<\/p>\n
\nComment by Judy\u00a0on 20 Sep 2010 at 8:50 am<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Karen,<\/span><\/p>\n
First, you are a true spirit of survival. I have read your book three times over the last year. I have never read any other book more than once. \u2028The world needs to hear from you in person. I can\u2019t stand the way you were treated as a child but have learned more about abuse in your book. Not only about D.I.D. or M.P.D. but about freedom, sexual abuse, physical abuse, mental abuse, illness, suicide, fatigue, and so much more. The entire medical world would benefit from your book.<\/span><\/p>\n
Now, I have written Oprah about you and never received anything back in acknowledgement of your story. I can\u2019t imagine why you have not appeared as her guest. I noticed you have answered other questions about this but I am asking again. Why hasn\u2019t Oprah called you? Stories like yours are right up her alley. The first week of this season Oprah gives away so much in the form of things. She brought back lots of oldies which was nice but where did her heart go? I am an Oprah fan and am disappointed with her show so far this season. Have you watched it at all? Have you ever been called by Oprah? Would you appear if she called you? I would like to know why 5 out of 6 of my friends wrote to her about you and none of us ever received a note back. Has she read your book? Sorry about all of this. I am not trying to disturb your peace but needed to say if that\u2019s how Oprah is I lost 50% of the respect I once had for her. \u2028I am praying you are well. I hope you write another book with or without the doctor. I pray you keep your chin up during your life. You have nothing to be ashamed of. YOU are one of God\u2019s miracles. <\/span><\/p>\n
God bless you my friend, <\/span><\/p>\n
Judy <\/span><\/p>\n
Des Plaines, IL<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Dear Judy,<\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for all your support and compliments! I am in awe that you have read my story three times! I am well aware of the voice within me that tells me to share more. I’ve decided to write the sequel in hope to someday publish it to accompany “Switching Time.” Thank you for having faith in my story. It would be nice if my story was acknowledged by medical schools and all professionals who come into contact with someone, like me, who has survived trauma from child abuse.<\/span><\/p>\n
I thought Oprah would be encouraged by my story, too!\u00a0 The Oprah Show has contacted Dr. Baer and me numerous times, but in the end chose another multiple from the UK with twenty active alters to guest along with the daughter of Trudy Chase, author of <\/span>When Rabbit Howls<\/em>. \u00a0Trudy Chase, sadly, has passed on. That show will be aired during Oprah’s last season. I may not understand Oprah’s reason, but I suspect her decision was based on what she thinks is best for her show. I do not take her rejection as a personal attack. I love Oprah and all that she has done for so many people. As a matter of fact, I often thought it would be nice to travel to Africa and talk with the girls in her school about the signs to watch for to protect themselves, about integrity, dignity, and self-respect.<\/span><\/p>\n
I have long admired Oprah and feel sad that I won’t get to meet her. My alters and I consistently were inspired by her show. I believe I (we), have grown along with Oprah. I also kept a Grateful Journal. I would love to sit down and talk with Oprah, even if only face-to-face and not necessarily as a guest on her show. I am far from being disappointed and hope the multiple chosen with active alters will not be influenced or harmed by the exposure of live television. I, myself, could not have appeared during my treatment of multiplicity. I believe there would have been alter chaos, which could have harm the progress I was making at that time.<\/span><\/p>\n
I’m not sure what to say about you not receiving a response from Oprah’s staff or from her. I assume there is simply too much mail and it may have been lost or left unread. I can’t imagine any other reason that so many have written without a response back. I have known many who sent letters to her, too. No one that I know ever received a response from her either.<\/span><\/p>\n
If The Oprah staff would call me again, I would consider being Oprah’s guest. It has always been in my heart to encourage hope through sharing my story. <\/span><\/p>\n
Thank you for your blessings. God bless you!<\/span><\/p>\n
Karen<\/span><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Comment by Judy\u00a0on 20 Sep 2010 at 8:50 am Karen, First, you are a true spirit of survival. I have read your book three times over the last year. I have never read any other book more than once. \u2028The world needs to hear from you in person. I can\u2019t stand the way you were […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-karens-answers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2445"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2447,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2445\/revisions\/2447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}