Monthly Archives: July 2012

Would You Abuse A Child?

Posted on July 29, 2012 by

Would you abuse a child?  How about an abused one?  Would you spit in his face and push him away?  Burn him and shame him to the core?  Especially if this child showed up one day bruised and battered at … Continue reading →

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Who Are “WE”?

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

About a week ago (it seems), a blogger asked a very important question which has for a long time bothered me:  “How many are there in you?”.  (Thanks, Hobs! – evil grimace, friendly grin, et cetra ad infinitum.)  And if … Continue reading →

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DID & Me: Mystery Triggers – An Example

Posted on July 26, 2012 by

DID can be a pesky thing sometimes.  This is because parts of your life may be hidden from you.  Other ‘parts’ of yourself may be stuck back in time – seeing things and realizing things with old fashioned notions, feelings, … Continue reading →

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Just Another Day At The Beach . . .

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

We are enjoying another day at the beach, and I thought you might enjoy, too.

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A Love of Reading

Posted on July 15, 2012 by

A Love of Reading I’ve always loved reading, and I know why. I remember the early struggles in first grade with “Dick and Jane”, the humorous adventures of “Little Black Sambo”, the “Legend of Sleepy Hollow”. I can even still … Continue reading →

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We’re Off!

Posted on July 14, 2012 by

We’re off.  That is, we’re going somewhere special to the wife and I.  It’s a place we have gone to for years – twenty five of them, to be exact – like clockwork, and there’s a story behind that. Years … Continue reading →

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Smokin’ Joe

Posted on July 12, 2012 by

Smokin’ Joe When I was about 14, I volunteered at a local VA as part of my Eagle Scout community service requirement. While there I began noticing something. There were two groups. One was what I call the “Sour & … Continue reading →

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DID Detectives: Tips to Finding Missing Persons

Posted on July 10, 2012 by

When you are MPD* or BPD* (both disorders are lumped under DID), or DIDNOS, chances are there is ‘someone’ or ‘something’ missing.  You might not know who or what it is.  It might be a memory, or a set of … Continue reading →

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DID & Me: Building the Chameleon Due To Cultural Change

Posted on July 7, 2012 by

There is no “one” reason a person develops D.I.D, or “dissociative identity disorder”.  People always want a single thing they can point to and say: “This is the reason why.”  Most things aren’t that simple.  DID is one of them.  … Continue reading →

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DID and Me: Cause & Casualty

Posted on July 5, 2012 by

Why did I become DID – a disorder, diagnosis, or disease, depending on which way you look at it? Looking it all over and looking at the patterns of behavior, looking ‘inside’ at what I see, I can simply sum … Continue reading →

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