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Originally Posted by Luce
Thanks AmandaLouise. I wonder what prompted you to post a thread about this?
Why am I here?
I am no longer in therapy but relate to many of the posts and issues discussed on the forums. I consider myself to be mostly 'healed', mostly integrated, but am open to the possiblity that other issues may arise and drive me to seek more therapy in the future.
Why are/were my alters here?
As a result of traumatic experiences throughout my childhood I was unable to follow the normal developmental path and integrate the various aspects of my psyche. This caused me to develop 'dissociative identity disorder', and my personality remained fragmented in many different dissociative states until I underwent over 10 years of therapy beginning in my late teens. Like any other person with DID I had dissociated identity states that each dealt with particular aspects of life.
What helps me to survive?
I don't consider myself to be a 'survivor' and I don't have to struggle to 'survive'. I actually really dislike the term 'survivor' and all its associated words.
I have become very skilled at nurturing and sustaining myself and I embrace my life in all its entireity. My history is now only that - my history.
What do I do here?
I read threads on specific forums and respond whenever I have something to say that I think might be of value to someone, and the time to say it.
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why did I start this thread on this topic....I saw my psychiatrist shortly before I came on here. I disclosed to him I was visiting and posting to places like this and he asked me why, what do I get out of it, what do I hope others get out of it...those kinds of questions that I just couldn't get out of my head so I wrote out what I was thinking. At first I wasnt going to post it, just something I was writing for me, then I got to thinking about how fitting some of these why questions he asked me would fit here.
Thanks for sharing
part of you and your "why's" with us.