Comment by Terrell on 09 Nov 2011 at 2:03 pm

What makes you different than most? What have you accepted about yourself knowing what you learned about yourself, your past? Are you at peace with yourself?

Dear Terrell,

First of all, Yes, I am at peace with myself. I do not consider myself different than any other survivor from child abuse. Why? Because abuse is abuse and we each deal with it differently. Though unique in many ways, I am no more unique than anyone else except for the fact that I had alternate personalities dividing my memories of past abuse in order to help me survive. Having dissociative identity disorder was simply the way I dealt with my abuse. It was my coping mechanism. I acknowledged my past abuse and know it was not my fault. I was a victim, a child who happened to be abused.

Thank you for asking these important questions that led to changing my life.

Karen