Recent content by DesertChild

I have dissociation, though not DID, so I tend to relate to much of what you said about time, feeling out of it, and memory loss. I managed to cut it short of DID, though sometimes I though I got pretty close, I think. I worked really hard to find ways around it and sharpen my memory when I'm...

I wrote to the relative getting married and told them straight, but they didn't reply. Probably because I was straight with her. I did e-mail her about something else after, and she replied to that one instead. So I'm not sure how to navigate it because this relative isn't going to accept it...

I got a series of traumas--emotional abuse from a parent, bullying since I was in Kindergarten, and pretty much no place to run or hide, which is when I developed dissociation as a skill to keep it together. Because if I didn't, I probably would be dead by now. Got other traumas along the way...