A light through dissociation.

The map

If a list of links is too much to read, use the coast instead. Every building is a real place on this site, and the same places are listed underneath in plain text.

Start wherever you are

If you feel disconnected right now, the ☀ button at the bottom of every page opens a quiet grounding space. Ground first. Everything else can wait.

• Right now

  Fog Meter, the Orientation Compass, and a step-by-step guide for after losing time.

• What support do I need?

  Scared, confused, overstimulated, numb? Turn a foggy feeling into one clear sentence.

• The lantern arcade

  Light the harbour, collect shells, draw a constellation, sort thoughts, colour the fog.

• Gentle games

  Safe room, lighthouse beam, bubble pop, ride the wave, card deck, detective and quiet sound.

• Grounding toolbox

  5-4-3-2-1, fog clearing, colour and texture hunts, and other ways back to the present.

• The fog lifted

  What to do in the minutes after grounding — presence, place, needs, and a note for later.

• What is DID?

  Plain-language education about dissociation, identity states, memory gaps, and what DID is not.

• DID & other experiences

  How DID overlaps with PTSD, derealisation, ADHD, sleep, substances and medical causes.

• Words & encyclopedia

  Amnesia, derealisation, co-consciousness, parts, systems — clinical and community language, side by side.

• Why DID can develop

  How the mind can distance itself from overwhelming experiences — without telling you what happened to you.

• Could this be dissociation?

  A gentle self-reflection tool. Not a test, not a diagnosis.

• Pocket orientation card

  A phone-sized card of steady facts, written by you while things are calm.

• The daily lighthouse

  Morning and evening orientation, a day timeline that allows UNKNOWN, and messages in a bottle.

• Anchors & plans

  Reality anchors, the facts-only Memory Detective, your backpack, and a therapist visit list.

• Weather report & Light Check

  A one-minute emotional and orientation check-in, whenever you want it.

• What helps you

  Before-and-after grounding, your own record of what works, and a garden with no streaks.

• The Logbook

  Private notes, a Note For Later Me, and the Earlier → Now → Next timeline bridge.

• My Harbor

  Your personal safety plan: safe people, what helps, what makes things harder.

• Supporting someone

  For friends, family, partners and caregivers — what helps, what to say, what to avoid.

• Loved Ones Academy

  Eight short lessons and four scenarios for partners, parents, friends, teachers and coworkers.

• Practise supporting

  Scenario practice for loved ones, plus a consent traffic light for partners.

• Preparing for therapy

  A journal, a functioning tracker, and a page headed “Things I'd like help understanding”.

• Treatment & getting help

  What professional care can look like, and when extra support matters most.

• Night watch

  A dim, motionless screen for waking up disoriented at 3am. The time, the date, four big buttons.

• Grounding roulette

  Can't choose? Foglight picks one 30–90 second activity. “Nope, another one” is always allowed.

• How much can you manage?

  A capacity meter, a survival-mode comfort menu, and somewhere to park big decisions.

• My grounding laboratory

  Which techniques help you, which do nothing, and which make things worse — your own evidence.

• Communication cards

  Large-text cards to show someone when speech is gone, plus a shared repair tool afterwards.

• Brain science corner

  How memory and threat responses work, labelled honestly as established, theory, or still debated.

• You are more than this

  Music, food, people, plans, things that make you laugh. Nothing clinical on the whole page.

What Foglight believes

• Ground before investigating.
• Uncertainty is allowed.
• Never manufacture an answer to fill a memory gap.
• Experiences deserve support even before anyone knows what caused them.
• A website cannot diagnose DID.
• People with DID deserve dignity rather than sensationalisation.
• Professional treatment can help.