<p>What if dissociative identity disorder is a brilliant, life-saving strategy?</p><p>In this moving and grounded conversation, therapist and author Sally Maslansky shares her lived experience of DID and the therapeutic relationship that changed everything.</p><p>Diagnosed in the 1990s (when it was still called MPD), Sally entered treatment during a cultural moment steeped in fear and shame. But her therapist, Dr. Dan Siegel, offered something radically different:</p><p>Not <em>“What’s wrong with you?”</em>But <em>“What did your mind do to survive?”</em></p><p>From disorganized attachment to learned secure attachment.From fragmentation to fluidity.From terror without context to memory with meaning.</p><p>⏱ Timestamps</p><p><strong>00:04</strong> – Romania, terror, and the shock of not remembering childhoodAdoption awakens something she can’t ignore.</p><p><strong>08:58</strong> – The diagnosis in the 90sFrom “Am I crazy?” to “This is a brilliant adaptation.”</p><p><strong>11:33</strong> – Disorganized attachment: fear without solutionHow the brain fragments to survive.</p><p><strong>14:37</strong> – Parts as verbs, not nounsWhy dissociated states are processes — not separate people.</p><p><strong>21:46</strong> – What healing actually feels likeMemory intact. Suffering over.</p><p><strong>33:55</strong> – Implicit vs. explicit memory“If I’m hysterical, it’s historical.”</p><p>If you’ve ever feared that healing means losing your parts, this episode offers another picture.</p><p>Memory intact.Suffering over.Safety carried securely from the inside.</p><p>Links & Resources</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://sallymaslansky.com/">Sally’s Website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://sallymaslansky.com/book/">Sally’s Book A Brilliant Adaptation </a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://i.snoball.it/p/3tBOM0C/e">Sally at the Psychotherapy Networker Symposium March 20th</a> </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.friendsofsemelinstitute.org/events-reservations/a-brilliant-adaptation">Sally & Dr Dan Siegel Speaking March 11th</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://drdansiegel.com/wheel-of-awareness/">The Wheel of Awareness</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://drdansiegel.com/">Dr Dan Siegel’s Website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ruthlanius.com/">Dr Ruth Lanius Website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.bethanybrand.com/">Dr. Bethany Brand’s Website</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.healingmyparts.org/">HealingMyParts.org</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Healing My Parts at <a href="https://healingmyparts.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">healingmyparts.substack.com/subscribe</a>