“Here’s Dissociative Identity Disorder, and we’re not that”: a constructivist grounded theory exploration of multiplicity experiences

Figures & data

Table 1. Participant characteristics.

Pseudonym	Age*	Gender*	Location	Ethnicity	Interview or survey	Members in system (if applicable)	Experience relating to multiplicity
Experts-by-experience
Ayden	28	Male	USA	White	Interview	5	Lived Experience
Chad	23	Male	USA	White	Interview	Unsure	Lived Experience
Claire	22	Female	USA	White	Interview	14	Lived Experience
Diesel	26	Male	Scotland	White	Interview	15+	Lived Experience
Leslie Dyke	24	Non-Binary	USA	Jewish	Interview	15	Lived Experience
Owls	20	Gender queer	USA	White	Interview	Varies	Lived Experience
Songbirds	26	Non-Binary	USA	Chinese American	Interview	20	Lived Experience
Soul System	25	Non-Binary	USA	White Jewish	Interview	16	Lived Experience
Stellar Lake System	21	Agender	USA	–	Interview	40	Lived Experience
The Alexandrite System	27	Female	USA	White	Interview	30	Lived Experience
Moss	19	Gender Fluid	Canada	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Ida	22	Genderfae	Netherlands	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Strix	17	Trans guy	UK	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Emilia Stawarz	25	Gender Fluid	USA	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Leslie Dyke	24	Non-Binary	USA	Jewish	Survey	15+	Lived Experience
L	23	Non-Binary	England	Caucasian	Survey	20+	Lived Experience
Zed	17	Non-Binary	USA	Latino/Hispanic	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Jello		Multiple genders	Canada		Survey	–	Lived Experience
Washington Irving	27	Multiple genders (agender)	USA	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Matthias King	17	Male	USA		Survey	–	Lived Experience
Isaiah	17	Multiple genders (demiboy)	USA	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Wolf LJS	19	Multiple genders	USA	Caucasian	Survey	150+	Lived Experience
Jayce	14	Multiple genders	USA	African-American	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Acheron	17	Non-Binary	UK	Caucasian	Survey	–	Lived Experience
Jasper	18	Transgender	USA	Mixed origin	Survey	12	Lived Experience
Support networks
Rayleigh	28	Female	USA	White	Interview	–	Friend, roommate of system, main support network
Shifra Devorah	24	Female	USA	White	Interview	–	Partner is a system
Mathais	14–30	Male	Denmark	Caucasian	Survey	–	Friends, acquaintances, fiancé are systems
Robin	14–30	Male	USA	–	Survey	–	Friend is a system
Psychologist-in-training-that-is-married-to-a-multiple	14–30	Male	USA	Caucasian	Survey	–	Partner is a system
S	14–30	Other	Australia	–	Survey	–	Family, friends
Professionals
John	31–45	Male	UK	White	Interview	–	Secondary care community mental health; 10 years
Sarah	31–45	Female	England	Caucasian	Survey	–	Community mental health team; 1–5 years experience
Eli	31–45	Female	UK	Caucasian	Survey	–	Community clinic; 5–10 years

*Respondents chose to answer for themselves as individuals, not for the system collectively; age, and gender often differs between selves; –: respondent did not answer.

Figure 1. EMBRACE theoretical model (Exploring mental health beliefs, recognition and communication for empathetic understanding).

Figure 2. Multiplicity: a language guide.