The March Blog Carnival of Mental Health Is Up

The March Blog Carnival of Mental Health, on the theme of relationships, is up at Some Assembly Required. It’s a small edition – in fact, I’d expected there would be more submissions on this theme -, but a fine one. The April carnival will be hosted by Nyx, and the theme will be self-care. Get [...]

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Binge Eating Disorder to Be Fully Included in DSM-V

After having been in the appendix for research purposes only since 1994, binge eating disorder (BED) will likely move to full inclusion in DSM-V once it is published. Binge eating disorder involves repeated episodes of overeating which are characterized by both the eating of far more than would be normal in a certain time period, [...]

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New Blog on Living with DID

I have started a new personal blog, where I and all my parts can write about our life with dissociative identity disorder. It is called A Multitude of Musings, which is not too original a name, but better than any other I could think of. This blog is mostly public, but some entries will be [...]

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Not Quite Weekly Linklove for 03/12/2011

Arwyn at Raising My Boychick: Thoughts on Radical Acceptance: I find radical acceptance to be one of the hardest things to explain to anyone else, but also one of the most profound tools of my own wellbeing. It’s NOT about “looking on the bright side” or “staying positive” – it’s seeing exactly what is, even [...]

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Exploring Dissociation: When a New Alter Emerges

Generally, when a new alter emerges, I tend to first feel identity confusion. I may be confused as to whether I’m Astrid or I’m a part, and if I am a part, who it is. Sometimes, I lose time, but not always. I may also have emotions or thoughts that are clearly not typical for [...]

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Coming Out Multiple

The theme for the upcoming Carnival Against Child Abuse, which welcomes submissions about multiplicity generally, will be Spring. That theme immediately made me think about the spring of 2010. In late March last year, I started coming out about my dissociative symptoms. At first, I shared with my psychologist that I was having depersonalization episodes. [...]

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The February Blog Carnival of Mental Health Is Up

The February Blog Carnival of Mental Health, with the theme of advocacy, is up at Ramblings of the Differently Sane. Go check out a fine list of entries. The March edition will be hosted by StaticNonsense. I haven’t yet received notice of the details, but will update this post as soon as I get them. [...]

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