Sarah Olson

I am the author of 'Becoming One: A Story Of Triumph Over Multiple Personality Disorder', and have maintained an online presence since 1993. Each Friday, I post 'Best Tweets for Trauma and PTSD Survivors', an annotated compilation of links tweeted in the previous week. I also maintain the Dissociation Blog Showcase, an index of ~180 blogs which discuss dissociation primarily from a personal experience perspective. Having survived a violent, secretive childhood, I know the craving for security, love, and hope that is so often missing in adult survivors' lives. I understand feeling crazy and continually misunderstood. I also know how hard it is to find help to move beyond the pain and daily challenges of trying to put a different life together. What I've learned over many years is that there is always hope. Always. My premise is that 'becoming one' is an ongoing process that is always coming into shape and focus. And it always requires diligence, honesty, and integrity to make it real. It's a journey that does not have to be done alone, either. There are hundreds of great resources for trauma survivors and their supporters, many of them organized by category on my website. Be proactive, and be your own best advocate.

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Raining Shoes

Not those kind. For good or not, most of the time I go through life waiting for some shoe to drop. The good side is that it helps make me better prepared; the not so good side is that preparing for things that don’t happen takes a lot of energy that might have benefited me …

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Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/28/raining-shoes/

October 1, 2009 ~ Skip a Meal

Skip a meal October 1st and donate the savings to local and global hunger relief. Let’s together help solve global hunger, one tweet at a time! Hashtag on Twitter is #twitterforfood

Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/25/october-1-2009-skip-a-meal/

Musings On Mackenzie Phillips

09/30/09 ETA: If I gave the slightest impression that my focus here is derived from anything other than concern for Mackenzie Phillips’ well-being, please read my follow up statement in the comments. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ For over 30 years, Mackenzie Phillips’ life has been a train wreck, punctuated …

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Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/24/musings-on-mackenzie-phillips/

Toni Collette Should Get Four Emmys, Apparently

While I can congratulate Toni Collette for winning Best Actress in a Comedy Series for United States of Tara, that’s about all I can do. I don’t get Showtime, so I’ve never seen it. I’d like to see it. People with Dissociative Identity Disorder can be very funny. We certainly get ourselves into predicaments most …

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Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/21/toni-collette-should-get-four-emmys-apparently/

Sugar Shortage? (Is that a bad thing?)

Last month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Some of America’s biggest food companies say the U.S. could “virtually run out of sugar” if the Obama administration doesn’t ease import restrictions amid soaring prices for the key commodity. In a letter to Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack, the big brands — including Kraft Foods Inc., General …

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Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/21/sugar-shortage-is-that-a-bad-thing/

Thank You, UDub!

My loyalties remain firmly grounded in UCLA, but a win against USC is a win for everyone else. When unranked University of Washington beats (soon to not be) #3USC in football, it’s time to party! (Some things just need to end.) ETA: Yes, it’s unseemly to gloat but … UCLA beat Kansas State 23-9. Just …

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Permanent link to this article: https://thirdofalifetime.com/2009/09/19/thank-you-udub/