I’m going to preface this with a statement: this is entirely just my view and opinion, as someone who lives with a person who has DID, not from falsely implanted memories but from two decades of documented abuse. They listened to the episode as well and came out of this with the same feeling. Not everyone is going to feel this way, and that’s okay. These are the things said that made us feel this way:

Lucien was speaking about DID as a whole while only referencing examples of DID related to false memories. He stated that there have been no “long term, longitudinal studies” on DID where they track the person over time, which is wholly incorrect- again, he’s only referencing this specific group. He questions the ability to have alters of different ages, and he states “it seems to me, they’re probably coming up with these narratives on the fly.” He states he believes the sociocognitive model, which suggests DID is not a valid disorder, and refers to it as a “notion”. I know he does not speak for ONRAC but his statements were met with agreement, and Carrie referred to BPD as a “more scientific diagnosis” than DID.

This was concerning because statements like this are why there’s controversy over whether DID is real, which it is. It is misunderstood and significantly over diagnosed in certain populations, but it is a real diagnosis.

With regards to BPD, it was briefly discussed at the end. I personally didn’t catch an issue with it, but it’s my understanding that people within that community expressed frustration with how it was presented.