Yes I too get her posts to my email inbox, that said there is much on her blog and site that I do not agree with. one such situation was her information on integration where she says you can push your alters back inside and the alters can push you out, no, this has actually been proved to be false. DID is a dissociative disorder which means dissociation is the key element in the disorder. here where I am dissociation isnt something you can push to happen or the alters push to happen. here where I am dissociation is an automatic reaction to a positive or negative trigger. the alters or the one they reside with in encounters one of their triggers, which causes them to have their dissociation symptoms (in my case this is feeling numb spaced out, disconnected as in not able to feel my body, like a watcher not a participant in what is going on in and around me) which causes what ever alter whos sense of agency it is to deal with the triggers that I can not handle. unlike her blog saying people with DID are able to push each other back in or out at will, for me DID was not a choice. I did not one day wake up and say I think Im going to be rainy today, I think I am going to be amanda today. DID just doesnt work that way. if it did I think there would probably be millions upon millions of people with DID who do not need years of therapy, years of trauma work and so on. I mean if it was as simple as just pushing each other in and out why bother with getting help for all the problems that come with DID. mind you this is just one example of how and why my own treatment provider warned me to be careful and to not believe everything you read on the internet. a big part of whats on the internet is based on one persons opinions not the behind the computer screens what the treatment providers actually know and go by...

though I do read blogs occasionally on my problems I also take them with a grain of salt and understand not to base my own situation on what i read, sure I can pick and choose what I find on the internet that seems to fit me but 98% of the time I discover that information "that fits me" turns out to have some sort of hidden bit of info that only treatment providers know about that either gets me diagnosed with something different or knocks the "that fits me" right out of the water.

one thing most people are not aware of, here in the USA treatment providers get whats called Supplemental Updates on mental disorders. sometimes these updates make changes to whats what with mental disorders, how to treat them, whats been proven and whats removed, whats added... all kinds of stuff that you cant find in someones blog.

my point I am very careful when reading blogs and such on the internet. I am very choosy on what I decide fits me like a glove and I always check with my treatment providers for the most up to date information on mental disorders. when i find something that is an aha thats me, on the internet my red flags go up and questions like ... what was the authors motive for that, what is the hidden treatment providers information on this, where did the author find their information to make a blanket statement that people with DID can push their alters back in and alters can push their body person out....

Im not saying dont read blogs, Im saying please be careful.