At a time when the brain is developing personality ,around the age of 5 and under, children who are emotionally and physically tortured and abused may develop Dissociative Identity Disorder as a means to cope with repetitive unbearable trauma.

In the absence of being unable to either take flight or defend oursleves, in the face of repeated severe threat the brains overiding safety mechanism kicks in. 

Dissosociation itself its not uncommon. Many people who have experienced any level of traumatic event will often report that they

'can't remember what happened'  

or that the memories are splintered, or even that they could see the event from

 'outside of themselves'.

For those children who experience this when their brain is developing personality, and experiencing it regularly, that dissociative state can develop into personality itself. the stem instead of growing into one, splinters into several, and the child learns to dissociate as a knee jerk reaction to any trigger. 

There are many misconceptions about Dissasociative Identity Disorder largely given to the fascination that people have with the multiple of personalities that people with the condition have. Living with the condition however brings with it far more complications than the media has interest to explore.

D.I.D. is a Forensic condition, which means it is an injury that someone gave you. Many people who have D.I.D. have been Ritually Abused. Though not everyone who has been Ritually Abused has D.I.D, there is a high proportion of survivors who live with the condition. 

Often coming to terms with the cause of the abuse is as difficult as learning to balance life and live with it. 

Although there are many challenges that face most people struggling to find balance it is possible.

Eating disorders, addictions, suicide attempts, self harm and depression are just some of the difficulties that may need to be overcome by those with the condition. Therapy is a long and difficult process and needs to be rooted in the trauma of the intial injury.  

Far from being violent, as  portrayed for the convenience of many film plots and stories, people with D.I.D have been the victims of some of the most inhumane violence possible.  

Ritual Abuse begins at an extremely young age, sometimes from birth. It is psuedo religious in nature, secretive, powerful and highly organised. some families may have been involved in abuse circles for generations. Methods are highly sophisticated and members of the groups come from all levels of society. They will be upstanding members of your village, town, church, school, police force or member of parliament. 

It is simple to see how easily a child can be convinced of anything. When we think of Christmas, we all consprire to convince the children in the magic of Santa Claus. How easy it is then to turn that power into something sinister. 

Children born into a Ritually Abusive network are trained from the earliest years into powerlesness. They are given an avalanche of conflicting messages such as; they are evil/ they are sacred, they are loved/they are worthless. The conflicting messages from primary care givers, and extended influential people,  leaves the child emotionally at sea. Often a child will be governed by extreme rules and regulations that the outside world will simply perceive as 'strict'. These rules will be embibed with terror and the child will operate on a level of hyper vigilence. 

Sadly the emotional abuse is designed only to keep the veil of secrecy for the network and ensure the compliance from the child. 

Children throughout the western world, who have survived, report the same experiences: sexual torture, multiple rape, canabolism, confinement, bestiality and  witnessing murder. All of the practices are common place as part of Ritual Abuse. Other aspects of abuse are often associated with it too, such as prostitution and the making of pornagraphic material. 

It isnt hard to see why a child, at an age when their personality is developing, with these experiences will learn to dissociate. Why their brain will develop an injury. 

What is a travisty of justice is that, as yet  in British courts, D.I.D. as a condition itself  cannot be accepted as evidence for a crime having been committed.   

There is a lot of conflicting information circulating in the public areana about Dissociative Identity Disorder. Films such as 'Split', whilst in part accurately done, poorly portray the actual experience. People who have generally experienced the worst kind of violence are portrayed as violent themselves. It is another violation which adds stigma to a difficult condition. 

It is important to establish that the source of your facts is well intentioned. Ritual Abuse networks are loud in their decrying of every aspect of survivors claims including survivors injurys. 

for more information visit any of these reputable sites :

www.firstpersonplural.org.uk

www.casra.org.uk

www.rans.org.uk

www.isstd.org

https://www.thesurvivorstrust.org

Watch this video, from Wilfred Wong, for more in depth information. (Trigger Warning)

https://youtu.be/yRLZh0u6Db4