It is not unusual for subjects diagnosed with a Dissociative Disorder on the SCID-D to be surprised at having their symptoms validated by a clinician who understands the nature of their disorder.

Dissociative Disorders have a high rate of responsiveness to therapy and that with proper treatment, their prognosis is quite good.

Many people with Dissociative Disorders are very creative and used their creative capacities to help them cope with childhood trauma.p55

[asked if his suicide attempt was a cry for help]No. I told no one. You only cry for help if you believe that there's help to cry for.

She dances in a ring of fire and throws off the challenge with a shrug.

I'm less worried about accomplishment - as younger people always can't help but be - and more concerned with spending my time well, spending time with my family, and reading, learning things.

The ability to just sit there. That's being a person.

Some people only work to recorded music because it's so reliable and exactly the same every time, which is exactly why I don't.

Paranoia: the gift of the survivor and the burden of the overtired, stressed, and terrified.

Most people are much more unusual and complicated and eccentric and playful and creative than they have time to express.

I have two rules in life - to hell with it, whatever it is, and get your work done.

I'm neither sexy nor a star.

No simplicity of mind, no obscurity of station, can escape the universal duty of questioning all that we believe.