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Theresa Slater
Jungian Perspectives: The Significance of the Unconscious in a DID System
Session description: This presentation delves into the intricate interplay of conscious and unconscious realms, drawing from personal experiences and Jungian insights. Focused on Dissociative Identity Adaptation (DID), it explores the impact of obscured thoughts, alters’ role, and shadow work's significance. The speaker shares their journey, from discovering their DID system to integrating conscious and unconscious elements for mental stability. The speaker also examines the impact of obscured thoughts and images on the conscious mind, elucidating the struggles with violent intrusive thoughts and the passive influence of alters. The integration of hypersexual child alters/parts is explored through the lens of shadow work, highlighting the importance of self-compassion in embracing and understanding these aspects. Dreams emerge as crucial restorers of psychological balance, offering unique insights into the unconscious intentions of alters/parts within the system. The presentation underscores the value of dreams as messengers between instinctive and rational parts of the mind, providing a deeper understanding of the inner world. The speaker reflects on their journey of system discovery, navigating dissociation, and regulating their nervous system to foster a healthier connection between parts, emotions, and decision-making.
TW (TRIGGER WARNINGS) for the session: Mentions of childhood sexual abuse, hyper sexual child alters, violence, dissociation
Presenter bio: I identify as a 43-year-old gender-fluid, neuroqueer woman with a Self-led plural identity. I am physically able and mid- sized. I celebrate being bisexual, polyamorous, and kinky. Raised by a single mother on disability benefits, I acknowledge and appreciate the privilege of my university education. As an Anglican Christian and a seventh- generation white settler Canadian, our faith informs our values of love, acceptance, and reconciliation.
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Theresa Slater
Jungian Perspectives: The Significance of the Unconscious in a DID System
Session description: This presentation delves into the intricate interplay of conscious and unconscious realms, drawing from personal experiences and Jungian insights. Focused on Dissociative Identity Adaptation (DID), it explores the impact of obscured thoughts, alters’ role, and shadow work's significance. The speaker shares their journey, from discovering their DID system to integrating conscious and unconscious elements for mental stability. The speaker also examines the impact of obscured thoughts and images on the conscious mind, elucidating the struggles with violent intrusive thoughts and the passive influence of alters. The integration of hypersexual child alters/parts is explored through the lens of shadow work, highlighting the importance of self-compassion in embracing and understanding these aspects. Dreams emerge as crucial restorers of psychological balance, offering unique insights into the unconscious intentions of alters/parts within the system. The presentation underscores the value of dreams as messengers between instinctive and rational parts of the mind, providing a deeper understanding of the inner world. The speaker reflects on their journey of system discovery, navigating dissociation, and regulating their nervous system to foster a healthier connection between parts, emotions, and decision-making.
TW (TRIGGER WARNINGS) for the session: Mentions of childhood sexual abuse, hyper sexual child alters, violence, dissociation
Presenter bio: I identify as a 43-year-old gender-fluid, neuroqueer woman with a Self-led plural identity. I am physically able and mid- sized. I celebrate being bisexual, polyamorous, and kinky. Raised by a single mother on disability benefits, I acknowledge and appreciate the privilege of my university education. As an Anglican Christian and a seventh- generation white settler Canadian, our faith informs our values of love, acceptance, and reconciliation.
Disclaimer: While we encourage the sharing and viewing of this video, unauthorized reproduction, exploitation, or any use beyond this, particularly for case studies, conference presentations, research papers, promotional or marketing materials, or incorporation into other video or broadcast content, is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, organizations like the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and McLean Hospital.
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![[CC] Jungian Perspectives: The Significance of the Unconscious in a DID System by Theresa Slater](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/7GAL1rMyLnc/mqdefault.jpg "[CC] Jungian Perspectives: The Significance of the Unconscious in a DID System by Theresa Slater
The Plural Positivity World Conference happens every year online in May or June. Get your ticket and find out more about PPWC and our other virtual events at: https://powertotheplurals.com/events Plural Positivity World Conference 2024
Theresa Slater
Jungian Perspectives: The Significance of the Unconscious in a DID System
Session description: This presentation delves into the intricate interplay of conscious and unconscious realms, drawing from personal experiences and Jungian insights. Focused on Dissociative Identity Adaptation (DID), it explores the impact of obscured thoughts, alters’ role, and shadow works significance. The speaker shares their journey, from discovering their DID system to integrating conscious and unconscious elements for mental stability. The speaker also examines the impact of obscured thoughts and images on the conscious mind, elucidating the struggles with violent intrusive thoughts and the passive influence of alters. The integration of hypersexual child alters/parts is explored through the lens of shadow work, highlighting the importance of self-compassion in embracing and understanding these aspects. Dreams emerge as crucial restorers of psychological balance, offering unique insights into the unconscious intentions of alters/parts within the system. The presentation underscores the value of dreams as messengers between instinctive and rational parts of the mind, providing a deeper understanding of the inner world. The speaker reflects on their journey of system discovery, navigating dissociation, and regulating their nervous system to foster a healthier connection between parts, emotions, and decision-making.
