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Disclaimer: The wiki & FAQ contain research, commentary, and advice from others dealing with dissociation. They include both facts and opinions, some of which are not shared among all cafe members. If you want to help improve them, please comment on wiki articles or contact us. We’d love to hear

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2023-2024 T-E-C Election Results

Our system is run by an elected ruling council.  Traditionally that’s been made of three of us, but we’re trying something new this year, and have expanded the council to five.  The votes are in, and here’s the new council: Forest Wanderer (Chairperson), Janet, Saoirse, Sharon, Carol Ann We’d also

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Dissociative.Wiki 2.0

Before there was the dissociative.cafe, there was the dissociative.wiki. While Wikipedia works for basic facts, we wanted a free repository of information written by dissociative folk for dissociative folk. A prime example of the type of content we wanted to see is the DID/OSDD Survival Guide that @braidid and I

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An Awkward Opening

     When we first stumbled across this site, we were very excited. Just what we’d been hoping for! And so we made a profile, posted a few comments, and promptly disappeared to re-evaluate the situation. As per usual.       Our system is…not really a typical presentation of “oldschool

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Am I A Bad Host?

About three years ago, there was a significant shift in our system. I became the primary host. For the 25 years or so before then, Janet had been the primary host, and I just came out to work. There is a long story behind why, some of which is documented

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Fashion as Self-Expression is a Fucking Minefield

College being our first experience away from home is challenging enough. Managing academics, social life, friends, trauma and triggers, finances, all at once is a headache. Especially because it is college. Where bad academics means loosing scholarships and potentially dropping out of college. And navigating this as a system, a

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The Electric Circus Blog

We usually don’t use trigger warnings. Reader discretion is advised. Wondering who’s who? Meet the system. Yup, We Have A Disorder. Janet here with Saoirse close by.  A few days ago I wrote a “Do we have a disorder” blog entry.  I was feeling really good… Read More t-e-cApril 12,

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Update Our Experiment

Good morning. It is 4:30 in the morning, and I must say that yesterday’s experiment appears to have succeeded. Thankfully, there was nothing out of the ordinary happening that could have easily derailed the experimental process. In other words, no lousy shit happened yesterday. Throughout the day, I was quite

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Welcome to the dissociative cafe!

This site is intended for those over the physical age of 18. If you are a minor, we respectfully ask that you leave. Looking for Information? Our wiki contains over 70 articles containing research, commentary, and advice from others dealing with dissociation. We also have a growing FAQ page. Contact

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