Monthly Archives: December 2011

DID: A Way of Thinking


If we were to look at this thought rationally and logically, then yes: DID (dissociative identity disorder) is a way of thinking, that’s all.  All insanity is.  Consider that.  Depression, bipolar, psychotic, OCD – it’s all a matter of the … Continue reading

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DID: A State of Mind


It occurred to us last night: DID (dissociative identity disorder) is a state of mind.  It is a way of thinking – and dealing with – the outside world.  It is a trick invented by a young child’s mind to … Continue reading

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DID: Opening Doors to the Spouse


We have been working very HARD on lots of things – analyzing our DID system, ‘opening up’ to the spouse, dealing with the holidays, working on “ourself” (or selves), etc . . . If you’ve been following my blog, you … Continue reading

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The Unseen Casualties: The Warrior Child


They are the unseen casualties of a war society; they are the casualties of a peaceful one.  And by “they” I mean those children of the warrior society, of the Military Machine. Every civilization has had to have one, I … Continue reading

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Christmas, etc. . . .


It’s been a long and comfortable “Christmas” though the season is not gone – at least not until I take down the lights and disassemble the tree.  It used to be I’d roll it out the door – we had … Continue reading

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Developing DID


They say you aren’t born ‘DID’, or with a dissociative identity diagnosis.  And, I reckon, neither were we.  ‘We’ were made that way.  For the purposes of this discussion, the how’s and wherefore’s are unimportant.  The fact is, we were … Continue reading

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What We’ve Been Thinking About . . .


(Just to give you some idea of what we are thinking about . . . when we aren’t thinking about anything in particular . . . part of a disease we call associative learning with too much to learn behind … Continue reading

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DID Detectives: Curse vs. Cure


DID Detectives: Curse vs. Cure(s) Being DID, I have a vested interest in learning what I can about dissociative identity diagnosis in general, and ‘myself’ in particular. What I’ve learned thus far is that every DID ‘victim’ is different, therefore … Continue reading

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DID: Feeding the Wolves . . . or not.


From “Don’t Feed the Wolf”  at http://www.dontfeedthewolf.com – an old Sioux Legend . . . Two Wolves One winter’s evening whilst gathered round a blazing camp fire, an old Sioux Indian chief told his grandson about the inner struggle that … Continue reading

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Random Phrases


Phrases we’ve come up with through the years which have helped us.  Hopefully they can help some times.  Some you can just say with a wry grimace and a smile while you’re gritting your teeth at things . . . … Continue reading

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