i would encourage anyone who is interested to go to her website(s) and contact her. if you are interested, check out the comments on those two blog posts i linked into this thread... there were many DID people who commented and kathy does well at having discussions about things that people bring up. i think that is a very important part of discussing dissociation, there is so much that varies from person to person. it is important to keep the conversation open. my partner certainly doesn't have ALL those "benefits" that kathy brought up, but i find those things interesting to think about. everyone has their own unique ways of being.

again, thank you everyone for sharing.