Engineered Did Quotes

“Polyfragmentation and Engineered DID

Over 20 years ago, I was made aware of a subset of patients with DID who did not develop DID organically but as a deliberate creation through trauma-based mind control. These clients present differently from those with organic DID and have different needs to be met in therapy. From early childhood, they have been subjected to a form of human slavery where their minds have been systematically fractured with traumatic experiences and then rebuilt in such a way that they could be programmed and controlled over the course of their lifespan by handlers. The people with engineered DID challenge even the most sophisticated and experienced trauma clinicians, because part of their programming is to avoid detection and foil treatment with therapists. The groups that 'train' these people consider them expensive assets and will not let them leave or heal easily. They surround the programming and parts with various 'booby traps' that can derail therapy, confuse or distract the therapist, and disable or even kill the client. It is a very specific subspecialty in trauma treatment, one that requires a great deal of education and support to do well.”
― Susan Pease Banitt, Wisdom, Attachment, and Love in Trauma Therapy

“One clue that you might have a case of engineered rather than organic DID on your hands could be the intense feelings of being deskilled and inadequate that arise in you as you are treating one of these clients. They puzzle and confuse even the most experienced of therapists until their multiplicity is recognized as engineered.

Another sign might be the sudden appearance of self-harm, compulsions, or 'crazy' behavior after patient disclosures. These people have trip wires layered into their programming that are set to 'go off' whenever a therapist gets too close to a hidden truth or when the client remembers something new. These booby trap programs can look like:

• sudden suicidal impulses out of nowhere, especially ones that are 'supposed to look like an accident'. as one client told me

• scrambled words or word salad in a client that has no history of schizophrenia

• an abrupt nonnegotiable firing of the therapist when the client is making progress

• pseudoseizures—episodes that look like grand mal seizures or dropping into a semi-conscious state with no EEC evidence of seizure activity

• feelings of being electrically 'shocked' at different places on the body

• recurrent and constant migraines

• an unexplained compulsion to return to a previously abusive environment that they have successfully left, such as an abusive family of origin or spouse, especially at certain times of the year such as Halloween.”
― Susan Pease Banitt, Wisdom, Attachment and Love in Trauma Therapy: Beyond Evidence Based Practice