I am a special education teacher and hold degrees in English, Language Arts, Psychology, and an MA in Education. I am also a survivor of extreme and prolonged child abuse, including physical, emotional, verbal, ritual abuse, and mind control. I have had Dissociative Identity Disorder since birth. I struggle daily with losing time, the symptoms of PTSD, and eating disorder, mood disorder and Epilepsy.

I first began having difficulties functioning while working as a teacher. The symptoms overwhelmed me, and I was forced to quit my job, becoming disabled and unable to productively function in everyday life. We have an excellent therapist and have spent the past four years working with her twice weekly toward healing. It has been a difficult journey. She has been there for us through multiple hospitalizations including two extended stays at trauma centers, which we attribute to much of our recovery.

Our system is complicated. Our inner world consists of about 200 alters who we interact with pretty regularly - mostly teens and littles. Our goal in therapy is to heal - to know who 'we' are before we die. We also are working toward us establishing more communication with each other, as well as learning coping skills - creating teams that are able to work together, co-consciously, handling different situations, such as working, without us experiencing the amnesia that has become the most difficult aspect of daily functioning.

We have two grown sons who we love dearly. I also have two dogs, one Boston Terrier named Sally and one weenie dog named Betsy. They love each other too. I enjoy gardening, shopping, eating out, and creating all kinds of crafts. I now work out of my home writing and researching.

Wishing you all the very best,
Felicity

We are proud to announce that we now have two support groups:

Ivory Gardens DID Support Board IGDID Support Group Link

IGDID Support Group is a safe place where survivors of child abuse, ritual abuse, mind control, and other related conditions participate in open discussion - sharing and supporting, learning grounding skills, breaking the silences, as well as better coping with dissociative identity disorder in a peer group environment. Anyone who who struggles with symptoms of DID would like to join this support group are welcome to apply.

Know that discussion at IGDID can be intense, members all have DID, and supporters do not participate. If you feel this group suits you, go to IGDID Support Group and put in an application.

Our Mission Statement

Our mission is to provide a unique learning environment. We respect, support and learn from each other to reach a better understanding and acceptance of the difficulties we face everyday. Achieving our mission requires cooperative collaboration amongst members and administrators. Adequate guidelines are clearly stated to ensure members maintain the dignity and confidentiality of the boards. Administrators closely monitor all group discussions, maintaining a safe and supportive environment for all members. As a friendly and compassionate community, we support and validate each other as equally special and significant.

We are looking forward to meeting you all. Stop by and take a look at the boards and see if joining either or both might be beneficial to you. Both board are private - you won't see your posts in any search engines. You will, however, be able to see enough of each board to get an idea of what they offer.

If you have any questions or concerns, please email me, and I will help you.