Friends,I don't see DID as a weakness or a fault. I was watching something the other day that was about dissociating. The 'expert' said that it is a coping mechanism. Meaning that if your mind hadn't found a way to cope, you may not have. I thought of you then. I read your blog often, and it is sad that I see you feeling like you are wrong for being who you are. I think it is the people around you who have told you that you are wrong, is the problem. You know, people who are deaf and involved in Deaf culture belive that they aren't lacking anything...they were chosen to be who they are, and live in a 'culture'. Just like any culture. I think you are who you are for a reason. Maybe it is to write this blog and educate people. My Grandmother lives in a nursing home. I was visiting her the other day and she was telling me of a resident with DID and Schizophrenia. It was hard for my Grandmother to understand how the woman must have felt. I told her what I knew of you and your struggles, and she goes out of her way to be kind to this woman now. See? You're doing more good in the world than you know!Hugs,Heather

How do other people handle it, without having others to share the burdens?We just do the best we can, just like you and yours. And at the end of the day we put our bodies to bed, just like you, only to get up the next day and start all over.We all get exhausted, we all wish there were more time in a day.Some people push too hard to succeed, be perfect, to please.....and I'm one of those who then had to listen to my body when I blew up from the inside with fms.So just keep putting one foot in front of the other and get by...I have to at least try...Hugs & Blessings, Judy