Your Motivation for February 3, 2019, Leave Your Past Behind and See the Beautiful Person You Have Become
Good Sunday to you all! First, let me tell you I’m sorry for the tacky ads that are popping up at the end of the posts on my site. I’ve been in contact with WordPress and they are going to fix it. Please, be patient with me. As humans,...
A Motivational Quote for You
Good Saturday everyone. I have decided to start adding motivational quotes and words of wisdom to my blog each day. Now, there will be days when either I’m too busy, too sick, or forget but I will try to brighten your day every day with a post. I love...
Men Living with Dissociative Identity Disorder
As many of you may already know, the ratio of men compared to women who are known to be diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder is 9:1. The reasons for this difference isn’t because women are more hysterical than men, but rather because in our society men are driven to...
Hurry to Hear My New Interview on TAASTAA with Hanna Kebedde
Gotta love that lab muppet! Anyway, I was interviewed on a podcast by Hanna Kebedde and it was broadcast last evening. She was gracious enough to share the link to share with all of you! So, tune in and sit down for an indepth interview of me talking about...
Need a Lift Today? Watch This Video
I found the following video on YouTube and it made me smile. I hope it brings a grin to your face too. I know some days are hard, believe me, I have them too. But we can encourage one another and that helps ease the way. Enjoy the video....
A Post of Inspirational Sayings
LIke the above picture, where there is rain there is beauty. In our tears we find strength and I wanted to share some of mine with you today. Not tears necessarily, but my strength. That’s why I decided to make a page exclusively full of inspirational quotes and beautiful...
Division of Mental Health Regions 3 & 4 Annual Consumer’s Conference
I wanted to make all who live in Illinois aware that I’ll be speaking at the conference listed below. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to ask. This year it is being held in our state’s capital Springfield and our topic is Roadmap to Recovery. We will...
Recovery Is…
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...
Dry Wells
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...
Finding Beauty After Trauma
Enjoy the beauty around you, after all, you only get one life....
No One Tells the Sun When to Shine, It Simply Does
Living With Dissociative Identity Disorder Can Be Very Hard....
Surviving Treatment
I have often told people that surviving the treatment for dissociative identity disorder was as hard as surviving the trauma that caused it. I thought I’d write a piece explaining what I mean by this statement. Entering the Flames of Hell Somewhere in late 1989, when...