Dissociation, Memory Retrieval, "Resociation" & Reprocessing

One may not need to grind through everything here to understand the topic and what one can do about it, but one will certainly know a lot more than the average duck -- and even many psychotherapists -- if they do:

Dissociation as Defined by Frankel with a Modern Explanation 

Three Definitions of "Splitting" in not-moses's reply to the original poster on that Reddit thread (which includes a brief DID bibliography)

"Unreachable" Trauma in those with Dissociative Disorders and the rest of not-moses's reply to the original poster on this Reddit thread

Small Children learn how to Dissociate because they NEED to

Dissociation vs. Overwhelm in 4 "Fs"

Dissociation & Repression of Early Childhood Sexual and Other Abuse

Splitting & Rebounding vs. "Pure" Dissociation in not-moses's reply to the original poster on that Reddit thread, but be sure to read the original post first

Inner Children, Alters, Dissociated Parts & IFST in not-moses's reply to the original poster on that Reddit thread, but be sure to read the original post first

Connecting the Dots from Abuse... to Compensation... to Dissociated, Diverse Identities

Dissociated Fragments (see also the ensuing commentary)

When Fragmented Selves Act Out

Van der Hart's Theory of Structural Dissociation (this one is pretty complex, but for those willing to Google all the concepts they don't understand, it can be very enlightening)

Parallel-Distinct Structures of Internal World and External Reality: Disavowing and Re-Claiming the Self-Identity in the Aftermath of Trauma-Generated Dissociation

How Dissociation Causes Polarization... & Vice-Versa

Selective Dissociation in not-moses’s discussion with the original poster on that Reddit thread

Breaking Through the No-Memory Barrier

When the Memories & Affects Start to Break Through

Moving from Memories & Symptoms to Emotional Release in not-moses’s reply to the original poster on that reddit thread

Why Memory Retrieval is So Important

Recalling memories from a third-person perspective changes how our brain processes them. (The article in ScienceDaily is right here, btw.)

Counterproductive Emotional Flooding in Traumatic Memory Processing

False Memory Syndrome or Not? in not-moses's reply to the original poster on that Reddit thread

"False Memory Syndrome " is evidently Back in Vogue including not-moses's reply to a replier there

An amazon.com review of Tavris & Aronson's Mistakes Were Made (but not by me) re: "False Memory Syndrome "

Would "They" Ever Understand the Frags?

The best of the recent crop of much easier to understand books on recovering from dissociation include... Dick Schwartz's No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma & Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, Richard Kluft's Shelter from the Storm: Processing the Traumatic Memories of DID / DDNOS Patients with The Fractionated Abreaction Technique, and Frank Puttnam's The Way We Are: How States of Mind Influence Our Identities, Personality and Potential for Change.