It is very difficult and painful, but if you can, I encourage you to read his entire letter posted with the article. Zeller left a gift to all of us by naming his pain. From The Huffington Post Here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/07/bill-zeller-dead-princeto_n_805689.html Bill Zeller, Princeton Grad Student And ‘Brilliant’ Programmer, Dies In Apparent Suicide First Posted: 01- […]
Woman with 20 alter egos seeks one voice
Cleveland Daily Banner by WILLIAM WRIGHT Susan Hyder was as shocked as anyone to discover 20 distinct identities were switching personalities inside her delicate mind for decades before she was diagnosed with a rare mental disorder. Her panic attacks, blackouts, time loss, outer body experiences, suicidal tendencies, phobias and severe chronic depression were finally making […]
The Moving Pictures
Here are 3 DID related video items 1. Canada is whipping out a TV Detective who has DID http://www.tv-eh.com/2010/08/12/shattered-to-premiere-september-1-on-global/ Shattered to premiere September 1 on Global Posted by: Diane in Shattered Ben Sullivan (Callum Keith Rennie) is a tough, smart homicide detective with Multiple Personality Disorder. In the first moments of the series, Ben and […]
Comments Requested
The Diva thinks this short video is very strong in some ways, but she has issues with the beginning and setting which may make for a dramatic set-up but don’t help with stigmatizing perceptions. What do you think?
Please Pardon My…
“neuro-realism” (Neuro-realism reflects the uncritical way in which a fMRI investigation can be taken as validation or invalidation of our ordinary view of the world. Neuro-realism is, therefore, grounded in the belief that fMRI enables us to capture a ‘visual proof’ of brain activity, despite the enormous complexities of data acquisition and image processing.) …Until […]
New Blog on DID by Prominent Author
Matthew Branton re-surfaces here: http://matthewbranton.wordpress.com/ From the About page: Matthew Branton is a defrocked former novelist, author of The Love Parade, The House of Whacks, Coast and The Hired Gun, amongst far too many others. He disappeared up his own fundament in 2003, following a particularly crunchy breakdown, but is finally ready to start publishing again (I’m a bit backed-up, […]
New Promising Memoir
Day Breaks Over Dharamsala: A Memoir of Life Lost and Found By Janet Thomas (Excerpt from the first chapter.) This has, of course, created doubt and dismay as I’ve tried to heal from the electric shocks that could never happen but did; the sexual slavery as a child that only my body remembers; the experiments […]
Pretty Much There…
The Diva is a little overwhelmed having assigned to herself the review and consolidation of the most recent neuro-imaging and academic findings on Dissociative Identity Disorder concurrently with producing all new artwork for a solo show, plus shipping and delivering for two group shows within the space of two month’s time. Fear not however, as […]
The “Debate” reaches NPR’s Science Friday
Two Personalities, One Brain? Once, there was ‘Sybil,’ and ‘The Three Faces of Eve.’ Now, there’s the Showtime series ‘The United States of Tara.’ In this segment, we’ll talk about the condition “dissociative identity disorder,” also known as “multiple personality disorder.” Can one brain truly house multiple, unconnected personalities? Guests: Kathy Steele Psychotherapist, Clinical Nurse […]
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