About the Project

Who We Are

The Electric Circus (T-E-C) runs the cafe. We pay the bills, do all the technical work, blog, and sometimes work on the wiki. We also may be spotted on the cafe Discord now and then, which we co-admin.

The first version of the wiki was primarily written by braidid (wiki editor emeritus).  They are no longer active on the site, but we value their early contributions and wish them the best. 

More recent wiki content has been edited and written by erikajeankruger, who also co-admin the cafe Discord.

Who We’re Not

We are not mental health professionals, so we can’t diagnose or treat you. If you are in a crisis, please try one of the hotlines listed in the wiki or call your local emergency services. While we try to support our peers, we are not trained or equipped to respond to major mental health crises. 

Why We’re Here 

We’re here to create an inclusive, welcoming, supportive community of dissociative adults and their allies. We believe we can support and learn from each other in ways that people who don’t deal with these disorders can. Sometimes, that means talking about complex topics. Sometimes, it simply means relaxing and enjoying the company of others who understand.

The cafe is open to all dissociative adults, questioning or professionally diagnosed. While the content may skew toward the DID & OSDD end of the spectrum due to our own lived experiences, the site is intended to be a place for everyone who deals with a dissociative disorder, system or not. 

What We Charge

Nothing. There are no ads. There are no donations. There is no spoon.

Our History

February 2021: This site started as T-E-C’s blog, t-e-c.org, which was a basic Wix blog for friends and family. 

November 2022: T-E-C dreamt up the dissociative wiki. The wiki was meant to have many authors, but that didn’t happen. With the exception of a little work done by Anomalous and T-E-C, braidid wrote the content for the original wiki.

December 2022: Frustrated with Wix’s limitations, T-E-C created a new WordPress site, the dissociative cafe, for social interactions.

April 2023: The cafe Discord server was started.

October 2023: Site fusion!  t-e-c.org, the wiki, and the cafe all became one site.

Early 2024: Gradual wiki editor transition from braidid to EJK.  

Our Future

Eventually, we want to become a non-profit to support those with dissociation and educate the general community on what living with dissociation is really like.  We’re still learning, growing, and plotting for world domination.

P.S. What’s With The Tadpoles & Frogs?

We wanted a ranking system to show the site’s major contributors and users. Originally, Saoirse had it as boring “Level 1, Level 2…”. Then one of T-E-C’s littles was researching frogs, and, well… sometimes co-con moments bear strange fruit. It’s just become a thing.