Gives new meaning to the phrase,"It takes a village", Huh?
For me, coming to terms with being in pieces took finding an attitude, a point of view, from which to look at myself (done while calm and over time), that was ok with everybody.

I landed on, "Sea legs and adventure". If I remain flexible and adventurous, I can get through whatever it is that I have to get through.... sooner or later, anyway.....

I'm my own cheap vacation, Phd course, B movie........ I don't remember being bored by myself.... I just can't live a "normal" American life.

Learning to relax with this truth has taken me a long long time. Like, til now........ and I still have to practice..... remind myself of my "cans" rather than my "can'ts". To not take on the judgement of mean people who don't know me....... or my story.

One of the ways I know who's here is by what they can do. One part of me can actually do math - which blows the rest of us away!! One is a sculptor, one a street kid who can deal with anything, etc....... I never know what I'm gonna be good at on a given day. This has forced me to learn about "being here now" and "staying current", two very helpful life lessons.

We DIDs get to see the dynamics of how us humans work that "normal" people never even notice/know exist...... I think we are freaking special.
And, as we heal, we can share these perspectives, be supportive, and contribute to the circle of life, which is "the point", right?