Life as a Committee
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A 30-something year old woman living in Melbourne, Australia writes about living with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder) and Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Other issues along the way include mood disorders, anxiety, eating disorders, self-harm and suicidality.
Life as a Committee
3y ago
All of our therapy is outpatient. We see our therapist in their office every two weeks. We talk. They push us to talk about the things we’re obviously avoiding. Mostly it works. Until it doesn’t. That was this week. This ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
I needed a break from healthcare appointments. I cancelled all of my appointments. I was just so tired of talking about my health, my feelings, my thoughts. The break lasted about one and half weeks. I got a letter in the mail ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
I’m free. No healthcare appointment for three weeks. By chance my next appointment with my psychiatrist is in three weeks, not the usual two. I cancelled the appointment I had with my GP today, and I’ve seen all my other ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
Waiting for a phone call that hopefully won’t come. Waiting for the next appointment with my GP (Monday). Waiting to see my psychiatrist (Monday). Waiting, and quietly wishing, that my electrolytes will end up out of whack, I’ll have a ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
I promised my GP that I wouldn’t cancel my appointment this week. That I’d come even if I were feeling terrible. The promise was made as a safety plan of sorts. A couple of weeks ago I overdosed the night ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
I haven’t written a proper post for close to a year. That’s how long depression has been kicking my butt. Not constantly. There have been light, happy, joyful moments and days sparsely sprinkled amongst the doom. The doom, however, heavily ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
A few weeks ago Miss 5 was insistent that we have pancakes for lunch. Having the sweet tooth that she does they were served covered in copious amounts of maple syrup. After devouring them (and more sugar than we ever ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
Our current therapist made a comment recently that made my heart sink. They said they thought we’re likely to need, at least, some supportive counselling for the rest of our lives. The body is in it’s early thirties. If we ..read more
Life as a Committee
3y ago
Do you ever just sit? Just sit, nothing else. No screens, no book, no conversation, just sitting. Letting your mind wander, noticing what you can see, and hear around you. I don’t do it very often. Actually, I’m an expert ..read more