#83: Dr Mike Lloyd - Understanding the Complexities of Disassociation Disorders
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- Опубліковано 7 бер 2022
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Dr Mike Lloyd is a Clinical Psychologist, specialising in dissociative disorders and trauma. He is also the Chairman of the Complex Trauma and Dissociation Clinic based in Cheshire As well as running this clinic, Mike recently left his NHS post in a community adult mental health team in Cheshire to begin work as a consultant for the Ministry of Defence, offering mental health support to serving military personnel. Prior to this, Mike spent five years working in child & adolescent / paediatric mental health. He is also a comic book fan, lover of wrestling and Ru Paul’s Drag race and expressing his playful side. You can hear the passion, care and curiosity coming from Mike from the first minute of this podcast. It was an absolute joy to chat with him about dissociative identity disorder (DID) which was formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder.
Thank you for this interview and for information on ISSTD. All these years; multiple therapists and doctors visits and finally I am beginning to understand why I am the way I am physically and emotionally. What Dr. Lloyd said roughly 8:39 into the talk: you either have a feeling with no memory or you have a memory but you feel nothing about it. Spot on.
I want to say that I was able to pay for this assessment via CTAD. Via zoom, I was in Mexico. Though incredbly difficult for me, it gave me and my therapist incredible information. My therapist has also had a consult with Dr. Lloyd since then. High level professionalism and cutting edge clinical knowledge.
Down to earth, engaging and informative video, raising awareness of Dissociative Identity Disorder. It is an area within the mental health system that often goes unrecognised for many years and also carries along with it a lot of stigma and shame for those who suffer with it. Thank you for this honest and open video helping to raise awareness and explaining the struggles that many people suffering from it face.
Thank you for the support! We will be releasing more on D.I.D in the future so keep an eye out 👀
50:58-55:28
Literally the story of my life, meds didn't work, tried a lot of meds which didn't work (horrible side effects and didn't help), worked with a ton of therapists without much relief, hospitalizations, eating disorder treatment, suspected bipolar, suspected borderline, 8 years of active therapy and treatment until I researched DID (the one dx I didn't think I had) and sought out a therapist who specialized in it and made the diagnosis a few months ago and now doing therapy with them. It's been a hell of a ride. In US. Love to hear people talking about this!
It took me 11 months on a wait list to see a provider who is knowledgeable in DID. I consider myself extremely lucky 🖤🖤
Great interview, so important! Shame about the studio audio issues, very challenging in later half. Thanks though. Great to hear Dr Mike be interviewed.
Right around the 12:00 mark it felt like I ran into a tree; almost had to sit down and put my head between my knees. Defragmenting my internal hard drive is how I have come to describe, to myself, the work I've been doing for four and a half years. I was diagnosed over time with every "illness" and "disorder" in my family's pantheon but ultimately the one that nearly took me out was disassociation, derealization and fugue primarily. I couldn't tie my shoes or trust myself with hot tea, sharp objects or men.
Working memory still a problem but otherwise I am myself again. First principles, personal responsibility and agape saved me from my lesser demons.
Thank you for sharing this information. Without such conversations and other shared knowledge and hope I would most assuredly not be here. 💜
This discussion was fantastic! Thank you for spreading awareness, facts, and sharing how this can impact those of us living with DID. There is so much stigma out there, and media doesn't help. My HR manager followed me into the restroom after sharing my diagnosis for accommodations to make appointments. She was convinced I am a murderer. I share with her this diagnosis, and she reacts with, "Oh! Like Split!" 🙄🤮 4yrs with this company, never even a conversation about bad behavior, never a disciplinary action.....and she still thinks I'm dangerous.
This interview is a great service guys!
I have had this major problem in the USA for my entire life, has become quite hopeless.
I remember watching a video from this channel with Dr. James Cantor as a guest, that one was phenomenal and insightful so I'm expecting this one to be marvelous as well.
I'm looking to seek a diagnosis of DID, it would explain things that're unrelated to autism; my only diagnosis thus far is autism spectrum disorder.
The mututally-exclusive folders is an interesting metaphore; how about a master folder with multiple sub-folders?
Please edit your title to the correct “dissociation” instead of “disassociation”. TY
Please help I am the lover of a beautiful person that I love so much long story short I recently discovered what I believed my lover is going through a hard time one of her personality is thinking I’m a monster and I’m destroying her life by loving her and trying to help her she’s irrational and very upset how do I get her to calm down and see I’m not hurting her please she’s so upset rying etc I can’t ignore her but it’s killing me I have lupus and my stress needs to stay low please help me how do I calm her down and know I’m not hurting her please help today is 11/11/2023
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