and i thank you for your contributions to this area of knowledge
Came across this at random. Well worth a watch. Very good, interesting, #foodforthought.
Read the book....make appointment..... RUN...and don't have children....👎just sayin 😢Oh yeah his stand in fell asleep...note to self....Im a nana...glad I could help 😴
Deborah Mccall what ?
Totally random. I woke up and this was on 😂 I couldn't leave though
Deborah Mccall I hope you weren’t responding to someone who had deleted their message, someone who perhaps is thinking they have DID symptoms. To tell someone like that to not have children is 100 percent ignorant. Watch a few channels of people with DID. they are the most genuine, strong people. The two I watch most are Dissociadid and Team Piñata.
Hello Colin, I am a colleague of Yours! I find Your statistics very convincing! Very often I had the feeling that schizophrenia is a less well defined diagnosis than DID! We all definitely need Information where the literature is cited you are relating to! Please leave us a note where to find it, so we can cite it!
Did you just capitalize "your" as if he was a god?
@George Robins...thank you for providing a good example of faulty logic and poor reasoning skills. Your post is a great lesson of inane speculation and supplements well this video describing bad science.
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Thank you for uploading this! Far too many Myths out there sold as Science...there was a time I would not listen to Dr Collin Ross, during the over diagnosis years of MPD and bogus diagnosis years, but now hes finally telling alot of the field true..Students need to understand this more.. I do not agree with the medical trauma model only with MPD/DID, trauma is trauma is trauma, how each person survives trauma and copes with possible future trauma is unique to all , some dissociation make perfect sense in order to cope..
Yes
Most people: Lots of drugs and alcohol
Im an mk program survivor now gangstalked (stupid name-zerstung decay was nazi word) been in trauma based milab crazy life was taken ....there are so many of us too
Yes Prof Sam Vaknin CZcams aiming to call them all trauma with overlay did/ NPD/ BPD etc...❤
"A scholarly error," thank you Dr. Ross.
I saw him once through video conferencing, but never got to talk to him.
Knowledge is power, understanding is wisdom, and Radical Acceptance is Key. From Victim, Survivor, to Thriver. Thank you for sharing these educational videos. Learning to recognize red flags and starting to embrace learning tools are the first steps in awakening conscious awareness and behavior.
Someone please get him a glass for his water
Thank You for helping to open my eyes to just how large of a problem mental illness and the corelation between childhood trauma and abuse is.I've held this belief for a long time .I am throughly impressed and inspired by this talk. This talk has helped me to better understand myself and my friend who is suffering from mental illness. I do believe there needs to be a physcological treatment to help individuals that are suffering. Is there any belief among physcoligists and physchiatrist that you could create a new healthy physcosis (Reality) or personality for the individual to help them function better in society without the paranoia, outbursts, constant switching, or awkwardness ? Great talk Dr Ross so insightful
You might like Marisa Peer. She has many talks & interviews on CZcams. She is the highest rated therapist from the UK. If you go to her site, marisapeer.com, she has a program "I am Enough" currently free. She's practiced over 30 years to develop this technique & helped many very high profile individuals. Wishing you blessings!
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@@goertzpsychiatry9340 Thanks for the Link I will check out your work
Excellent, informative and educational lecture., Learnt a lot from just watching this. Colin Ross is great at being able to put things across in a way that can be understood and is very much a leading figure in the treatment of DID. Great lecture
I would like to mention that he did not make a distinction between schizophrenia and DID...DIDs do Not hear voices externally. A very important fact left off the criteria for diagnosis. Everything else stated was extremely fascinating and a move forward towards less misdiagnosing patients. Therapy however for schizophrenic patients absolutely need medication whereas medications for DID patients are not consistent between alters. Once a switch between one alter to another, there is no effect of the drug whatsoever. I thought this was important to note. Borderline patients absolutely need medication due to the extremes of emotions. I was diagnosed MPD in the early 80s. It’s been a very long road of recovery. Recovery for DID has the highest success rate.
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It’s actually possible for people with DID to experience hallucinations (most commonly auditory hallucinations of alter voices along with the internal alter voices) so it can’t be in the diagnostic criteria. I have DID too, and I hear my alters internally and externally (I only hear them externally on rare occasions though, it’s not something that happens regularly)
1:34:17 I'm leaving this here so I can find it later. That's a really potent point.
I really like how informative this guy is.
Great video. I got diagnosed for DID last year, so I've been trying to learn as most as I can about myself ever since.
A comprehensive lecture, thank you!
Glad for your clarity!
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I have DID. Hypnoses in the past worked. First I needed to dissociate before being put under hypnoses. Dissociating was easy because I was with fellow DID patients and we were wired lol. While under hypnoses I could remember time and weather etc lets say my memories were so accurate.
For many years now I've been remembering times when I dissociated. PTSD opens the door to remembering. Dissociative amnesia opens up lets say. Some of my memories are fictional and to describe are realistic. Deceiving they seem so real. It's phenomenal. I learned that these memories are medically called as "Dreams". How I sift my real memories from fictional dreams is I find facts. Real memories also tend to give me the trench symptom. Vertigo is one physical symptom I cannot stand.
I did not know vertigo went hand in hand with D.I.D.
Oh wow! I have DID and vertigo! I had no idea they could be related. I thought it was just low blood pressure lol
AT Hiker
Why do you think that?
AT Hiker
Yeah, I'm not retarded, I realize that. I'm asking why you don't think DID is real.
