Author Archives: Sandra Skinner-Young

The USA is not a democracy! It never was…


I have heard many highly educated people refer to our country as a democracy. Wrong! It never was. It is...

World Events Shake DID People


Some of the dissociative persons with whom you associate may be unusually shaken these days. Many of the tens of...

Pop and Shake: Big things are happening out there right now


I especially want to talk with the really little ones today. You may be feeling really shaky and mixed up...

Shake It Up


It is good to be with you again. This article is very different from the previous ones. As I prepared...

Happy New Year 2015


I realize that the Christmas Holiday for many of you is not merry and can be one of the most...

Labels


How do our clients with Dissociative Identity Disorder see themselves? How are they labeled by the medical community, educational world,...

The Role of the Host


I only remember one event of meeting a client for the first time and never again meeting that particular alter...

The Amazing Protector Maze


A major goal when working with the dissociative client is to find, befriend, and elicit the help of the protector/s....

The Function of Reporters and Saboteurs


Many people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) become extremely frustrated due to interesting situations in which they find themselves compromised...

Tools for Discovering Facets of the DID Person


When I think of this topic, the song lyrics, “Getting to Know You, Getting to Know All About You…”, by...