In this conversation, Dr. Marie Feuer speaks with Alexis Kur—a high school special education teacher, mental health advocate, speaker, and person living with Dissociative Identity Disorder—about the many parts of being human.

They explore Dissociative Identity Disorder, the usefulness and limitations of diagnosis, and how labels can sometimes help us understand our experiences without defining who we are. They also discuss special education, trauma, identity, advocacy, and what it means to live differently in a world that often pathologizes difference.

ABOUT ALEXIS KUR

Alexis is a high school special education teacher, mental health advocate, speaker, and founder of Permission to Define. After 15 years in a successful environmental consulting career, she chose to redefine success and pursue work centered on education, advocacy, and human connection.

Today, Alexis works with teenage boys in high school special education while using her professional and lived experience to challenge stigma surrounding trauma, Dissociative Identity Disorder, disability, and identity.

Her work is grounded in a simple belief: people should never be reduced to a diagnosis, a label, or someone else’s definition of who they are allowed to become.

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This conversation is provided for educational and informational purposes only. It is not medical, psychological, or mental health advice and is not a substitute for care from a qualified professional.