As a teenager, I can remember large swaths of time missing. I had very few memories before the age of 12 . It was almost like I suddenly “hatched”, at the at age of 12. It never occurred to me there was anything wrong with that. To me, that was normal. And since I thought… Continue reading What Losing Time Feels like
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More on How I Dealt with Things in the Past
In the past I had a very high pain tolerance. I remember a time when I was living with these crazy people (I should do a blog on these people!) I will do a blog about this experience., Anyway, there was a time when I put my hand on a hot stove. I don’t remember… Continue reading More on How I Dealt with Things in the Past
How I Managed Things Before Finding Out About My MPD
As I mentioned in a previous blog, I had jury duty about 20 years ago or so. At that time, I lived in a small city south of where I live now. I got called for jury duty in this county. I sat in the audience section, waiting as other people went up for questioning.… Continue reading How I Managed Things Before Finding Out About My MPD
My Massage Therapist and Jury Duty
I saw my massage therapist seeing my doctor and brought her up to speed there, my doctor did document my PTSD, dissociation and anxiety filled experience. That way, should I ever be called again, I can go to the doctor’s office and get a note excusing me from jury duty. I certainly did not expect… Continue reading My Massage Therapist and Jury Duty
The Damage from Jury Duty
I didn’t realize while sitting in the jury box that I was dissociating. Once I was dismissed, I proceeded to go home. Jury duty was on a Monday. I was off Tuesday and went back to work on Wednesday. I was anxious and tense, particularly when other coworkers came into the room I worked in.… Continue reading The Damage from Jury Duty
Jury Duty
PT. 1 Several months ago, I received in the mail an initial qualification from the county jury office. I filled it out and sent it back. A couple of months later, I received a jury summons. I was to call on a certain day. My intuition told me that it would be Monday (My jury… Continue reading Jury Duty
The Body and MY Dissociation: how it worked for me and what I’ve learned.
I was working in a place where I was lifting 65 lbs cases of water bottles. The weight itself wasn’t an issue, but the awkward size of the case was. I ended up with a back injury which showed up on the x-ray machine during the worker’s comp case. At any rate, I went to… Continue reading The Body and MY Dissociation: how it worked for me and what I’ve learned.
The Body and Dissociation
One of the things I’d read about (again, before, the internet!) was how the body could change depending on which alter was out, or in control. One alter could have a particular food allergy for example, while no other alters had that issue. I was not aware of how dissociation affected me and my body… Continue reading The Body and Dissociation