It is actually empowering in a way to realise we're not alone. Not that I wish this condition on anyone else, but to know that we're not "freaks", others experience life in similar ways to us... that somehow makes it easier to live with.

I've been very lucky with my anti psychotic... I dread to think what I'll do if it stops working... but the voices have really muted down a lot. I got the bizarre woman shouting about Jesus on Wednesday night I think, but because of the angle of entry I knew it was a hallucination and ignored it. I couldn't have ignored it if it had carried on for long, but I was lucky and she shut up pretty quickly.

Regarding disociation... it's something I've wondered about with myself to be honest. I haven't had much in the way of talk therapy, but I have wandered off in the past a few times and found myself somewhere, not knowing quite how I got there. One time I found myself walking down a dual carriage way... I'd come out of a counselling session and intended to walk home, next thing I know I'm facing traffic and completely lost. Is this the kind of thing that's meant by disociating? (Sorry for spelling.)