Yes I get the e newsletter and visit the site and have posted on there before. I dont always agree with what she puts on her website and much of it contradicts what I have learned through having DID and dissociative disorders and integration, and what my own treatment providers go by. much of what Im reading/seeing on her site (in the past 5 years) has actually changed and doesnt match up with the supplemental updates but some of the information is interesting.

btw the site already had a blog section where people could post anything they wanted to. (with in reason she still deleted things, comments and activitiy she didnt want on her blog site which is understandable ) the difference is now its going to be in a forum format instead of a blog post saying this page is for you to write what ever you want.

please keep in mind that she does not have a verification process (ie she doesnt contact your doctors to verify you actually have DID) so like anywhere else on the web there will also be scammers, spammers, and those that are pretending to have DID. the forum may "say" its for people with DID but theres no guarantee that everyone who visits the site will be DID.

one of her posts made the point that scammers, spammers and fakes are not going to want to pay the cost to be on it, (which lead me to believe she will be charging for membership to the forum which means she lied on her home page saying the place is free but how about donating between 5 and 15 dollars)

my point is that I feel she was underestimating that this was going to be just for actual people with actual DID. with out contacting all her members treatment providers theres no way for her to guarantee this, scammers, spammers and those with out the disorder will pay money to look behind that locked area. Ive seen it happen before on other "locked and secure" membership style sites. including the forum that my wife and I run

(I wont put the website and forum name here because we are not supposed to promote other forums on psych central.)