hey dimes,
i don't know if any of you noticed, but my book split was taken down by wattpad about two weeks ago due to it violating content guidelines. ever since it got taken down, ive been trying to get it back up by sending an appeal, but as of today, i am now 99% sure it is probably not going to be ever restored.
before you attack wattpad, i have to say that i do completely understand the reason as to why they took it down and what guideline it broke specifically. the scene in the prologue was very intense, and without context, it definitely seems as if it is something to be concerned about. with context, though, it is very understandable as to why i included that scene.
split was written as a book to help educate others on the largely stigmatized mental health disorder, dissociative identity disorder. in order for someone to be diagnosed with this disorder, they must have had gone through extreme repeated trauma as a young child. in my book, in order for people to understand the severity of the conditions needed for this disorder to form, i decided to write the prologue depicting an example of the kind of trauma that a child may need to experience in order to develop this disorder. this was very likely what got my book taken down. while i could have skipped over it, i feel like it was necessary to include it because in this disorder, it is impossible to divorce trauma from the formation of this disorder. not writing it felt like it would be a glamorizing disingenuous portrayal of the disorder which is not what i wanted.
i am honestly really sad about this. split was my first ever book and it was my most read book (i believe it was at about 115k reads when it got taken down). ill never forget about it even though its not here anymore. it was very important to me even though it had its flaws, and it'll always be one of the most important works to me in my journey as a writer.
thank you guys for your support. i really appreciate it.
-nickel