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| Advice: To Give Or Not To Give |
| This topic may be off the beaten path of what I usually write about, however, when I need to solve a problem, writing usually does it. And I wonder too, if other survivors out there have this issue: Why is it that everyone... |
| Ways to Protect Yourself |
| In light of difficult trigger days at month end, I have presented my usual article today, Oct 20, for those of you who would like to have a game plan of protection. |
| To Right a Wrong |
| Is there a magical age when we know something is wrong and knowing this, we take the appropriate action to make it right? A wrong that grips our heart—a feeling of revulsion sending signals to our brain saying: 'This is wrong. This is so very wrong'. |
| A Tunnel of Darkness: Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder |
Have you, as a man, ever lived inside a woman's body? |
| The Humor In Insanity Part II |
I've always held the belief that the universe would protect me and give me only that, which I could cope with at a given time. Though pushed and stretched to its limits many times—through sheer determination and guts—I have always ... |
| Therapists are Human |
Having been in therapy for the better part of twenty years I've seen many different approaches from therapists, doctors and... |
| Honesty and Denial |
As I continue my campaign against Ritual abuse and childhood sexual assault from a survivor's perspective, my research has led me through previous, almost forgotten old sets of journals. I have come across entries that.... |
| Dr. Alison Miller's,( Ph.D)., presentation as part of a panel at a recent Chicago conference . |
Speaking as part of a panel, her address, Persons Who Report Ritual Abuse, was geared towards professionals seeking guidance in dealing with their RA/MC clients. |
| My Destiny |
When most people think of the homeless they conjured up pictures of soup kitchens, food banks, worldly possessions in shopping bags or carts, and sleeping in all elements of weather. |
| Poems July 1989 |
Tired of Fear; I turned to Hate, |
| Two Brothers: A Sisters Account of Love |
Dear Brothers: |
| A Mother's Milestone - Turning 70 |
It is:
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| Dear Dad In Heaven |
Dear Dad: |
| A Survivor In Therapy |
In childhood, severely abused emotionally, physically and sexually, I refused to die. My perpetrators, including my own mother and father, did not mildly abuse; they subjected me to the horrors of Incest and Satanic ritual abuse on a continual ... |
| SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder) |
We all love the spring. It is the start of a new life; the renewal of an old. Forests and gardens shed their brown overcoats for new green buds and shoots. On its heels comes summer in a blaze of glory, warming us from the inside out. Fall begins the cycle of sleep, the slumber of winter for all creatures young and old. |
| Creative Non-Fiction |
I thought it prudent to give a quick definition of the newer generalized genre of "Creative Non-Fiction." |
| There's No Running Away |
| A first person narrative account of the 'geographical cure'. |
“What happened to the warm glow that started at my fingers and traveled at a breakneck speed to my toes, after that first long pull on a beer? |
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| How to Talk With A Multiple |
| The purpose of this article, co-authored by Dr Alison Miller, PhD, is to assist friends and supporters of people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID, formerly known as Multiple Personality Disorder or MPD) in understanding the people they know with multiple identities. |
“Have you, as a man, ever have the experience of living in a woman's body? |
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| Dissociative Identity Disorder |
This article gives a brief first person narrative of Dissociative Identity Disorder, formally known as Multiple Personality Disorder. |
“Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), formerly dubbed Multiple Personality Disorder by the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, occurs as a result of prolonged emotional, physical and sexual abuse usually started in infancy. This, further administered by means of starvation, sleep deprivation, drug use and other fear driven actions terrorize the child into submission, especially if the abusers are family members........” |
| The Humor In Insanity |
“Out of the way!" Brian cried. |
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