Keepers

Keepers, the name my wife has given to her system of alters. Yes, she is MPD/DID, a most ingenius method of survival incorporated by the human brain. When the trauma is so great that one cannot stand it any longer a fissure breaks off within the psyche and a new personality is born, one who can handle the situation, whether it be gracefully, or almost comatose. The point is, the trauma is survived and the body as a whole is allowed to go on for another minute, hour or day.

Her multiplicity was not diagnosed until in her 30's and that led to a caravan of therapists, none of which had a clue as to how to treat it. Some unfortuneately did have an idea as to how to abuse it and use them for their own sick and perverted needs. One of which is coming up before the state board on 5 charges of unprofessional conduct.

That is a different blog. What this is about is simply what they have accomplished, because when the diagnosis was made they were in bad shape. Not sleeping, self medicating, with alcohol and meds, and their life was falling apart. Seems to be a symptom of multiplicity , that when the memories come flooding back they are overwhelming, one thing triggers another and keepers (personalities) are changing like I don't know what, it becomes a game of guess who's here now, too late, someone else is here now.

So they went thorugh that for years as well as struggling to find a therapist who 1) knew what MPD/DID was 2) was willing to work with it 3) gave a shit

Let's see, let's guess how many were found, nah, lets not. Therapists are another blog alos.

Let's get back to where Keepers were, and yet despite some crappy therapists and yes there were some who eventually admitted to being undercapable or just walked away, in some small way they did offer some help in getting through what keepers were going through.

About 3 years they walked away from their last therapist, and walked to the internet. There has been 3 incarnations of Keeperskorner
and each one has grown from the predecessor. The current version is by far the best and most wonderful. It has blossomed as have Keepers. Each version of their site has coincided with their growth as people, very well people who have grown and evolved so very much and I have had the honor and privilege to be here near them, sometimes at their side, sometimes off to the side, observing their development. At this point they have become an organized system of not only supporting each other and communicating with each other but a group who can offer to help others as they battle back from their abuse and join keepers on this journey to recovery from abuse and onward to thriving.

When we got our first computer keepers had no desire or so they thought, ability to deal with it. But as each version of Keeperskorner came about, they evolved with it to where they are now actually spearheading a ministry of recovery for those who suffer the same effects of abuse as they did and do. This is so awesome!! We are doing it together and will continue to do so. And as we move forward from here I am sure that some of the people keepers and I are communicating with will become a part of this ministry, in some way or another. We welcome anyones and everyones help in their own way in their own time.

To all of you out there who are reading the blogs and visiting Keeperskorner
we welcome you, we thank you and we appreciate you.

john michael

Hypocrites

Hypocrites, Keepers and I were talking about them tonite. Seems like we have been running into way too many. One we thought was a best friend, the more we look at it we think he just needed a drinking buddy, and the more he drank the more likely he was to push his idea of Christianity on anyone who was around. Yet we both were wondering why his faith which he proclaimed to be so great was not helping in his obvious drinking problem.

Another was the minister for a Science of Mind church we tried for over a year. Keepers met the minister and immediately liked her and volunteered to help at the church office. Soon they were going there several times a week, doing free art work for the church including banners for conventions, framed art for the altar area up front, sewing for the minister, you name it they were doing it for her. All the while she was living up the model of a minister, being minister like, oozing love and friendliness at church, in the office, etc. Then two things happened, Keepers had their art gallery opening and were on display for 4 months. The minister promised to come to the opening, she didn't. She promised to come view the show in the next 3-4 months, she didn't.
Keepers had been seeing an elderly shutin who had attended this same church as did her daughter, and Keepers asked her if Reverend M ever came to visit her and she said no. Keepers were in shock, did the visiting practitioners ever visit her? No. Keepers fired off an email to this Reverend wanting to know why no one from this ladies church ever visisted her. About this time the elderly lady feel, broke her clavicle and had to go to a hospital. Keepers also visited her there and found out that Reverend M and her husband had visited elderly patient AND brought flowers!! hmmmmmm, any connection? could be.

Well, that quickly died as did our vision of Reverend M. That was the only time she visited said elderly patient and not one of the practitioners visits her yet. Hypocritical, to me "yes!" to you maybe no, that is your opinion and this is mine.

More hypocrites? How about any church authority figure who does nothing to stop an abusive situation they suspect or know of? How about church authority figures who are doing the abusing?? I would call that hyopocritical as well as shameful. Or nuns who abuse children in orphanages and when found guilty have their superiors stand by them and offer no "we are sorry" to those abused? Hypocrites, surely. Despicable? No doubt in my mind. Disgraceful? you bet. etc etc etc as the King of Siam would say.

Well now that I got that off of my chest, maybe tomorrow's blog will be a bit more cheerful, after all I wouldn't want to be depressing to my readers. Just truthful.

Welcome John Michael

Hi John Michael, welcome to your own blog site!!! Since no one else knows this exists yet you are the only one who can read it, hmmmm, gotta get the word out. Any suggestions out there in cyberland as to how do i get the word out that this blog finally exists?????????????? I know the world has been waiting for it, needing it, expecting it...wait a sec that was something else wasn't it? Oh well, someone out there needs this blog, it's going to reach them, tug at their heart strings, cause a tear to well up in their eye, a lump to form in their throat, and get sick!!! A true God send no matter how you look at it. Hey, if this what they need this is what they get!!!!

Until someone else finds this part of electron world, be careful. Other blogs may claim to be the real John Michael, but only this is the 100% real thing!!!

Until tomorrow.

John Michael