Ep 024: United States of Tara, Split, and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Jenna and the system of alters (together known as the Gianu System) join us today to talk about Dissociative Identity Disorder or DID. This complex disorder, which occurs in 1.5% of our population, is a covert survival mechanism specific to each individual. We discuss what dissociation is, how identities and ego states exist, and how alters can hold different parts of trauma.
We also talk about the accurate DID representation in What if it Works, an Australian film by Rome Trower, and discuss how shows like The United States of Tara and the film Split have impacted people’s perceptions of DID.
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Music: Deppisch
Design: Perpetualnotion.ca
Mixing/ Mastering: Tony Bao
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Jenna is a wife, a mom, an author, and she has dissociative identity disorder. It used to be called Multiple Personality Disorder, and Jenna was 35 the first time she had an inkling that she wasn’t alone in her own mind. Through years of therapy, professional assessments, and diagnosis, Jenna and the system of alters (together known as the Gianu System) have been sharing their story in hopes of lessening the stigma surrounding this disorder.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
See Jenna’s work as an author & her two books, The Survivors, and Like Kats and Dawgs: www.jekraft.com
Follow the Gianu system on Twitter, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube
Recommended media:
Healing the Fragmented Selves of Trauma Survivors by Janina Fisher (book)
When Rabbit Howls by Truddi Chase (book)
What if it Works? (a film by Romi Trower)
Jenna’s journey into discovering and naming their system of alters, the Gianu System
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