{"id":2492,"date":"2010-11-02T21:34:53","date_gmt":"2010-11-03T02:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=2492"},"modified":"2010-11-02T21:34:53","modified_gmt":"2010-11-03T02:34:53","slug":"karen-answers-bessie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.switchingtime.com\/?p=2492","title":{"rendered":"Karen answers Bessie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--StartFragment--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Comment by Bessie on 11 Oct 2010 at 7:26 am<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>I wish you were the one on the Oprah show. Does that other lady have a book out? Her art was okay but your pictures are more intense and detailed. Anyone could have drawn what she did in ten minutes. Not a very good choice for Oprah. Did Oprah ever even acknowledge your stroy? I would like to see you on her show as you are integrated and help so many of us with compassion and thoughtfulness. I wrote to her but never heard back. I love that you are you. I pray for you and am really hoping you write more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>God be with you and Richard Baer. Your work together inspired me.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Bessie<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Dear Bessie,<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Though it would&#8217;ve been nice to appear on The Oprah Show, I&#8217;m not upset not to have been. The show that was aired was well done, but it needed to show a multiple with active alters. My alters have been integrated, and therefore the audience would not have been able to &#8220;see&#8221; me switch. I believe my story is very important to all and it is my desire to share my journey in healing. I&#8217;m glad Dr. Baer never exposed me to something like The Oprah Show during my therapy days. That may have had a negative result in my healing process. I chose to wait until I was ready, and Dr. Baer and I shared my story through <em>Switching Time<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Honestly, I do not know whether Kim Noble has a book published. I&#8217;m sure she may write one now that she appeared on The Oprah Show, but I&#8217;ve found she sells her artwork online. There was a time, way before my meeting Dr. Baer, that I too created many different kinds of art and sold them for money to live on and for college. Those who have purchased my works of art are unsuspecting that a multiple created them. I never took down the names of the people I sold my work to, but would definitely recognize each piece if I saw it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Ms Winfrey has never personally acknowledged my story, but that&#8217;s okay. She may not have read my story, I can&#8217;t be sure, although I know her staff members have. My story is hard to take in and once started, it should be finished in order to experience the truly amazing journey of my life. I am currently writing a sequel to <em>Switching Time<\/em> in hope to bring more understanding of what it is like to be &#8220;me.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Thank you for your warm wishes and encouragement to share more of my story. Dr. Baer and I hope to continue on doing what we do best, helping others understand the once incomprehensible illness, multiple personality disorder. I love a challenge and welcome any discussion regarding my experience of survival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span>Karen<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment by Bessie on 11 Oct 2010 at 7:26 am I wish you were the one on the Oprah show. Does that other lady have a book out? Her art was okay but your pictures are more intense and detailed. Anyone could have drawn what she did in ten minutes. 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