Tag Archives: Psychology

The Highest Monkey


It’s an instinct that runs in our ancestral genes.  I call it the “the highest monkey syndrome”.  It relates to pecking orders, and all societies have them – even insects.  People often attempt to raise their own status in their … Continue reading

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PTSD Resilience: A Culture Condition?


PTSD is perhaps partially a disease of civilization, taught peers and the current society.  Some people think it’s gotten worse.  I think it’s gotten better.  Now we have a word for PTSD’s symptomology, prognosis, and diagnosis, which gives medical people … Continue reading

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DID & Me: The Delusion – A Logical View


This is a logical viewpoint of “DID” through the lens of professionals and most laymen.  The views presented here do not necessarily reflect the views of the entire system, ‘my’ system, or the medical community.  In order to be fair … Continue reading

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DID & Me: The Funky Chicken


“DID isn’t that different from regular folks,” I keep telling myself.  Or ‘selves’.  Or parts and sides.  Or trying to . . . We’re well aware here the last few days – or has it already been a week? – … Continue reading

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DID & Me: Alters Having Alters of Their Own


DID & Me: How Alters Can Have Alters of Their Own Alternate personalities apparently can have alternate personalities of their own – ones ‘they’ invented along the way, and which therefore are a part of them.  A part of a … Continue reading

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Who Are “WE”?


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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Smokin’ Joe


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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Escape From the Island: Puerto Rico Last Year


(The following is a true story, strange as it sounds.  I think we are ready; we have ‘got done’ processing it, or as much as we can without writing.  WE have found out more information over the past year.  And … Continue reading

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DID: Groups and Factions


I can only speak from my own experience and what I’ve read and known for a long, long time – that in a person with DID there can be groups and factions among the alternate personalities which support different views, … Continue reading

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No. 9 . . . A State of Mind


We realized something as we began writing this entry.  “We” are one (duh!) and yet ‘many’.  Okay?  You got that?  Now: where did ‘they’ come from?? That’s part of the mystery and thing about being DID: discovering one’s one self.  … Continue reading

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