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Healing My Parts: Real Talk on Dissociative Identity Disorder and Complex Trauma

Healing My Parts: Real Talk on Dissociative Identity Disorder and Complex Trauma

By: Healing My Parts
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Summary

 Real talk on Dissociative Identity Disorder and complex trauma—grounded in lived experience and clinical insight. Hosted by a therapist who lives with DID, Healing My Parts explores the complexities of life as a system, from trauma recovery to everyday realities. Through raw conversations, practical tools, and powerful guest interviews, this podcast empowers those living with DID, OSDD, and other dissociative disorders—as well as the professionals, friends, and family who support them. Together, we break stigma, celebrate system strengths, and shed light on one of the most misunderstood areas of mental health.

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  • What Protected Me? A System’s Journey from Chaos to Self-Trust

    What Protected Me? A System’s Journey from Chaos to Self-Trust
    Apr 30 2026

    Episode Summary

    Some people discover they’re a system in a single moment.

    Others… don’t.

    In this episode, we’re joined by Mike and the Committee, a system who came to understand themselves not through diagnosis—but through patterns, reactions, and a question that changed everything:

    What protected me?

    From there, their journey unfolds in a way that’s messy, human, and deeply relatable.

    We talk about what it actually looks like to live as a system while navigating work, relationships, parenting—and the internal chaos that can come with it.

    Inside this conversation:

    * When system awareness feels more like chaos than clarity

    * Learning to recognize which part is activated—and why that matters

    * The shift from fearing intense or “dark” parts to understanding their role

    * A simple grounding tool they use in real time

    * Why safety—not insight—is the foundation of healing

    * What happens when you push too fast internally

    * The role of the body in healing (and why it doesn’t always happen in therapy rooms)

    * The impact of stigma, silence, and being misunderstood in the outside world

    This episode doesn’t offer a neat, linear path.It offers something more useful:

    A lived-in look at what it means to build trust inside a system—slowly, imperfectly, and over time.

    If parts of your experience feel overwhelming…If you’ve ever questioned whether you’re “doing this right”…If you’ve been trying to make sense of something that doesn’t follow clean rules…

    You may find a mirror in here.

    ⏱️ Timestamps

    * 00:01:05 – Meet Mike & the Committee

    * 00:02:07 – The question that changed everything

    * 00:02:18 – A simple tool for overwhelm (BAR)

    * 00:05:22 – When system awareness feels like chaos

    * 00:08:21 – Rethinking the parts you’re afraid of

    * 00:13:49 – An unexpected turning point

    * 00:17:02 – From “what’s wrong with me?” to something else

    * 00:24:20 – The cost of pushing too fast internally

    * 00:35:40 – Stigma, silence, and real-world consequences

    * 00:46:00 – Advocacy and being seen

    Resources

    Books:

    The Many Faces of Me

    The Throne Within

    Etsy Shop:

    HealWithCourage

    For more resources visit: healingmyparts.org

    Healing My Parts Substack

    @healingmyparts on Instagram

    Thank you for listening! 🩷🫶💜



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    1 hr and 10 mins
  • Treating Dissociation: What Works, What Gets Missed, and What Needs to Change

