links for self-help

 

Links or pointers connecting the ISSTD website with other Internet sites are provided as a courtesy only. ISSTD assumes no responsibility or liability for such other sites' content, accuracy, or compliance with applicable laws.

ISSTD includes selected Self-Help pages on its website because these sites have information which may be of help to those who have or who know someone who has dissociative problems. Chat Rooms, Bulletin Boards, and Lists for those with Dissociative Disorders often are a major attraction to these sites because participants can share their own stories and suggestions. This sort of sharing is very powerful, similar to a group therapy experience, but not as protected. ISSTD wants you to know that most chat rooms, bulletin boards and lists by their nature are unreviewed and participants may not be as helpful to one another as one would wish. Research has shown that the online medium is unusually conducive to deception.

ISSTD thus reminds you to surf these pages with care. Attend to your own warning signals and go no further than your comfort zones readily permit.

If you have suggestions for other links from this page, or would like to include a link to our page from yours, please contact the ISSTD website editor.


Education and Support

Astraea's Web: Multiple Personality Resources

This is a site for unorthodox resources on DID, including many links to personal DID web pages, websites on DID resources and many articles.

Gift From Within

is a non-profit organization dedicated to those who suffer post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), those at risk for PTSD, and those who care for traumatized individuals.develops and disseminates educational material, including videotapes, articles, books, and other resources through its website maintains a roster of survivors who are willing to participate in an international network of peer support.is designated by the Internal Revenue Service as 501(c)(3) public charity, eligible to receive tax-exempt grants, gifts, and donation.

Healing Hopes

Healing Hopes is an interactive and informative self-help support site for abuse/trauma survivors diagnosed as dissociative or more specifically as
having DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). Among it's many features, this site offers a Library of informative pages pertaining to MPD/DID and the many problems experienced with this diagnosis, advice from others with DID. Healing Hopes is owned and operated by survivors diagnosed with DID and offers no professional counselling.

Many Voices Press

This is a hope filled site of encouragement for people recovering from trauma and dissociation, and for their therapists. This is an excellent site from the publishers of the newsletter, Many Voices, which has been in existence since 1989. It includes an art gallery, a calendar of events, letters, links, and space for sharing.

Mosaic Minds

An internet-based organization founded by a group of dissociative survivors of childhood trauma and their loved ones. This site seeks to provide an online clearinghouse of information for those whose lives are impacted by the more extreme form of dissociation called "Dissociative Identity Disorder" (DID), formerly called "Multiple Personality Disorder" (MPD).

Multiplicity, Abuse & Healing

The purpose of this site is to provide resources for exploration and general education of the main issues involved in DID and more generally all forms of abuse. It includes survivor poetry, current articles on PTSD, abuse, and dissociation, many resources including email groups and webrings to join, organizations, and many more resources. There is also an online chat room on dalnet server on IRC.

Ritual Abuse and Healing

Information culled from the net on sexual and ritual abuse, their outcomes and treatment.

The Post-Traumatic Gazette

This is a commercial newsletter on PTSD for trauma survivors and their friends and families. The first issue is published in full on the web.

Self Injury

A well put together web page on many aspects of self injury, including the reasons, types of treatment and self-help pages, as well as contributions from readers and a "bodies-under-siege" list.

Survivorship Home Page

A 501(c)3 Nonprofit Forum on Survival of Sadistic Sexual Abuse, Ritualistic Abuse, Mind Control & Torture Survivorship is volunteer run. All proceeds go to support survivor service.

Focus on Interactive Conferencing

Abuse/Incest Support at About.com

Abuse/Incest Support at About.com is an interactive survivor's site with internet links, Guide-written articles, and self-help lessons. The four Forums and four Chat rooms are dedicated to Multiples, Rape and Sexual Assault Survivors, Incest Survivors, and Domestic Abuse Survivors. Scheduled moderated chats are held in password-protected rooms.

Network to Explore and Express Dissociative Identity Disorder (NEEDID)

The NeeDID Exchange has developed this mailing list as a way to keep interested individuals with DID/ DD and their Supportive Others informed and updated about NeeDID Exchange, its Web Site, and any related news, services, activities, and/or information. It is not an interactive list, but rather a way for us to periodically keep all on the list updated and informed.


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