Thanks for joining me here. I think for now we just come in and share whatever we feel like sharing.

I struggled for a long time trying to understand what was going on. My husband (now my ex-husband but still friends) was a soldier and away a lot leaving me to cope with my three children. I haunted my local library, reading everything I could get my hands on that might explain what I was experiencing. When my kids were small, I was afraid to ask anyone about it. I was afraid of losing my kids. I thought I was going mad.

Then I got a computer and found more and more information that fitted in with what I was experiencing. I joined forums and that helped a lot. Just sharing with other people helped so much.

Over the years, I have had around six hospital stays and talked with psych-docs on and off. I received many diagnoses before being referred to a psychologist who after only two visits diagnosed me with DID.

I’ve got a pretty good handle on it these days but it has taken years to come to this understanding of it all.

At best I communicate and negotiate and compromise with the other parts of me. At worst there is pain and stress and accusations and threats. But things are improving all the time.