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This is my first Storify story, which allows you to realign Twitter (and other media) from a top down perspective, making it much easier to follow the conversation. It’s long bothered me that important discussions scroll off into oblivion on Twitter; this is one way to capture them.

If this post does not render correctly via email or RSS, you can see it by either clicking back here to the blog, or you can read it directly on Storify.

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Many Voices was the heart and soul project of Lynn Wasnak for over 20 years until her death in 2012.
 

The Many Voices homepage states: “Since 1989, MANY VOICES’ bimonthly newsletters, books, and website offer healing resources to people recovering from child abuse or severe trauma. MV readers form a community dedicated to healing from tragic physical, sexual, and emotional assaults. We suggest solutions to overcome dissociation, PTSD, flashbacks, self-injury and other disabling symptoms of a painful past. We publish the knowledge and caring of trauma therapy specialists on our Therapists’ Pages. And as we heal, we share our good news of regained health and improved relationships with others. We do our part to end the cycle of child abuse.”

I both subscribed to the newsletter for many years, and attended a couple of Many Voices conferences. The homepage cited above contains many valuable resources for anyone dealing with child abuse recovery, and anything to do with dissociation. But Lynn Wasnak ensured that all of these resources, including the newsletter, would be gifted to the future.

“Many Voices issues are now the property of The International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation. According to Lynn Wasnak’s wishes, ALL of the issues of Many Voices from 1989-2012 are available to download as PDF’s.”

For free! You can download every single issue of Many Voices — all 141 issues! — under their Newsletter link. Lynn also created a detailed Subject Index, so you can go directly to whichever newsletter discusses subjects of interest to you!

This is a fabulous, generous resource available to anyone! Please take advantage of it. Lynn was in many ways a pioneer, making a safe space to discuss dissociation and difficult child abuse issues on the Internet as far back as 1989. I’m personally grateful to her for her labor of love!
 
 

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Just two days left! Through this Saturday, October 24, 2015, you still can enter to win one of three signed paperback copies of Becoming One via the Goodreads Giveaway link below! The Giveaway is valid if you live in the US, UK, or Canada. As of this writing, 350+ people have entered! If the widget does not display properly in RSS, you can enter directly on Goodreads! Good luck!

Goodreads Book Giveaway

Becoming One

by Sarah E. Olson

Giveaway ends October 24, 2015.

See the giveaway details
at Goodreads.

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Just a heads up that starting Saturday, October 10th I’m offering another Goodreads Giveaway wherein you can win one of three signed paperback copies of Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder! I’ll add the signup widget here then; the Giveaway will run through Saturday, October 24th. You can participate if you live in the US, UK or Canada!

As noted in previous blog posts, I’m building extensive resources on Pinterest in support of my future Q&A book about dissociative identity disorder. Today I’m offering the third DID/C-PTSD board of the collection for you: Boundaries. We all need to work on establishing healthy boundaries, and learning how to align them with our own aspirations and intentions.

If you’re on RSS and can’t view the Pinterest widget below, either click through to this blog post, or go directly to the DID/C-PTSD: Boundaries board on Pinterest.

This is (still!) just the beginning of a lot of new collated resources for trauma survivors! Let me know if there are particular topics you’d like to see gathered in a Pinterest board. I may have one in the works already, but there’s always room for more!

NOTE: All links to DID/C-PTSD boards on Pinterest will be permanently collected in the new DID/C-PTSD on Pinterest page in the header topics above.
 
 

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As an adjunct to my Q&A book about dissociative identity disorder, I’m building extensive resources on Pinterest. I’m currently working on about 20 “secret” boards, which really just means “not ready for prime time” yet. I’ll release them to public viewing gradually, as I continue to work on the book which they support.

Today I’m offering the second DID/C-PTSD board of the collection for your perusal: The Brain. It offers brain scans, scholarly articles, major infographics, all about the brain, and in particular, the impact of trauma upon the brain and its functioning.

If you’re on RSS and can’t view the Pinterest widget below, either click through to this blog post, or go directly to the DID/C-PTSD: The Brain board on Pinterest.

This is just the beginning of a lot of new collated resources for trauma survivors! Let me know if there are particular topics you’d like to see gathered in a Pinterest board. I may have one in the works already, but there’s always room for more!

NOTE: All links to DID/C-PTSD boards on Pinterest will be permanently collected in the new DID/C-PTSD on Pinterest page in the header topics above.
 
 

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As an adjunct to my Q&A book about dissociative identity disorder, I’m building extensive resources on Pinterest. I’m currently working on about 20 “secret” boards, which really just means “not ready for prime time” yet. I’ll release them to public viewing gradually, as I continue to work on the book which they support.

Today I’m offering the first DID/C-PTSD board of the collection for your perusal: Artwork/Poetry. If you’re on RSS and can’t view the Pinterest widget below, either click through to this blog post, or go directly to the DID/C-PTSD Artwork/Poetry board on Pinterest.

This is just the beginning of a lot of new collated resources for trauma survivors! Let me know if there are particular topics you’d like to see gathered in a Pinterest board. I may have one in the works already, but there’s always room for more!

NOTE: All links to DID/C-PTSD boards on Pinterest will be permanently collected in the new DID/C-PTSD on Pinterest page in the header topics above.