Hello hello, This artwork and the layered complexities within it has been fascinating to me since the first I saw of "The Group". It's a great drawing, yes? Have a read of this article to see more of the thoughts I've had about this drawing. You may see very different things in this drawing than I did, so please feel free to comment. The more I looked, the more I could see, but I am quite certain I … [Read more...]
Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
Hello today, :-) As a follow up to yesterday's reblog about the DES, Dissociative Experiences Scale, this post is about how to score the DES. And thank you to those readers on Twitter who have been talking about these blog posts, and interacting with the Discussing Dissociation blog online. Much appreciated! Kathy Copyright © 2008-2017 Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation Related … [Read more...]
How Dissociative Are You?
Hello, hello. :-) Through the years, lots of readers come to this blog to learn more about Dissociative Disorders. Working through the free online DES (Dissociative Experiences Scale) has been one of the top searches for a very long time. Have you tried answering the DES questions? Before you do, please have a read of this explanatory introduction. How dissociative are you ? And please be sure … [Read more...]
2010 in review – from WordPress about the Discussing Dissociation Blog
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 110,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at The Louvre Museum, it would take 5 days for that many people to see it. In 2010, there were … [Read more...]
Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
I hope you have already recorded your score for the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) before reading this follow-up blog. If you haven't yet taken the DES, please do so before reading any further. Information about the DES can be found here: How Dissociative Are You? Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES) To explain the scoring of the DES, I’m going to quote some material from Dr. Colin Ross’s … [Read more...]