TW (TRIGGER WARNINGS) for the session: Mentions of childhood sexual abuse, hyper sexual child alters, violence, dissociation
Presenter bio: I identify as a 43-year-old gender-fluid, neuroqueer woman with a Self-led plural identity. I am physically able and mid- sized. I celebrate being bisexual, polyamorous, and kinky. Raised by a single mother on disability benefits, I acknowledge and appreciate the privilege of my university education. As an Anglican Christian and a seventh- generation white settler Canadian, our faith informs our values of love, acceptance, and reconciliation.
Disclaimer: While we encourage the sharing and viewing of this video, unauthorized reproduction, exploitation, or any use beyond this, particularly for case studies, conference presentations, research papers, promotional or marketing materials, or incorporation into other video or broadcast content, is strictly prohibited. This includes, but is not limited to, organizations like the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD) and McLean Hospital.
The contents of this video, including all related materials and media, are the property of The Plural Association Stichting (TPA). All rights are reserved under the Copyright Act of 1976, which protects original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression. This includes the exclusive rights to reproduce the work, create derivative works, distribute copies to the public, perform the work publicly, and display the work publicly.
The opinions expressed by our presenters are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of TPA. They are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.
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Found value in our PPWC sessions? Help us keep this resource available and growing by donating to The Plural Association Nonprofit: https://powertotheplurals.com/donate")
![[CC] Cisnormativity and Plurality: and how academia has been failing Plurals by The Variants Council](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8aSm5__uhCU/mqdefault.jpg "[CC] Cisnormativity and Plurality: and how academia has been failing Plurals by The Variants Council
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The Variants Council
Cisnormativity and Plurality: and how academia has been failing Plurals
Session description: In this video we go over how there is a lack of research when it comes to plurality and gender, and how the few academic articles there are, are riddled with cisnormativity and singletnormativity. We then go over some articles written by the community to demonstrate writings that do call out the cis and singlet normativity present in academic writing.
Trigger Warnings: Talk of transphobia, pluralphobia (including the dehumanization of alters/headmates), and the psychiatric system, racism, sexism, reference to historical violent acts like riots though non-descriptive.
Presenter bio: We are a relatively newly discovered system but still very passionate about plural pride! We are YouTubers and zine makers wanting to chart the path of creating Plural Theory (sociological idea similar to Queer Theory) and become advocates for plurals around the world.
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The opinions expressed by our presenters are their own and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of TPA. They are not intended to malign any religion, ethnic group, club, organization, company, individual, or anyone or anything.
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![[CC] Lucid Dreaming and Dissociative Identity Disorder by Maxwell Hunter](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/8nuCbqdMOuo/mqdefault.jpg "[CC] Lucid Dreaming and Dissociative Identity Disorder by Maxwell Hunter
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Maxwell Hunter
Title of the session: Lucid Dreaming and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Please note, this session will include discussions around angry/aggressive alters and experiences of growing up trans.
Session description: Lucid dreaming is the act of becoming conscious in the dream state. It allows the dreamer to experience the dream with daytime awareness and gives them a level of control over the dream. As we are connecting with our subconscious in the dream state, its possible to get ask to meet alters and learn more about their formulation and what they represent. After nearly 10 years of work with my own system, I believe this is an invaluable tool that can aid recovery.
Presenter bio: I first became aware of another person in my head when I was around 12. I told no one for a few years and once I did I spent a lot of time in the mental health system not getting the correct treatment. I started having to look for answers myself, which involved lucid dreaming (becoming conscious in the dream state) to seek out alters and ask them questions about their creation, why they are here and how I can help them. Its allowed me to get closer to certain alters and has helped with a degree of integration. This is something I feel very passionately about and want to spread awareness of.
