In a message dated 2/6/2006 2:15:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, graham@... writes:
> I am a psychologist and would like this forum to do more to
> assist people who are MPD/DID and their partners.
Hi Graham;
Nice to meet you. I agree wholeheartedly with the above statement. Would
like to hear more of what you have to say. What type of practice do you have?
What is your experience, perspective, opinion, thoughts, etc. about/around
multiplicity - personally and/or professionally? Whatever you're comfortable
sharing or discussing is welcome here.
Jen
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ditto what lissa said *S* anyone can add to my messenger too or email me any time twistedangel64@... beth ... just ... ones ... any "life" ... the ... ...
In a message dated 2/6/2006 2:15:38 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hi Graham; Nice to meet you. I agree wholeheartedly with the above statement. Would like to...
Hi Jen I work as a counselling psychologist in private practice. My PhD was in false/repressed memory and included work on DID. My reasons for studying DID ...
~raises hand and tosses out some Q's~ what are your thoughts on DID not caused by any known or apparent trauma? i've read that "everyone" has the "ability" to...
Hi Beth We do all dissociate from time to time even on a general day to day level. For example travelling by car on a familiar root I have become aware that I...
Graham thanks for the reply, pretty much all the same stuff i've heard of too *S* just was curious to get yoru take on it as a professional i've met others (in...
Thanks Beth. I think you are right and that the open mind is best. A closed mind will never develop in the same way as the open mind. From a personal point of...
Hi Aaron; Interesting hypothesis. Would like to hear more of your thoughts and perspectives - or anything else you'd like to share, if anything. I understand...
In a message dated 2/6/2006 9:46:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hi Graham; I have to admit the above sent excitement and fear through me simultaneously! What...
Hi Jen In the UK we have the British False Memory Society who believe that it is not possible to repress memories of abuse. Some argue that poor therapists...
In a message dated 2/6/2006 9:46:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Graham; Your first sentence about so many people are not aware they have DID is so very true....
Hi Graham; Thanks for writing. No worries about causing fear, it wasn't your doing and it wasn't serious. I am encouraged by what you wrote, as it is...
Aaron, You won't get invalidation from ME, that's for sure... My SO D is definitely fragmented enough that *I* think he's DID... he hasn't had it formally...
jumping in feet first *G* ... he ... being ... LOl this sounds so close to my D too, the military diagnosed him with multiple personality tendencies...........
In a message dated 2/6/2006 5:55:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Well thanks, Lissa, and the feeling is mutual. It's a refreshing pleasure to meet singletons...
Jen, Thanks! I've had quite a bit of experience with multis... years ago I used to hang out in newsgroups, notably alt.sexual.abuse.recovery... (yeah I...
Jen, Okay, tried two ways to hook you into msgr... invited your aol addy AND added your yahoo profile nickname to my list... let me know what works... if you...
In a message dated 2/6/2006 7:36:58 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hi Greg; Hope I'm not butting in - this was addressed to Lissa - just wanted to say hello,...
In a message dated 2/7/2006 6:34:34 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hi Lissa; (Is it ok to just 'jump in' when posts are addressed to other people...or should I...
Personally I think it's fine to jump in on someone else's post if you have something to share or ask or whatever. I do it all the time. If they don't want...
In a message dated 2/7/2006 6:57:47 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Thanks, Lissa, for sharing some of your background information on you and D. Appreciate the...
Changed the subject ^^^ to more closely reflect the actual topic matter here... LOL Now. Thanks for the reply (replies... hehe), Jen. I think I might have...
In a message dated 2/9/2006 3:13:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Relationship between multiple and singleton... I know what it's like to be the multiple...
i'm soooooooooooooooo confused lets throw a mess of kids into the mix and make it really fun k?? heheheheh in some ways its just as easy as a relationship with...
OH! Okay, then... LOL Well, it's been... um... interesting, for sure... when we first got together, D promised me I'd never be bored, and I gotta say, he's...
In a message dated 2/9/2006 4:04:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Hi Beth; I think what you wrote above is definitely the key; though it's harder for some to...
it is a shame how people such as therapists (and just people in general) tend to fear something they don't understand and therefore try to "fix it" and fit it...
In a message dated 2/13/2006 7:59:17 AM Pacific Standard Time, ... True, true. It's more than a shame especially when it inflicts further harm and damage on ...
In a message dated 2/8/2006 4:10:52 PM Pacific Standard Time, ... Good idea Beth. One never knows what lies beneath what we think we are aware of on the...