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Welcome!!! Ivory Garden Support Group has become widely known and respected as providing not only valid resources, but also quality support forums for folks who have dissociative identity disorder (DID). Our Philosophy We admire the strength and courage of all survivors of childhood trauma and view dissociation as one way that intelligent children adapt to and cope with early abuse. "Specifically, dissociation can unexpectedly disrupt, alter, or intrude upon a person’s consciousness and experience of body, world, self, mind, agency, intentionality, thinking, believing, knowing, recognizing, remembering, feeling, wanting, speaking, acting, seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and so on. . . . These disruptions . . . are typically experienced by the person as startling, autonomous intrusions into his or her usual ways of responding or functioning. The most common dissociative intrusions include hearing voices, depersonalization, derealization, “made” thoughts, “made” urges, “made” desires, “made” emotions, and “made” actions. (Dell & O’Neil, 2009, p. xxi). "DID is generally viewed as a developmental (condition) in which...severe and prolonged traumatic experiences can lead to the development of discrete, personified behavioral states (i.e., rudimentary alternate identities) in the child, which has the effect of encapsulating intolerable traumatic memories, affects, sensations, beliefs, or behaviors and mitigating their effects on the child’s overall development. Secondary structuring of these discrete behavioral states occurs over time through a variety of developmental and symbolic mechanisms, resulting in the characteristics of the specific alternate identities. The identities may develop in number, complexity, and sense of separateness as the child proceeds through latency, adolescence, and adulthood. DID develops during the course of childhood and rarely, if ever, derives from adult-onset trauma (unless it is superimposed on preexisting childhood trauma and preexisting latent or dormant fragmentation). The circumstances leading to the development of DID often occur in the context of relational or attachment disruption that may precede and set the stage for abuse and the development of dissociative coping." (Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 12:188–212, 2011). We believe that every survivor deserves to be treated with the utmost respect and validation. Healing is a difficult and long journey which is made so much easier with quality medical/ mental health treatment and a solid support system. Our Support Forums Our support communities provide for members environments of acceptance, compassion, and privacy. Here at IGDID, staff supports as each member becomes more acquainted and familiar with navigating and participating on the forums. Discussion is open. All age groups are welcome to post on the board. Posts are completely private and not fed into any search engines - such as google or yahoo - as you will see on 'open boards'. There are three levels of access on the support forums - as shown at the bottom of the board. 1) Open access - all guest and members can read and post. 2) ' Junior Member' access - forums where discussion is less 'personal', 3) 'Advanced/Advanced with SRA/MC' members (100+ posts) - access to all areas including chat rooms. We find that limiting forums to Junior Members helps everyone to feel comfortable as newer members find their way around and get to know each other before sharing and or reading more personal discussion. Our Chat Rooms We have 5 Chat Rooms all with audio/video capability. Members and staff hold regular scheduled chat times for different topics, general discussion, and littles/teens chat. Otherwise, the rooms are open at all times for Advanced Members. How to Join Our Community Please take some time to look around the community. If you would like to join our community, simply complete an application here.
How to Post to the Forums Go to the 'Enter Forums' from the menu. First, take a look at the front of the board. There is a sidebar with links to help you get around (in the 'control panel'). There is also a menu across the top - tabs - that help you get around. You will see your mailbox there also. The board is set up in 'categories'. You will see the categories across the top of each section. Below each 'category', there are 'forums'. They are listed in a light blue (as are all links). Above each forum is an image of a 'lock'. If you look at the bottom of the board, there is a legend. Each lock image is telling you about 'access' to that forum. For instance, you have access - as a junior member - to all forum with just a plain lock - not the one with the lady behind it. When you have 100 posts, you will have also access to those. So, when your application is accepted, you can ignore all of the categories down the Welcome category. There, you will introduce yourself. Click on the 'link' in blue - the 'forum' that says 'new member introduction'. The board is then set up in 'topics'. As you look around this page, you will see all the topics members have written, who wrote each, how many views, and the last poster. The first thing that you want to do is click 'New Topic' on the top right above the topics. A text box will open. Just put in a topic - like "hello, I am new" or something like that. Then write what you would like to and click "send". To move around the board, look to the top, and you will see a little house which will take you back to the main page or you can return to that forum - you will see the prompt when you post. To read or respond to posts, just go into the 'forum' that you are interested in and look at all the topics. There will be little flowers or turtles telling you that there are 'new' posts there. Click on the one you want to read or respond to - and if you want to respond, just click 'quick reply'. If you find that you don't have access, you have either not applied, have not been approved yet, or your status has become inactive. Know that we are all here for each other. If you have any questions at all or need help, do not hesitate to contact - felicity4us2@gmail. com or any staff member. We are a very active community, and staff is always available for you. Best to you and yours' Felicity Owner - Dissociative Identity Disorder Support Group |
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