    Treating Dissociation: What Works, What Gets Missed, and What Needs to Change
    Apr 16 2026
    ✨ Episode SummaryWhat happens when the people who live with dissociation and the people who treat it finally sit at the same table—and actually listen to each other?In this deeply human conversation, we sit down with Dr. Paul Langthorne and Melanie Goodwin, two of the editors and contributing authors of a powerful new clinical text on treating dissociation—bringing together lived experience, clinical expertise, and something often missing from both: real relationship.This episode is for systems, clinicians, and anyone who has grappled with the tension inherent in complex dissociation care.There’s honesty here.There’s grief here.And something else too—quiet, persistent hope.This is one of those conversations that stays with you.👥 About the GuestsDr. Paul LangthorneClinical Psychologist (NHS), working extensively with trauma-related dissociationMelanie GoodwinExpert-by-experience, co-founder of First Person Plural, and long-time advocate for improved careTogether, they helped create a resource that bridges a gap many people have felt for a long time.📚 Featured Resource BOOK: Working with Dissociation in Clinical Practice: Guidance for Mental Health Professionals and Multidisciplinary TeamsA long-overdue bridge between research, real life, and the care people actually receive..* Blends clinical knowledge + lived experience* Offers practical, grounded guidance* Designed for providers, systems, and supporters✨ Use code: 26ESE1 by June 30th for 20% offWorking with Dissociation in Clinical Practice: Routledge ⏱️ Timestamps00:00 – “Something is missing in how we treat dissociation…”Why this conversation matters more than most—and who it’s really for07:30 – “I thought I was helping… and I wasn’t.”The quiet reality: most clinicians were never trained for this18:30 – Head and heart—and what happens when they finally meet each otherWhy lived experience changes everything (and why it’s been left out)32:00 – “They saw everything… except what was actually happening.”Misdiagnosis, being unseen, and the harm that follows48:00 – It’s not the technique—it’s the relationshipWhat actually helps (and why that can feel risky in systems that want quick fixes)1:05:00 – What if healing isn’t what you were told it would be?Stabilization, daily reality, and a kind of hope that doesn’t rush you1:20:00 – If the system is broken… what now?What needs to change—and how this book begins to open that door🌿 What You’ll Hear in This Episode * Why dissociation is still so often missed, misdiagnosed, or dismissed* The quiet harm of treatment that doesn’t fit—and how often it happens* What actually helps (hint: not just technique… but relationship)* How validation—even in small moments—can shift everything* Why collaboration between clinicians and lived experience isn’t optional—it’s essential💬 A Line That Stays With You“It’s not the clever stuff—it’s the everyday human stuff that helps.”🧠 For Providers You don’t have to get everything right.But being willing to:* step into authenticity* compassionately listen* genuinely validate* stay curious…can change the trajectory of someone’s life more than you may ever know.🫶 For Systems If you’ve ever been:* misdiagnosed* disbelieved* told to “try harder”* or made to feel like the problemThis conversation might feel familiar.And maybe—just maybe—a little less lonely.🔗 ResourcesWorking with Dissociation in Clinical Practice: Routledge Books Use code: 26ESE1 by June 30th for 20% offConference: Building Foundations Together: The Future of Complex Dissociation in the UK. Playlist: (16677) Dissociation Conference Recordings - YouTubeTraining film Remy Aquarone, Melanie Goodwin and Jamie Wright More Resources:CTAD Clinic YoutubeDissociative Disorders Alliance- UKCarolyn SpringHealingMyParts.orgAn Infinite MindA Couple of MultiplesBeauty After BruisesThe Plural AssociationMultiplied By OneFor more resources visit: healingmyparts.orgHealing My Parts Substack@healingmyparts on InstagramThank you for listening! 🩷🫶💜 Get full access to Healing My Parts at healingmyparts.substack.com/subscribe
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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Polyfragmentation and Coming Back to the Body

    Polyfragmentation and Coming Back to the Body
    Apr 2 2026

    Episode Show Notes

    Healing My Parts Podcast — with Body Wise: Many Selves, One Body

    This episode sits inside the lived reality of DID—specifically polyfragmentation—and what healing looks like when the body becomes part of the work, not just the story.

    We’re joined by Body Wise: Many Selves, One Body, a polyfragmented system and somatic trauma therapist, who shares openly about system discovery, co-consciousness, and the slow, often non-linear process of building safety in the body.

    There’s honesty here about how hard this work is.And also… a grounded kind of hope.

    In This Episode

    * What polyfragmentation can actually look like from the inside

    * Discovering DID suddenly—and skipping denial

    * Living as a co-conscious system (and holding a lot of memory)

    * Why somatic work can feel terrifying—and still be essential

    * How healing often happens in very small, tolerable steps

    * Trusting the internal intelligence of the system

    * What helps (and what doesn’t) in therapy for complex systems

    Timestamps

    00:00 — Opening + podcast intention

    01:18 — Meet the guest (polyfragmented system + therapist)

    02:29 — Sudden DID discovery

    05:01 — Understanding polyfragmentation + subsystems

    07:28 — Co-consciousness and holding memory

    11:33 — Why somatic work changed everything

    17:22 — Healing slowly: building safety in the body

    21:02 — Trusting your system’s internal guidance

    33:04 — Somatic flashbacks + coping tools

    43:49 — Rewriting trauma through the body

    For Listeners

    If your experience doesn’t match what you’ve seen elsewhere, remember:

    There isn’t one way to be a system.There isn’t one way to heal.

    Resources

    Connect with Body Wise Many Selves One Body on their Instagram: bodywise.manyselves.onebody

    Connect with them at their Natural Holistics Practice website.

    For more resources visit: healingmyparts.org

    Healing My Parts Substack

    @healingmyparts on Instagram

    Thank you for listening! 🩷🫶💜



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    1 hr and 23 mins
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