Dissociation

I got a comment on my last entry from Ophelia, and I wanted to post my response here, and also ask any others who have been diagnosed with any level of dissociation to share their own thoughts. First her comment: can you write more about the dissociation? i was diagnosed with PTSD and i have…

Re-learning how to live

I’ve talked a bit here about how much depression, especially the dissociative disorder I suffered from, is similar to alcohol or drug abuse. No, obviously there are big differences but both are the result of self-destructive behavior and act as a coping mechanism. My response to pain, suffering, stress, etc. was to dissociate, turn the…

Better in 2006

As I’ve discussed before, I’ve spent years working on simply being better instead of making new year’s resolutions. I figure that’s it’s better to concentrate on the goal of being a better person every day than it is to make resolutions that go away after a few weeks. I’ve worked, with some success, and continue…

New Sites

Saw a couple of new sites, one from a comment, the other in my referrer logs: Fugly Fog, a brand new blog by another male survivor, was the one I saw in my referrer logs, and JustAMom, written by the mother of a child who has recently revealed that he had been sexually abused. I…

Another year

It’s 2006 now, another year has past. At times like these it’s always tempting to look ahead and try to predict what the new year will bring, both on a personal level and around the world, and as we take a minute to look back at 2005, we might realize just how futile it is…