Season 1: Episode 46 - (T. Warning) Victor's lifetime of abuse that led to a - "Class of Characters" History of DID & entities created

Victor provides us with the history of the horrific abuse he faced growing up and provides the scenario and basis for his multiple personality disorder and multiple, ‘characters,’ surfacing in his life.

I have included the order of documents to be read, as he sent them to me:

1.       My essay entitled “IsHopeAStrategy-IDontKnowYouTellMe”-Rev1 – explains my experiences for the last 55 weeks

2.       Email to my circle of care “A quick note” – perhaps a long one too – explains my experiences, the consequences and reflections

3.       My essay entitled “IamSorry-thedoublesidedrazorblade”-Rev1 – explains my position of hearing “I am sorry”  Please understand I know it is a form of empathy, yet after the continued fight with the Ontario Canada MHA system over the last 5 years… I have heard this statement too many times.

Below I have included links to his podcast interview and published essay about living with DID, as he sent them to me.

1.       Podcast Interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDOjA-mW7i0

2.       Published Essay: https://weareunsinkable.com/living-with-dissociative-identity-disorder-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/

Characters: “Entities during dissociation”

1. Harris - Destructive, own email address, emails circle of care.

2. Victor -

3. The Poet - Manager and communicator of all personalities. Dissociative poetry author

4. Little Victor - 1st traumatic experience

5. Little Victor - 2nd Suicide attempt 4-10 years old

6. (Suicide Attempts) other suicide attempts have one identity for each

7. X - He has no idea who he is

8. The Beast - Pure violence, animalistic and beats up self

9. Management - No idea who this is.

   Many more, he states he has about 13 entities that present themselves at various times.

Twitter: @VictorJanzen

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Season 1: Episode 54 - Retired Incident Commander of Valley Fire, Linda Green tells her story of PTSD

Linda worked on the frontlines and as an Incident Commander, where she put 30 years of her life on the line. Her podcast and book tell the story of her life, her struggles and what it’s like to live before, during and after as a California fire-fighter. She lives with PTSD and struggles with the stigma of mental health in the department, amongst friends and tells us her story.

You can find her at https://www.encouragegreen.com/ where she offers support and encouragement to others, after a career in fire-fighting or other service where PTSD could be present.

First responders struggles are real and her book outlines her 30 year career and offers hope, based on her real life experience. Find her book https://www.encouragegreen.com/book-launch

“I was blindsided. That’s probably the best way to describe how it felt, as a perfect storm of forces was brewing, never before experienced by any of us, and descended it’s wrath that day…and changed everything.” - Linda Green

Linda Green was the Incident Commander on the devastating Valley Fire, which destroyed almost 2000 structures as it burned across 76,000 acres in the CAL FIRE Sonoma-Lake-Napa Unit, and the heartbreak of lives lost. But in the months that followed this life-altering traumatic event she refers to as “her fire”, she knew something was very wrong, even though life seemed to be marching on as always...until it wasn’t. The nuances were there immediately but were masterfully disguised by her well-worn habits of performance and responsibility. She didn’t yet realize her free fall had begun into her own personal “hellfire”. Linda was diagnosed with a Post-Traumatic Stress Injury just months before her retirement in 2016.

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Season 1 - Episode 20 - Alice shares her story about childhood abuse, substance abuse, the foster care system and Borderline Personality Disorder and Advocacy.

Alice Pirola discusses the experience of abuse during her childhood and how her life was thrown for a loop for making what she thought was the right decision. The outcome of all of this would lead to a Borderline Personality Disorder. She suffers anxiety, depression, OCD and PTSD as well and has not only become an advocate for mental illness, she's a speaker for NAMI. She's also publishing a book this year, "Searching For Grey," which can be used by clinician's, family members of sufferers of mental illness.

She is a speaker during her NAMI meetings and also participates on the website "The Mighty," which is a website forum for the advocacy of mental health sufferers.

~A New Dawn

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