{"author":"Carol Broad","author_id":"Carol+Broad","total_quotes":2,"quotes":[{"text":"Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve to be heard and recognised, not stigmatised.","author":"Carol Broad","tags":["anti-stigma","dissociation","dissociative-disorder","dissociative-disorders","dissociative-identity-disorder","mental-health","mental-health-bias","mental-health-problems","mental-health-professionals","mental-health-stigma","mental-health-system","mental-illness","multiple-personality-disorder","multiplicity","not-being-heard","stigma","stigmatised"],"id":445149,"author_id":"Carol+Broad"},{"text":"However, we have to acknowledge that living with DID presents huge challenges; it is complex and complicated. But our diagnosis was the key to us accessing services and funding, which has enabled us to return to life within the community and to have a positive future. We can see constructive, productive elements in our life, and our faith plays a strong part in this.","author":"Carol Broad","tags":["dissociation","dissociative-disorder","dissociative-disorders","dissociative-identity-disorder","healing","healing-journey","healing-trauma"],"id":481897,"author_id":"Carol+Broad"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":2,"pages":1}}