Tag: dissociation

My Mental Illness And Why I Write About It

July 5, 2020.Reading time 9 minutes.
My mental illness and why I write about it

          I’ve been writing about my mental illness since 2009. Why do I do it? Why do I write about my mental illness when most people do not like to discuss it and prefer to keep it private? Why do I keep coming back, post after post, willing to share the […]

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Funny Week-In-Review Using Gifs For Sunday, May 31st

May 30, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.
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Laughter is the only way to get us through all seven days of the week plus this pandemic! Every day of ours is filled with nonsense and shenanigans, and we love to let you in on them, so welcome to the weekly review of our antics beginning the week of May 25, 2020. Let the […]

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Forcing an Alter to Switch in Dissociative Identity Disorder

October 11, 2019.Reading time 1 minute.
Choosing which alter to come forward

Should a loved one or a friend ever be allowed to force a switch in someone with dissociative identity disorder (DID)? What does forcing a switch mean? Let’s go back to basics first. In DID, a switch is when a person changes from one alter ego state to another, or, in very loose terms, from […]

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Championing A Different View – Self-Harm “After”

July 18, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.
Championing A Different View - Self-Harm "After" 1

What I learned today that will make me much happier.

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SURVIVING VS THRIVING WITH DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER

June 28, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.
Do you call yourself a survivor or a thriver? What does it mean to survive and thrive? One dictionary defines the word "survive" as continuing to live or to simply exist1. Another dictionary defines "survive" as to live through a dangerous situation 2. For those of us with dissociative identity disorder, surviving comes naturally. Developing DID was our only means of survival as children. As adults, could there be more for us than just surviving DID? Are we just going to live with DID, endure and get by with its many complications? Is surviving all there is to life? Could we actually learn to thrive with DID, to prosper, flourish, and succeed? What is the difference in surviving and thriving with dissociative identity disorder?

This is my latest post published on HealthyPlace.com.  Whether or not you have dissociative identity disorder, the principles that move one from a survivor to a thriver are the same and can apply to anyone. Do you call yourself a survivor or a thriver?  What does it mean to survive and thrive?  One dictionary defines […]

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