Welcome to canDID Expressions
Our nonprofit organization is a community of people with trauma-based dissociation who explore and share our lived experience through writing and other expressive arts.
You are invited to join us in exploring the power of writing and other expressive arts with the goal of deepening a shared understanding of ourselves, others, and the world.
We look forward to getting to know you!
How it works
We gather outside of a therapy context to share our lived experiences. While healing from trauma is a critical aspect of most people’s journey, our focus is on honoring the embodied experience of dissociation and how our daily lives have been shaped by physiological and emotional responses to our past.
Recent Expressions
It was Nice to Be With All of Them
Someday, hopefully in the near future, I’ll be able to honestly say that it was nice to be with all of them—with everyone in my system. It’s partially true now. I enjoy time with aspects of myself, it’s just that usually I’m only with a few at a...
Inner Outer
Like I was Just Here
It’s challenging to return to being present when someone else has been managing daily life. Depending on how things go, it can feel like I am just continuing where I left off before vanishing. That’s not always the case though, and I’ve become...