Dissociative identity disorder (DID), psychotic depression and Mad Liberation – with Kantu
Kantu (they/he) is the founder and co-owner of the social media presence known as the Angry Autist. Indigenous to the Andes in Abya Yala, Kantu is Quechua and is racialized as a visibly Native person. Kantu is autistic, has dissociative identity disorder (DID) and has experienced psychotic depression.
When founding the Angry Autist, it was their goal to bring awareness to their experience as a multiply and visibly disabled, racialized, and medium support needs autistic person. Since then, he has become further radicalized as explicitly anti-racist, anti-ableist, and anti-saneist, drawing inspiration from the ten principles of disability justice, the CripplePunk movement, Indigenous philosophy, mad liberation, and fat liberation.
During this episode, you will hear Kantu talk about:
- How they discovered they have DID
- How DID stereotypes affect real-life perceptions of DID
- How their autism affected their own experience of DID
- Their experience with psychotic depression symptoms and treatments
- The meaning and significance of mad liberation
To find out more about Kantu and his work, follow them on Threads @angry_autist and Instagram @angry_autist. They can also be reached by email at angryandautistic [at] gmail [dot] com.
Other Beyond 6 Seconds episodes about dissociative identity disorder (DID):
- Amber Louise Ainsworth (episode 194): beyond6seconds.net/194
- Crystals Multifaceted (episode 215): beyond6seconds.net/215
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