EDITED AND UPDATED: I edited my original response to update some areas that were missing proper references. Although some of the comments in this thread were deleted, I've responded here to address the comments that I had read before they were deleted. Thus, it may seem that my reply is a little off-topic, but I thought I'd make it more clear here with what I'm looking for, what kind of feedback I'm not looking for, and what items are related to the topic but could be discussed elsewhere on other forums.

Thank you guys for your feedback and recommendations.

I plan on looking at the reviews on the books you've recommended to see what others have said on different platforms, such as Amazon.

There are different types of dissociation and dissociative disorders, so I'll be looking at the ones that specifically address DID, in accordance with the DSM.

Although dissociation is a common and normative phenomenon (e.g., example of a person driving down the highway and missing his/her exit, otherwise known in some driving manuals as "highway hypnosis"), dissociation does become problematic when it either becomes a symptom of a disorder or a dissociative disorder. Dissociation is a symptom of many disorders, including PTSD, CPTSD, and BPD, among others. But dissociative disorders are in a category of their own in the DSM.

DID is just one of many dissociative disorders, which is what I have officially been diagnosed with and received treatment for.

Support in this forum for dissociative disorders should NOT include debates on whether or not dissociative disorders are real or spurious, are prevalent, are culture-bound, or are challenged. There are other forums to discuss those challenges, such as

1. "Current Events & News Discussion" Forum https://psychcentralforums.com/curre...ws-discussion/

or

2. "Other Mental Health Discussion" Forum https://psychcentralforums.com/other...th-discussion/

What each forum for disorders is for should be to support those who have been diagnosed with one or more of the disorders represented in those forums, or to help support those who are seeking evaluations and/or treament for undiagnosed disorders related to a particular forum.

That said, what I'm asking for here are any self-help books related to dissociation, which may be scarce, but still valid and useful for those of us who have been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder, as stated in the DSM.

For those with symptoms of dissociation connected with another disorder, such as PTSD, book recommendations might be useful in both this forum and the PTSD forum, but please keep in mind that symptoms of dissociation for another disorder are NOT the same thing as having a dissociative disorder. There's an important distinction here, especially for those whose primary needs for support in this forum relate to a dissociative disorder, even if their disorder is comorbid with another disorder, such as substance-use or PTSD or bipolar, etc.

If comorbidity is something that you're wanting to discuss, then it would seem the "Other Mental Health Discussion" Forum would be suitable for issues related to comorbid disorders, unless the admins or mods decide to create a new forum for comorbid disorders altogether.

"Multiplicity" and "ego states" are lexicons that describe non-dissociative symptoms related to personality disorders, symptoms of bipolar, and symptoms of other disorders, including trauma-related disorders. Such terms have been used to describe aspects of certain dissociative disorders, such as DID, but they have also been used to describe aspects of non-dissociative symptoms related to other disorders. Debates on the taxonomies of such terms are not necessarily supportive, and could hinder the progress being made by those of us who have been diagnosed with a dissociative disorder and are in need of support for that. Whether or not the incidence or prevalence rates have changed is not the issue; there are still some of us who are dealing with dissociative disorders and are in need of support.

That said, I do like a good debate, but I'd prefer to read it in a different forum, not here.

When I come to the dissociative disorder forum, I'm expecting support for my dissociative disorder. Support is NOT minimizing my pain, symptoms, or diagnosis. Rather, support is offering tools to help us manage our dissociation, share our experiences, discuss treatments that we've received to manage our dissociative disorders, etc. We wouldn't go into the bipolar forums to debate whether or not bipolar is still prevalent, debate whether or not it still exists, or claim that bipolar is representative of a personality disorder or something created within a person's head, would we? We also wouldn't go into the bipolar forum and minimize their symptoms by stating that everyone has "highs and lows," would we? The same should NOT be happening here!

Thank you all for your feedback and understanding!

c/o Lilly2 (protector alters with Lilly and company present)