Comment by FGN MD on 27 Aug 2009 at 4:43 pm

Karen,

Despite positive feedback to most posts here on your blog what else can be done to prevent children from being abused. It’s amazing with all the exposure and knowledge these days regarding child abuse, children continue to be abused. Self help books and book on abuse clutter the shelves. But really, your answers are more than a dust collection. Have you ever thought of speaking to groups with Richard Baer to spread your experience? Has Dr. Baer been asked to further his case study of you? Who would fund his work? Is he even interested in educating future doctors of his findings while treating you?

I am positive there is much more to you and how you function. I am also positive Dr. Baer holds all knowledge of you. Dr. Baer, please don’t waste your knowledge on MPD treatment now that your book is published. A book is a great accomplishment for any doctor. Forgetting what brought you to this place isn’t good. When a prestigious doctor such as yourself writes a great treatment plan, his work after writing the book has just begun. It’s not over, Richard Baer. Continuing to teach makes your accomplishment worth it. Don’t forget Karen Overhill’s contribution to the world. You are a lucky guy. Karen’s story must not be forgotten. Don’t forget!

FGN MD

Dear FGN MD,

Thank you so much for understanding something of great importance that Dr. Baer may have forgotten. You hit the nail on the head and I’m hoping he reads your letter and realizes why my story was written in the first place.  I always felt my story needed to be told to help others who have been abused.

Thank you for sharing your concern over not enough being done for victims of child abuse. It’s true that more needs to be done, and that with added awareness so much more can happen if we learn to pay attention to what signs to look for in an abused child or a depressed adult.  In sharing my story I’ve hoped to accomplish just that, to bring awareness to what can happen when a child is repeatedly abused without intervention by anyone.

I have often thought about speaking to groups with Dr. Baer.  Maybe someday Dr. Baer will make time to allow that to happen.  As far as I know, no one has asked Dr. Baer to teach or continue his studies on multiple personality disorder. Therefore I wouldn’t have any idea who would fund him if he agreed to do so.

Thank you or your interest in me.

Karen