The Rambling Thoughts of a Professional Insomniac
Shirley J. Davis I have spent almost my entire life unable to sleep unaided. Only if I take some type of medication will my thoughts and body slow down enough for me to sleep. Even as a very young child, I can remember lying awake at night listening to...
Great Article from The Harvard Review of Psychiatry
Shirley J. Davis I found this wonderful article on the internet from the Harvard Review of Psychiatry. You can find this article and many more at the following Link. ARTICLE SITE Harvard Review of Psychiatry Harv Rev Psychiatry. 2016 Jul; 24(4): 257–270. Published online 2016 Jul 8. doi: 10.1097/HRP.0000000000000100 PMCID: PMC4959824...
A Beautiful Piece of Amber
If you have ever wondered what it is like to live with a condition like Dissociative Identity Disorder, than I invite you to read this short story I wrote as a tribute to my therapist who retired in September 2016. One will immediately notice that the timing of the...
Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell
Dissociative Identity in a Nutshell Owned and Written by Shirley J. Davis Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell is a blog site dedicated to the dissemination of true and honest information about Dissociative Identity Disorder, a condition once called Multiple Personality Disorder. While I am not a mental health...
Four Reasons Dissociative Identity Disorder is Controversial Among Mental Health Professionals
Shirley J. Davis As any of you who have read this blog know, I live with a condition known as Dissociative Identity Disorder, what was once known as Multiple Personality Disorder. DID is a very controversial diagnosis among the professionals of the mental health field and I believe I...
Family Rejection: One of the Hazards of Getting Well
Shirley J. Davis One of the hardest parts of living with any mental illness is not being accepted by the people that most humans count on the most, our families. This is especially true if the mental health condition we are living with was caused primarily by severe trauma...
Me, We, What?
Shirley J. Davis People are perplexed when they try to gain an understanding of what it must be like to live life with their personality splintered. Even therapists are often jumbled when it comes to conceiving of how it must be to constantly live in a world where one...