[kimmydawn]

This forum is for dissociative disorders, not limited to, but including, DID.

With DID, most of the time the background includes abuse of some kind...physical, sexual, mental, emotional. Living with memories of abuse is very difficult. Healing in DID often times includes reliving and recounting those abuses.

This forum is for those to live with dissociative disorders, including DID. Abuse is, again for the most part, connected to that diagnosis and living/healing with it.

This forum is also to give and gain support and information. In gaining support, one may need to talk about the "rough stuff". Sometimes that rough stuff is VERY rough. One would want to talk about it in their home forum as it's a direct link to their dx. and the difficulties they live with.

When the rough stuff is talked about, there is generally a trigger icon placed on the post. If there isn't, contact a mod/admin and one will be placed. It's up to the individual member to heed that warning that says, "Be safe before reading. This might trigger or upset."

I *strongly* urge members to heed the trigger icon if discussions surrounding abuse, integration, etc. are triggering or upsetting for their own self care. We can't heed that for another and any member has the right and responsibility to post within the guidelines...even when it reads "ugly" or "triggering".

The subform, "The Garden", was created as a safe place for those with DID who trigger easily so that the "tough stuff" could be talked about by those that need it. It will always be trigger-free in its requirements. However, this forum may contain highly triggering posts. Again, please heed those trigger icons.

When one reads something triggering and it's within the guidelines, please remember next time to heed the icon. If there is ever a post outside the guidelines, please contact a member of the administrative team. However, please don't attempt to tell another member what to post, where to post or how to post as it's unsupportive.

Acceptance is key in these forums as many of us have felt much the opposite a great deal of our lives. Please be accepting of our fellow members if that means we have to place them on ignore because they continually trigger us. It's not our fault, not their fault. It just *is*.

Thanks,

KD