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Talking about
Dissociative Disorders.
 
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| Comments on the subject of
DID listed below: |
| I have posted some DID artwork for the art
section gallery thank you |
| Fractured Minds and Today I'm Alice I have got now |
| We are in need of book reviews for our
book list on the subject of dissociation.....anyone out there who can
help? |
| I am in a person with did and I dont feel
so alone anynmore cos i met other peopole with ;did |
| The informal group meeting at the end of May
with First Person Plural present was extremely helpful to me. Kathryn
and Melanie came from England to share with us about their own
experiences. The things that were most helpful for me as a survivor with
DID were their comments on Ritual abuse and DID and healing from such a
past. Also Melanie's willingness to share, when questioned, about trying
to bring up children and then tell them about her DID as young adults.
It was a profoundly valuable experience for me and all my parts.
July 2008 |
| I attended the informal group meeting with First Person Plural. This
was two ladies Kathryn and Melanie who came to Shetland from South who
have DID and are working to help people become aware of dissociiative
disorders. Both ladies are survivors of sexual abuse. I found
the meeting extremely helpful as we heard about their experiences of
living with DID. They were very open and informative about the
subject. It felt as though they were group members too. Also there
was t;he opportunity to ask questions and some group members asked
things that helped my understanding of the condition better.
Thank you |SAS for organising this workshop.
June 2008 |
| Comments from March 2008 |
| I have DID. For many years of my life it caused
terrible problems. I have been working on it in Shetland with a very
good therapist and my life is changing. There is such stigma attached to
the terms dissociative or multiple personality. I am just beginning to
get brave to begin to explain to people in my family etc about it. I am
sending you a picture and some song words about how I/we feel. |
| Thank you for your post, we have gladly
posted your picture and song words below, you have been so brave to
post. |
WE ARE MANY |
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The
following words, sent by an anonymous survivor are copyrighted to
Runrig.
In the middle of the school yard
Where the bombs have laid to rest
There’s a child in the darkness
Waiting
But the answer’s in the history books
Are slowly burning down
And the words that spell
Forgiveness
Wear a thorny crown
There is much that I have seen
In this world they say is free
That would make it almost seem
Untrue
Many times I’ve walked the line
Longing for the other side
The only thing that changed my mind
Was you
Gabriel’s sword will pierce me
No more
I’ll let my spirit soar so high
Sure as it all comes
From the father (grandfather) to the son (grand daughter)
We’ve got to learn to speak the
Truth to fly
And it’s a beautiful sky |
| We are a system of many parts. Sometimes it is
so hard to cope with the confusion inside. Sometimes there are lots of
different parts all talking at once. Sometimes one part gets triggered
and we are learning that other parts can help each other. We dont want
to merge or integrate like some with DID choose. We need each other
inside and it is ok that we all exists.
12/03/08 |
| It took a long time to get used to the
concept of DID and having different selves inside the body. Now we are
more used to how we are and what happened to make us that way we feel
proud to have found such a creative way of survivng the horror of
ritualistic abuse. One thing we are learning is how amazing it is that
we have so many different skills, creativity through painting, writing,
drawing. The ability to use computer skills, listen to others with
empathy. The difficult things for us
at the moment are like choosing what to wear, what food to buy/eat,
being with other people. Decision making is hard when there are several
inside with different thoughts on the decision to be made.
14/03/08 |
| I read about having DID is like an orange. Each segment makes the
whole and are all inside one skin. 31/03/08 |