Understanding Satanic Ritual Abuse and Dissociative Identity Disorder

The chapter explores Satanic ritual abuse (SRA) as a horrifying form of mistreatment involving psychological, physical, and sexual abuse within Satanist rituals, highlighting survivors' challenges in disclosing their experiences against public skepticism. It discusses the coping mechanism of developing alter personalities by SRA survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) to endure trauma and abuse, emphasizing the difficulties in integrating these alters back into the core personality through therapy. The chapter also touches upon the prevalence of DID among SRA survivors, shedding light on the emotional attachment survivors may have towards their alters and the insights that therapists specializing in DID may offer regarding SRA practices.