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We doubt we'll ever become singlet again, but other people have, temporarily or permanently, and it's information people should have. So here are some sources we've found of people discussing their experiences with and around it!

Integration, by Abigail Collins: One woman describing her experiences becoming singlet, along with tips and advice on dealing with it. Made in 1993 for Mending Ourselves: Expressions of healing & self-integration, which itself contains a lot of people's experiences becoming singlet or trying to.
Becoming Median, by Zyfron: About being multiple, becoming singlet, and then becoming median. Made in 2018.
On Being Integrated, by Ricky of Gossamer&: About becoming singlet temporarily, spontaneously, and unwantedly, written for the Asylum e-zine in 2000.
Pro-choice? or Anti-Integration? by Lesley Pierce and Larry (of the Anachronic Army): on the stigma of becoming singlet. Written for the Asylum e-zine in 2000.
An Owl's Guide to Fusion: "Some practical advice on how to fuse based on my own experiences; mostly aimed at unification, but likely useful for smaller fusions as well." Working on reading.
Fusion (non-GPL): "My experiences with unification and a plea to change how it's regarded in the plural community." Haven't read yet.

That's all the nice, informational stuff. It's more complicated and emotional behind the cut. Because I admit, I have strong, difficult emotions around becoming singlet.

( You may not want to read about those feelings. Discussions of ableism behind the cut. )

So, I took advantage of my student status to drag up follow-up studies on folks with DID, to see how many multiples achieved integration and held on to it.

Here are the results. Note the small sample sizes; I guess us multis are hard to chase down for studies.

First, according to Kluft, integration

Coons, Philip M. and Bowman, Elizabeth S. (2001). Ten-year follow-up study of patients with dissociative identity disorder. Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, vol. 2, issue 1, pg. 73-89.

Twelve systems, checked up after ten years. Six integrated, but two of the integrations ended up collapsing, so only four stayed integrated. One out of three success rate.

Ellason, Joan W. and Ross, Colin A. (1996). Million Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II follow-up of patients with dissociative identity disorder. Psychological Reports, vol. 78, issue 3, pg. 707-716.

Thirty five systems, checked up on after two years. Eight integrated during the follow-up period. Only abstract available, so no idea if any relapsed, or any other criteria. Less than one in four success rate.

Ellason, Joan W. and Ross, Colin A. (1997).Two-year follow-up of inpatients with dissociative identity disorder. The American Journal of Psychiatry, vol. 154, issue 6, pg. 832-839.

Fifty-four systems, checked up on after two years, all from one hospital in Dallas. It was unclear whether the integrated patients had integrated during the course of those two years, or had integrated beforehand; also unknown was when they had gotten their diagnoses. Regardless, sixty percent of the patients maintained integration.

I can't help but wonder WHY this procedure is so vaunted when they can't even get a study on it with any decent-sized sample. And what I do see about its success rates ain't exactly giving me great feelings.

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