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kerria said:
it's so hard to have separate parts and see evidence of
them. i never get used to the strangeness of seeing other parts' writing.
i wish there were comforting words - i haven't see the other side yet- the side where it gets better and won't be so strange and upsetting.
i hope it comes soon for you.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post"> kerria,

we wish things were easier for you. it is so hard to explain to people that have read sensationalistic stories of DID how it is for some of us. our experience has been those who study the field often have the most bizarre grasp of what this disorder IS and IS NOT.

we understand the communication aspect is not something that is easy for your system. many people cannot understand that some dissociatives do not have inner communication and telling them to "just write to your parts" is like telling someone who has never spoken a foreign language to just read the book and you'll get it. insulting!!

we'll send those links later that we mentioned earlier. we hope that they will provide ideas that might help.

mostly we hope that people would understand this isn't some ploy for attention nor is it a choice. we're not talking about neglecting our inner child here. this isn't any manifestation of psychosis or bipolar as the pdoc has observed closely for years and asked numerous questions about other diseases/disorders.

there aren't meds to take to ease what we're currently going through. we are grateful the meds do keep our depression in check. we are grateful the meds have helped get the anxiety under control. we are grateful the meds enable us to feel well enough to do this work on the dissociation.

we just wish we remembered what the hell was going on in our life WHILE it was happening.

(((kerria))) oddball to oddball said with fondness
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