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![[German+ English CC] Zur Idee einer Metaphysik pluraler Subjekti/On the concept of a metaphysics...](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/AbMXf12R95U/mqdefault.jpg "[German+ English CC] Zur Idee einer Metaphysik pluraler Subjekti/On the concept of a metaphysics...
Plural Positivity World Conference 2023
Hypatia of Sva
Title of the session: On the concept of a metaphysics of plural subjectivity / Zur Idee einer Metaphysik pluraler Subjekti
Session description:
In this introductory lecture I try to expose, in which way the idea of plurality changes the basic construction of the metaphysics of spirit and therein primarily the concept of subjectivity. This is done here out of the pure necessity, that I think about myself and my mind in a metaphysical way, and therefore there is little else what could appear before me, but precisely to find a certain meaning and understanding out of this and with this way of thinking and understanding. The purpose of this exposition is twice fold: on the one side, to fix the level of thought, on which one can reasonably reflect on the question of the conditions of reality and essence of plural spiritedness, and on the other side, to lay with this the ground to further historical investigations. The ultimate horizon is a concept of subjectivity, that is _at once_ everything _and_ something, and in this general-specific double form can take in itself properties (like gender or age) as, at the same time, a general horizon of understanding, and therefore as an abstract quality, _and_ as a specific criterion of differentiation to other minds, and to hypostate this difference into the further differentiation of internal and external differences (differences between alters vs. differences to other systems etc.). Further goals, or how they could be reached, is however always open at the beginning, for better and worse; and here it is true what Hegel once said (in the very beginning of Phänomenlogie), that for a philosophical text, and too for a lecture, a previous description of its content, of direction and result, is not just superfluous, but too unfitting and misdirected against its purpose. Precisely because of that, it must show itself within this content, if this lecture can hold its promise; or if at the end, after going through all that, what I was able to lay before myself as a working-through of the material tendencies of spirit, its something empty what remains - or something splendid and of the question than worth, to view it anew and underlie it another historical reckoning, if it be something new at all or only appearing as such.
In diesem Einleitungsvortrag versuche ich darzustellen, in welcher Weise die Idee der Pluralität das Gerüst der Metaphysik des Geistes und dabei primär den Begriff des Subjekts verändert. Dies geschieht hier aus der schlichten Notwendigkeit heraus, dass ich von selbst über mich und meinen Geist metaphysisch nachdenke, und also mir kaum andres vorkommt als gerade nur, einen gewissen Sinn daraus und damit zu gewinnen. Der Zweck der Darstellung ist ein zweifacher: einmal das Niveau, auf dem über die Frage der Bedingungen der Realität und des Wesens pluraler Geistigkeit vernünftig nachgedacht werden kann, zu fixieren, zum andern, damit den Grund der weitern historischen Untersuchung zu legen. Der letztliche Horizont ist der Begriff einer Subjektivität, die zugleich alles ist und etwas, und in dieser allgemein-konkreten Doppelform in sich Eigenschaften (wie Geschlechtlichkeit oder Alter) zugleich als allgemeinen Erfahrungshorizont, und somit als Abstraktum, aber zugleich auch als konkretes Unterscheidungsmerkmal von sich zu andern Geistern nehmen kann, und diesen Unterschied dann ins weitere Unterscheiden von interner und externer Differenzierung zu hypostasieren. Die weiteren Ziele, oder wie weit sie erreicht werden können, ist aber zu Beginn immer offen; und es gilt hier was Hegel einmal so schön sagte: daß bei einer philosophischen Schrift, oder eben auch bei einem Vortrage, eine vorherige Angabe des Inhalts, von Tendenz und Ergebnis, nicht nur überflüßig, sondern auch unpassend und zweckwidrig sey. Eben darum muss es sich im Inhalt erweisen, ob dieser Vortrag dieses auch leisten kann, oder ob am Ende, nach dem Durchgang durch das, was ich bisher mir als Bearbeitung der inhaltlichen Tendenzen des Geistes habe vorlegen können, es etwas leeres sey was verbleibt oder etwas gediegenes und der Sache dann wertes, es erneut zu betrachten und einer neuerlichen historischen Prüfung zu unterlegen, ob es neues sei oder nur hier als neu scheinendes
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