David: Here are a few audience comments on what's being said:

Tyger: I have mostly child alters and medication only make them sleep. All the other medications hurt my body. Even contemplating the hospital nearly sends me into fits.

Jimmy2of7: Meds don't help all of us, only some of us. It just makes me be quiet.

whalevine: We are allergic to a lot of meds, or some alters will hoard them and then take them all at once.

David: What about the ability to have healthy relationships with other people who do not have Dissociative Identity Disorder?

Paula McHugh: That's perfectly possible if the other people are reasonable and also patient. Gentle is good, reliable is good, it depends of the people. There are some good guys out there, male and female.

David: Here's the link to the HealthyPlace.com Personality Disorders Community. You can click on this link and sign up for the mail list at the top of the page so you can keep up with events like this.

A few more audience comments on what's being said tonight:

fuffie: Patient, gentle, reliable and a sense of humor!!

dendroaspis: Sense of humor is a must.

Paula McHugh: Humor is WONDERFUL

JJ1: My husband has been my best support.

myrias: I think it's much more interesting when two or three DIDers get together!

Tyger: That's funny, my ex became my roomy after finding out I was DID. He was afraid a child alter would pop out.

JoMarie_etal: Hospitals don't help when you have no money. They are actually too cruel. It just postpones the problems and sometimes makes them worse. We end up not talking about the need to die because of so many bad hospital experiences.

dendroaspis: I wish I could get a tax break on my alters :-)

Paula McHugh: That's humor, dendroaspis. I like it.

myrias: Yeah, like how many dependants do YOU have? Giggle!

Paula McHugh: Good giggle.

trill: It seems to me that I've got someone inside that was an actual person whom I once knew and was once very close with, but he died. The version of him on the inside doesn't seem ever to come out, or at least I haven't received any reports of that or seen any evidence of it, but he keeps me company at different times. What's that about?

Paula McHugh: I'm not sure, but it would be good to ask him.

scrooge027: And how effective is EMDR on treating DID?

Paula McHugh: That's a good thing to use after a client gets through with a lot of memory work. Before that, it seems like it would be too powerful. I only use it later in therapy, when I know how a person reacts in most situations. I don't want to get into more than we can handle. EMDR is great for the finishing up stuff in therapy.

David: Well, it's getting late. I want to thank our guest, Paula McHugh for coming and sharing her knowledge and expertise with us. You have been a wonderful guest. And I want to thank everyone in the audience for being here tonight. It's been a great discussion and I appreciate everyone participating and sharing your experiences and questions.

For more Information visit Paula´s website.

Paula McHugh: Bye everybody. I appreciate the time here, this is one of my favorite topics because I really do care about these folks.

David: If you haven't been to our main site yet, http://www.healthyplace.com, I want to encourage you to visit. We have over 9400 pages of information.

Thank you again Paula and good night everyone.

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