Dissociation certainly interferes with my daily life - not as alters or anything - I just "go away" and leave a little portion of "me" out so I can keep track of what is going on around me and this topic is high on my list to discuss with my T because it has gotten much worse the closer to Christmas it gets. But that has nothing to do with the newsletter...Sorry...I did enjoy the newsletter very much - I read every article and followed some of the links (some of which went to commercial sites...). The article on grief at Christmas and holidays was very helpful - since my mother died May 30 and my father-in-law in March both my husband and I are grieving as are both of our families. And last Christmas was the first Christmas Day I had spent with my mother in over 25 years so it was especially meaningful for me - and especially hard for me now. I have always hated holidays - especially Christmas and New Years - at least since I was around 10 or 11. This Christmas will be the first time my family has been together since my Mother's Memorial service in June and I know it will be very emotional. I copied out the article on grief and plan on sharing it with the rest of my family. I had already been following the forum remarks regarding the article on Christmas depression but it was nice to see it all written up so well. I think the newsletter is a great idea! Thanks to everyone who worked on it - it is a great sharing for all of us who visit the forum.