Series Overview
Meet Encina Severa 15 Min
Encina talks about her current mental health & sets the stage for this series.
Encina’s Mental Health History & Living With 11 Personalities 28 Min
Encina Severa discusses the events that lead to her diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder and shares her other mental health struggles.
How Encina Copes with Major Depressive Disorder with Mixed Features 19 Min
In this session, you will hear the severe struggles Encina has faced from depression and her other diagnoses. She also discusses what self-help strategies that work for her and the advice she received from her therapist.
How Encina Copes with Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (C-PTSD) 21 Min
From unimaginable childhood abuse, Encina explains that she developed C-PTSD. In this session, she explains how c-ptsd affects her and how she is coping.
How Encina Copes with Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD) 11 Min
In this session, Encina discusses her PMDD, endometriosis, and more.
How Encina Found Treatment for Each Condition 24 Min
The emotional conclusion of this series, reveals Encina’s desire to want to want to live and how she is staying strong in spite of her mental health struggles.
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About the Series
We first sat down with Encina in 2018 to discuss what it’s like to live with 11 personalities and dissociative identity disorder (DID). However, we didn’t get the full picture. In this series, we flesh out Encina’s full mental health journey, which includes dealing with major depressive disorder with mixed features, complex PTSD, and premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD).
Encina also details how life has been since we last sat down with her, what it was like growing up and coping with these mental health disorders, and her treatment path.
Who is this series for?

This is for anyone who wants to hear the struggles of a variety of mental health issues from someone who has experienced them. If you are already familiar with Encina or curious to hear someone’s personal mental health journey, this is the series for you.

In this series, you’ll discover:
- Encina’s personal experience living with depression, C-PTSD, PMDD, DID, and other ailments
- What has worked and failed as Encina pursues her recovery
- Encina’s traumatic yet inspirational story of overcoming all odds
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You can get free access to all 6 segments of this video series when you become a MedCircle Member. You’ll also get access to every video series from the MedCircle doctors.