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This little section is reserved for those little tidbits of information I know hope will be of interest to my readers. Check back often, as I plan on doing a regular update.

 

 

Ready for a good laugh? You've got to check out this website: I think its name, Crabby Old Fart, pretty much says it all!

 

Evangelist gets 175 years for child sex. Read about it here.

 

 

 

Help For DID is a powerful little video which left me feeling both wistful and hopeful. Please watch it at your discretion as it could be triggering.

 

 

Click here to read 25 Ways to Avoid Self-injury.

 

So many of us women have been in abusive relationships with men who demean, hit, mock, control and in general do everything in their power to whittle us down to nothing. If you are in a relationship you're not comfortable with because of any of these behaviors, You Are Not Crazy is an excellent resource providing insight for understanding your situation, and encouragement to give yourself permission to leave.

 

 

 

Healing the Soul has a poignant blog entry entitled Why Didn't I Tell Someone?, a story which far too many sexual abuse victims know by heart.

 

 

 

I love the simplicity of the collected photos and quotations found here.

 

 

 

 

Catatonic Kid has an informative article, Practical Guide to PTSD on her blog. You can check it out here.

 

 


Click here for The Layman's Guide to Multiplicity.

 

 



 



 

 

 

We go on---because it is the hard thing to do. And we owe ourselves the difficulty.(Nikki Giovanni)



 

Need help finding a therapist? The website for the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation is a good place to start. There's a whole lot of other excellent information as well that's worth checking out.

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

 Where your pleasure is, there is your treasure; where your treasure, there your heart; where your heart, there your happiness. (Augustine)



 

 

 

Click here for a listing of Suicide Hotlines by state.



 

 

 

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I found this website helpful, How MPD (DID) works: An Inside View. I'm still trying to figure out the inner workings of a (ok, my DID system) and really like how this article explains it.






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Sweet suburban solitude . . .



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A note to my readers:

I've decided to drop all trigger warnings, except for this page. If you have DID or are a sexual abuse survivor, any blog or site of this nature has the potential to trigger. It's impossible to know what might set someone off, and so this general caution rather than individual warnings.

If there's something I really want to post, but it's more explicit than what is normally on this blog, I may deem it appropriate to warn my readers. Other than that, I'm going to leave it up to my readers to read responsibly. Please be gentle with yourself; don't try to force yourself to continue reading anything which may cause chaos inside your system!

Beautifuldreamer

 

  1. Hi - I came over via a comment that you left on a blog, another room. I got caught with reading your writings. You’re a very good writer. From what I know about DID (virtually nothing), you have maintained and handle your life well.
    Hope you don’t mind if I visit again and check in on you.

    warmest thoughts,
    Dana/Texas Mammie

    by Dana/Texas Mammie September 18, 2006 at 7:43 am edit comment

  2. Your writing is beautiful, and so inspirational.

    by effess October 29, 2006 at 9:38 am edit comment

  3. Hi,

    I’m conducting an online survey to explore the privacy attitudes and expectations of bloggers.

    Please take part in the survey: http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/privacysurvey/

    If you participate you will be asked to answer questions anonymously about your blogging practices and your expectations of privacy when publishing online. All answers will be stored and analysed on a confidential basis.
    The responses will be used to inform academic and policy discussions on blogging practices and attitudes towards privacy.

    Finally, could you please encourage other bloggers to participate in the study.

    It takes less than 5 minutes to complete the survey!

    For further information on my research please visit
    http://www.ccsr.ac.uk/staff/km.htm or, email:
    Karen.mccullagh@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk

    I am a PhD researcher at CCSR, University of Manchester, England. I am sponsored by the ESRC and Office of the Information Commissioner, UK.

    Many thanks,

    Karen

    by Karen Mc Cullagh October 31, 2006 at 2:43 am edit comment

  4. Anyone out there want to help out with this survey?

    by beautifuldreamer October 31, 2006 at 4:14 am edit comment

  5. Hi Beautiful Dreamer,

    It’s late at night and I’ve found your blog when my mind should be finding its own peaceful dreams.
    Yet for all the harrowing possibilities your blog threatens, I’d agree with Effess above that your writing strikes a chord.
    Quietly, gently yet passionately, I wish you well.
    Back I shall come when time allows.

    Until, kindest regards,

    - Solo xx

    by Solo January 16, 2007 at 8:11 am edit comment