How about you watch the lecture in this video where he debunks this so-called “proof”. Just because people all agree on something doesn’t make it true. Scientists used to believe the world was flat. Scientists used to believe that male sperm contained all the genetics for the child and that the mother simply hosted the child as it grew. Scientists used to believe the earth was the centre of the universe. Scientists used to believe that continents are unmovable. Until 1987, scientists believed that babies DIDNT FEEL PAIN. Yes, something not being peer edited makes it have debatable credibility, but being peer-reviewed doesn’t mean it’s true. A bunch of nazis could have made a peer reviewed article about how Jews deserve to die, but would that make it true? Obviously that’s an extreme example, but I’m just pointing out a flaw in your reasoning.
And this research that the man in the video presents is, guess what? Also peer-reviewed and evidence based! Imagine that.
And, could you provide more specific examples please? Thanks. It’s no fun debating in an echo chamber.
Also, I was saying that I realize *you think* I’m full of shit. Because, y’know, you saying “I call BS. DID is a big scam.” kind of tipped me off on the fact that you don’t think DID is real and, therefore, you probably think I’m lying. Or, as you put it, I’m “full of fecal matter.” I think you oughta work on your comprehension there, bro.
Great speaker.
Now I’m enjoying Dr.Ross’s book on DID
such a rewarding watch, thank you for uploading
This has to be the best lecture on this topic i have ever seen. I will definitely be following Dr. Collin Ross and his other discussions, at it can be difficult to find good information that isn't just someones "opinion." I have always had this idea that if i can dissect and study and understand psychology and mental health that i can understand myself.. It helps, but i don't know how to feel after researching the ACE test (adverse childhood experience) and to realize i got 10 out of 10 (not a good thing) and apparently people who have 4 or higher are extremely at risk for health problems (which i do have) and other issues. Feels pretty lonely but i still believe educating myself is better than acting out with unhealthy coping skills. I never finished high-school but i love to read and really appreciate the information available on the internet. Well time to find another educational video while i clean. Better than silence. Thank-you to the up-loader.
The first thing you're told when you take an abnormal psychology class is that once you have a little bit of information on any given psychological disorder, you will start seeing it in yourself and everybody else. I doubt that anybody would argue that self-diagnosis is a good idea, but if psychology as a field could weed out everybody who started studying human behavior to learn about their own issues, there wouldn't be any practicing psychologists left. My point is that some knowledge may be helpful, but it's not nearly as beneficial as getting help from a trained clinician who uses both knowledge and experience to treat clients.
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Society doesn’t want to talk about childhood trauma. That’s partly because it always jumps to judgement and shaming. There are many reasons that Trauma or Neglect can happen in childhood and much of it is intergenerational. A lot of psycho-education and structured programming is needed.
Marvellous, intriguing and at the same time disheartening. It is so frustrating to see, that vanity still dominates the field of science, where objectivity, reliability and validity should reign (so they teach us at least). I enjoyed this lecture very much. Thank you!!
Dr Ross, in my opinion, is absolutely brilliant! He authenticates his point well. I loved his willingness in addressing and disproving doubts/concerns placed upon his work. He rebutted each concern in a comical, point blank manner and maintained his professionalism.
Definitely recommend watching this discussion several times to accurately interpret the rich content expressed.
Great lecture.
I feel your frustration.
For 30 years I've known that childhood trauma is the root cause of all ''mental illness'' and that the diagnostics are meaningless drivel. Glad to see the medical profession, or a part of it, is finally considering the idea....[that's me being gloat-y and snide]
Still, I won't be dragging my dissociative self anywhere near any of you for the foreseeable future. I've had 30 years of the lay population telling me how wrong I am....not about to put one penny in the pockets of ''professional'' half-wits.
Stumbled on this video by accident [actually looking for NEUROFEEDBACK] , and almost switched it off, expecting it to be the usual medical clap-trap.
To be brutally honest, I only left it running to hear what particular species of clap-trap you were touting.... [and enjoy a little intellectual superiority........so few pleasures.]
SO....... delighted by your presentation and, genuinely, understand the difficulty of fighting DENIAL, vested interests and profoundly-average thinking.
BUT.....most importantly, those of us whose lives have been blighted/stolen and want to experience some form of healthy life before we die......[ what does ease/rest/peace/ love feel like?]....are in dire need of real help.
THIS IS NOT AN ACADEMIC EXERCISE FOR US.
Yeah..real help. I have to help myself- its me or nothing. Be nice to have real help.
My son has paranoid ischizophrenia and there is no history in either my family or his fathers family. I did find some information where they related schizophrenia to pregnancy difficulties and/or infections shortly after birth. I had placenta abruption during early pregnancy and they waited 24 hours after membranes broke before c-section and we both developed infections. He was 8 lbs 3 oz in the NICU with IV antibiotics in the top of his head. He developed it within 2 years of returning from Iraq. He is considered treatment resistant.
Talk therapy. That is something that won't be resisted with the right therapist. Treatment resistant just that just mean risperidone is useless on him for example. Thank God! You can heal without meds. I did. But he has to be strong and know there is another life to live. He will experience road from the paranoid schizophrenia too not just his prior experiences. You must feel like you've lost your son twice. To war, to this suffering. Just make sure he know youb are there for him and live him and he is always safe with you. Having no one to trust or be comforted by is awful. I felt like I was in a living hell. Hope youre you're ok.
I need to watch this again. Very informative information.
Pls, CZcams, recommend me more such videos!! This is awesome lecture!
Driving costs = driving profits. And covering up all the child abuse amounts to covering up the reality of our general environmental conditions that we live under.