My Puzzle Pieces: Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID)

Take a pill and it will all be better. Unfortunately, some cultures have the message that medications will solve everything. While we don't believe that is true, medications can be helpful. They can also be very complicated. This episode we are discussing our experience with medications and psychiatry as both professionals and people who take medications themselves. We are not prescribing or making medical recommendations but hope this episode can be helpful in learning how to talk about what you need to your supports and to professionals. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. For help please contact the Suicide Hotline. You can call or text 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you about your life, about your experiences, or just to chat! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

How we view ourselves can be really complicated. Unfortunately, culture and social media can place a lot importance on outer appearance. Along with this can come challenges with body image and our relationship with food. Trauma can make this even more complex. This week we are talking about our struggles with body image and disordered eating and ways we have tried to manage it. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. For help please contact the Suicide Hotline. You can call or text 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you so email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com with any questions, thoughts, or just to chat!

We finally wrap up our conversations about DID and co-occurring disorders. Being diagnosed with DID is in and of itself a lot. It can be even more challenging when you add in other diagnoses or are unsure about other diagnoses. This week we finish up by talking about personality disorders and how they can be experienced with those with DID. We are only sharing our experience so please keep that in mind and reach out with any questions you have! This podcast was produced using Anchor. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. For help please contact the Suicide Hotline. You can call or text 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/current-events/the-lifeline-and-988/. We would love to hear from you so please email us! You can contact us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Suicide Hotline: Call or Text 988 or visit https://988lifeline.org/ We continue our conversation about the challenges of co-occurring disorders and how this may present. This week we are focusing on somatization or how our bodies physically react to emotions and trauma. We will also be talking about the various ways our attention can be affected by trauma and our mental health. More or less, trauma affects all of the things, including our physical health and how well we are able to interact with the world around us. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We want to hear from you about anything and all the things. Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com. Book: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk

Diagnoses can be really confusing. There's depression, anxiety, PTSD, personality disorders, DID, and all the other things. Then there's acronyms like MDD, GAD, OCD, and the list goes on. It can be even more confusing when different people in your body have different diagnoses. We want to talk about what these diagnoses can actually look like and what some of the symptoms are. Our hope is that this will help you feel less alone in some of the symptoms you may be experiencing and help to make sense of the sometimes conflicting feelings that someone with DID can have. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We WANT to hear from you, for real! So email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com. We look forward to your email!

The holidays can be a wonderful but stressful time of the year. In the spirit of self-care, come chat with our puzzle pieces as we talk about holidays traditions and what we've been up to this month. We are keeping it light and would love to hear what your holidays were like! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. Send us your self-care! Now! At mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Sexuality can be a complicated topic, especially when you add in trauma. And often, households are not open about sexuality and sex. This episode we take the time to be open and honest about these hard topics. We hope this helps you feel able to work through these questions for yourself, whether or not you have DID. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm or suidical ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. Please reach out with your questions! We want to talk to you! Our email is mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Being a teenager can be a dramatic and emotional time. There are some great things, and, there are some hard things that our teens miss. Join us as our teens talk about their struggles and how they manage as teens in an adult body. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. For real, we love hearing from you. So email us! We are at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Teenage years can be rough. When you get to be a teen the way we do, there are lots of benefits. This week our teens are going to chat with you about things they get to enjoy that you may be jealous of! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We have enjoyed hearing from some of you and would love to hear from more of you! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Being an adult is hard. Being little can be really hard too. Especially when you have to do it in a grown-up body. This episode our Littles talk about some of the challenges of being a little person in a big body. They also talk about the amazing ways they have coped. We love these Little humans! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashback, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com. And, if you want a shoutout, just give us the okay to use your name!

Welcome to another episode featuring our Littles! It can be really hard to decide who is out when and what they get to do when they are out. In this episode, we discuss our process towards learning to share space. Some of our Littles also talk about what it's like to have their own belongings and how we manage that since we are technically in a "boring grown-up body." This podcast may contain themes of flashbacks, trauma, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This episode was produced using Anchor. We love to hear from you and that includes you Littles! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

All of your parts are important and we wanted to share the way we have decided to celebrate each of our unique and wonderful pieces. We believe that every piece is valuable and worth the time to be celebrated. We hope you can find the time to celebrate your pieces or yourself because every person deserves it (pieces or not)! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you! Like really, email us. We mean it. mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com

This wraps up our inner world! We talk about all of the magical new things we have created and many of our people make specific appearances. Join in our game of guess who this is where we challenge you to guess who is talking before we reveal who they are! Thank you for learning about our inner world and we would love to hear about yours! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We want to hear from you, seriously! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

We've already given you some information into what "the inside" can look for people and how it can function. This episode we talk about the creation of our inside and the magic that happens there! This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you, but for real. Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

We've mentioned the inner world before and it's often referred to as "the inside." But what does that actually mean and how do we experience it? Here's a little insight into what the inside is and a peek into our inner world. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you, but for real. Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

There's not much to say but we're back! We've missed you and we hope you've missed us! Looking forward to talking with you all and getting ourselves going again! This episode may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm or suicidal ideation. This episode was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you and answer your questions! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Dissociative Identity Disorder does not come without controversy. This episode we tackle some of the myths surrounding DID and some of the questions you may run into as someone living with DID, as a support person, or as a professional. We hope this helps answer some of your questions. This podcast may contain themes of flashbacks, trauma, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com!

It's the holiday season! And that means memories and joy and can mean time with stressful family members. This episode we chat about what we love about the holidays and how to plan to cope with the holidays and take care of yourself so you can enjoy them! This podcast may contain themes of flashbacks, trauma, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. Please email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com! This week we have requested your holiday traditions, any cookies you'd like us to try, or any way we can support you this holiday season!

For a lot of us, planning ahead can be hard. And it's so much work. But. There are times when you just have to because life is really dang hard. Today Liz and Ash chat about how they cope with the nonsense life brings. Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-8255 and the text line is 471471. Also, we apologize for the chaos in this episode, but life got in the way. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm, and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com.

Amy loves Jesus as we all know, but Jess and Brai had a different experience coming to faith. Listen to Liz as she talks to Jess and Brai and the parts of faith they struggled with and where they are now. This podcast may contain themes of trauma, flashbacks, self-harm and suicidal ideation. This podcast was produced using Anchor. We would love to hear from you! Sometimes it may take us a minute to answer, but we always want to hear from you! Email us at mypuzzlepiecespodcast@gmail.com!