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Posted 6/9/2013 6:08 AM (GMT 0)
I am new here. My dx is fairly new w/DID, Depression and anxiety being the most current. I work full-time in the field and find it challenging to maintain any sense of health in the broken system. I need a supportive community since my current one is out of control.

Fin mad mad
Posted 6/9/2013 7:01 AM (GMT 0)
Welcome Fin, you will find this is a great place and the people here will support you like you were family.
My sis Sharon has DID she has had it forever as far as I know. She struggles with a lot of different issues as I am sure you are aware. But she is so wonderful all at the same time. Depression is among them. I'm glad you found your way here and look forward to seeing you around.

Wendy
Posted 6/9/2013 9:47 AM (GMT 0)
Fin,

Welcome to the forum.

well one thing is, at least you won't expect sanity from the system. You are one jump ahead. So sorry for your dx, however you need to honor what you did to survive; that brought you here. This is very important, hard but important. I survived 15 yrs of abuse, so I know it is difficult.

Keep posting here, we are a supportive group, we listen to each other and give hope the best we can. Again, welcome.

Peace
Trina
Posted 6/9/2013 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Trina and Wendy--
Thank you for your hospitality!

Working FT w/a mental illness always leaves you on the edge of disaster. A place between an avalanche and a parade for simply making it through the day. The secret festers like an open sore but the necessary pain in the hideousness is the actual strength of the system. I walk throughout the day with dissonance and in conflict with the very shadows the walls, the sun, the people produce as they walk away from their own light. Day after day I return to the grind mostly because all of us don't know we are dead. An interesting thought this a.m.

Fin
Posted 6/9/2013 11:05 PM (GMT 0)
My Dear Fin,

You may be in a very dark place, many of us have been in one; but you are not dead!

"While I breathe, I hope" I don't know who said or wrote that but I use it a lot. Your pain is emense and pain will tend to get for use. Try hard not to wallow in it. Pain loves it when we do that, it takes our energy and grows.

there is a resource thread at the top of this forum, it has many help sites with DBT skills, books and other things that will help you with coping skills. I urge you to review the 4 pages and see what you might find for yourself.

Peace and courage
Trina
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