Category: recovery

Relationships are hard for everyone to navigate with emotional attachment and fear of abandonment by your newfound love. But what if you are living with dissociative identity disorder (DID)? How do you navigate the drama of being in a relationship with a partner healing from trauma?   This article...

While on the subject of conferences, I’ll also be speaking at the annual NAMI Illinois conference!!! I’m very excited to be able to offer a speech to my fellow NAMI members on the topic of NAMI, THE BEST KEPT SECRET IN ILLINOIS. I’ll be speaking on Saturday October 13th...

There are as many definitions to the word “recovery” as there are people who are attempting to reach it. We who were brutally traumatized in childhood aren’t really in “recovery” as we didn’t start in life whole, rather we are attempting to make our lives better while living with...

Being open to other people about the severe abuse I suffered as a child has been very challenging.  At first, I wore a sign on my forehead that said, “incest” and when I shook hands with someone I would announce, “Hi, my name is Shirley and I’m a survivor...

Enjoy the beauty around you, after all, you only get one life....