[DLHsSystm]

I have no idea if it is ok to post this here but I find it interesting and informative. Very different than here. I love the warmth here but I like this particular blog sometimes too. It is written by Kathy Brody. Who is on twitter too.

Kathy Brody sounds familiar!

Did she write a book?

Is she a T?

Where do I "know" her from, lol.

I actually think I have read some of that blog. I'll go have a look.

where can i find it & what's the name of it? i'd like to check it out.

thanks!

stumpy

I'll PM you the link.

Can you send it to me too, Orange??

[Crew]

Yes I to would like to read the blog on dissociation...

Could Anyone send the Link to me, or post it here????

I appreciate it !
ThaCrew

me to pleze

[Rhombus]

I would like a PM of the link too.

[Fox]

me too please??

I have checked it out but it was dry reading (though, I'll probably check it out again because it has a lot of good info)

[Elysium]

I checked it out!!

Thanks for the post!! I found this site very informative and helpful. The reading is a bit dry, as Kaika mentioned, but it seems to me to be a more educational site then anything.

I will definitely keep reading this blog and checking back.

Thanks!!

[FooZe]

There's no need to PM that link around like a hot potato -- turns out it's already listed in the Top Dissociative Resources Online -- Add yours here! sticky thread. The author's name is Kathy Broady, btw, and I get more hits searching for it under that spelling.

Thanks for bringing it up, DLHsSystm.

[DLHsSystm]

LOL, Thanks so much Fool Zero. I had this nagging feeling that I might be spelling it wrong. Should have checked... anyway that is great that it is right here in the Top Dissociative Resources Online!
Again - Thank You!

the blog has been updated quite a bit, in case anyone is interested, and many new articles posted.

https://www.discussingdissociation.com/

yes...

I actually get all the posts from that to my email inbox

the girl (cathy is it I think?) is very good.

Me too. She on Facebook and her emails show up even though I’m not much of a reader: comprehension issues.

I get a bunch of “a ha” moments like when she mentions that we can watch Others dream, tell time passes while the body sleeps because brain parts are still active. I often wondered why I can hear the body snore and watch a dream like a movie, not be part of to wake up like I’ve slept good all night.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

yes...

I actually get all the posts from that to my email inbox

the girl (cathy is it I think?) is very good.

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.

[Amyjay]

ShatteredSanity I have read her blogs and get email updates from her also. She is a trauma therapist who has worked almost exclusively with people with DID for about 30 years and has literally seen thousands of people with DID. She would guess she would be one of a handful of therapists around the world who has such extensive experience about dissociation. I love that she shares her experience and knowledge freely to help others.

I think she’s an Aussie...which is kewl. I wish she was local like next door, actually.

[mostlylurking]

Originally Posted by amandalouise

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.

I think that each person with a dissociative disorder is quite different, and it's just good to know how your own system works. I think with everything on the internet, it's good to take what's helpful to you and leave aside whatever is not.

I do know someone with DID who has good communication between her people and generally they decide who will be out when, but some of them are capable of pushing others either inside or out. I think every system is different, and generalizations usually have many exceptions.

Originally Posted by amandalouise
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.

I dont see how it could be proven false when it hasn happened to me quite a bit.

Kathy is not actually an Aussie. I am friends with her. I am glad some of you like her blog. She is really a very caring person and quite an expert.

[Amyjay]

Originally Posted by Starry_Night

I dont see how it could be proven false when it hasn happened to me quite a bit.

Kathy is not actually an Aussie. I am friends with her. I am glad some of you like her blog. She is really a very caring person and quite an expert.

It happens to me a lot too. As far as I understand it that is just a normal part of how a dissociative system works. It can happen dissociatively as in certain alters control who is or isn't out, and later cooperatively with coconsciousness and cooperation. I have never heard or read of anything like that being proven false at all.

Originally Posted by Starry_Night

I dont see how it could be proven false when it hasn happened to me quite a bit.

Kathy is not actually an Aussie. I am friends with her. I am glad some of you like her blog. She is really a very caring person and quite an expert.

Ya okay... I don’t know where I got Aussie from seeing her bio mentions Kansas and Texas.

I must of mixed this up with other blogs based in Australia. My bad.

Being pushed out has happened to us, especially when no one wants to deal with the present situation...or as an inside joke.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by AlwaysChanging2

Ya okay... I don’t know where I got Aussie from seeing her bio mentions Kansas and Texas.

I must of mixed this up with other blogs based in Australia. My bad.

Being pushed out has happened to us, especially when no one wants to deal with the present situation...or as an inside joke.

no you are not mixing things up, if you continue to read her blog entries you will find she did move to Australia. she even supplied pictures that she took in Australia, she is originally from America but she lives in Australia.

[amandalouise]

Originally Posted by Starry_Night

I dont see how it could be proven false when it hasn happened to me quite a bit.

Kathy is not actually an Aussie. I am friends with her. I am glad some of you like her blog. She is really a very caring person and quite an expert.

Im sorry but I cant supply the proof because it was part of my job info and that goes against the rules here.

what I can do is point you to your local library's copy of the DSM 5 that explains what DID is including the diagnostics, and 5 pages of information beyond that that goes more into detail about how and why DID is listed as a dissociative disorder, what happens with it and even cultural and demographics.... lots of good stuff in there.

I can also point you to your own treatment provider who may have access to whats called Supplemental Updates that the APA supplies treatment providers on various mental disorders that you can not find on the internet, these updates are things that have been changed or proven or what and hows of mental disorders that most people dont have access to.

what else I can do is tell you what I mean when I said it was proven to be false....

when you look at the DSM 5 you will find the DID is listed in the dissociation category. this is because the key symptom in these disorders are dissociation.

here where I am dissociation is not something someone can choose or not choose to be. its an automatic reaction to a trigger.

you know how if someone says something you dont like you feel angry....

the someone says something is the trigger
your feeling angry is the reaction.

dissociation is like that.......

something happens (trigger)
to make the reaction (dissociation symptom)

Something happens (a positive or negative trigger, like feeling emotional, or situation that one or another cant handle or do, life event....)
to make the reaction (feeling numb, spaced out, disconnected, switch into alters....)

with swtiching alters....

Something happens (a positive or negative trigger)
to make the reaction...(switching into or out of alters)

it may seem sometimes like a choice but in actuality its been proven that dissociaiton has to happen in order for the switching in and out of alters can happen.... other wise it would not be listed as a dissociative disorder.

my point about her blog entry was.......... its not as simple as....... just choosing to be DID, just choosing to be this alter or that one. just choosing to push each other out of the way...if it was a choice it would be a behavior problem not a dissociative problem.