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The Defender
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Film (short)
by Michael Steven Daughtry
Writer / Executive Producer A man struggling with Dissociative Identity Disorder undergoes psychedelic therapy to integrate with an Alter called "The Defender", a part of himself that possesses the confidence and courage he is lacking. But in order to gain these lost parts of himself he will need to face the horrific abuse that The Defender has protected him from.
Trigger warnings for PTSD, Drug use, and implied sexual abuse.
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