Welcome our newest member - ME!

**BakerBoy** · 10-01-2005, 01:22 PM

Hey look, some jackass just registered a new member with my real name. Looks like Blurred is back in action!

**wicked_sick** · 10-01-2005, 01:33 PM

That's kinda lame.

Does anyone else think it would make sense to disallow duplicate accounts?

**m1e448** · 10-01-2005, 01:49 PM

Originally Posted by wicked_sick

That's kinda lame.

Does anyone else think it would make sense to disallow duplicate accounts?

I don't think you understand, not his board name, his REAL name.

**wicked_sick** · 10-01-2005, 01:58 PM

No, I saw it.

By duplicate account I meant an existing forum member registering another account to post with.

I'm not implying that an existing member registered BB's real name though.

**edg** · 10-01-2005, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by wicked_sick

No, I saw it.

By duplicate account I meant an existing forum member registering another account to post with.

I'm not implying that an existing member registered BB's real name though.

But then we wouldn't get all those *hillarious* aliases, would we?

edg

**Core Shot** · 10-01-2005, 02:18 PM

Well, as Tom Cruise likes to say:

Matt, matt, matt, matt, matt.
You don't know the history of Brett's psychiatry like I do.

**grrrr** · 10-01-2005, 02:32 PM

Are you sure? I don't see a member called "butterball".

**Zeedashbo** · 10-01-2005, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by grrrr

Are you sure? I don't see a member called "butterball".

ooooooooohhhhhhhh! you just got served!

**BakerBoy** · 10-01-2005, 02:56 PM

Originally Posted by Zeedashbo

ooooooooohhhhhhhh! you just got served!

It's alright, I'll beat up his kids at Baker, just to show him who's boss!

**Young Uns** · 10-01-2005, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Well, as Tom Cruise likes to say:

Matt, matt, matt, matt, matt.
You don't know the history of Brett's psychiatry like I do.

http://www.sidran.org/didbr.html

Recently considered rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosities, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder-MPD) and other Dissociative Disorders are now understood to be fairly common effects of severe trauma in early childhood, most typically extreme, repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse.

WHAT IS DISSOCIATION?

Dissociation is a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. During the period of time when a person is dissociating, certain information is not associated with other information as it normally would be. For example, during a traumatic experience, a person may dissociate the memory of the place and circumstances of the trauma from his ongoing memory, resulting in a temporary mental escape from the fear and pain of the trauma and, in some cases, a memory gap surrounding the experience. Because this process can produce changes in memory, people who frequently dissociate often find their senses of personal history and identity are affected.

Most clinicians believe that dissociation exists on a continuum of severity. This continuum reflects a wide range of experiences and/or symptoms. At one end are mild dissociative experiences common to most people, such as daydreaming, highway hypnosis, or "getting lost" in a book or movie, all of which involve "losing touch" with conscious awareness of one's immediate surroundings. At the other extreme is complex, chronic dissociation, such as in cases of Dissociative Disorders, which may result in serious impairment or inability to function. Some people with Dissociative Disorders can hold highly responsible jobs, contributing to society in a variety of professions, the arts, and public service -- appearing to function normally to coworkers, neighbors, and others with whom they interact daily.

Dissociative Disorders

Recently considered rare and mysterious psychiatric curiosities, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) (previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder-MPD) and other Dissociative Disorders are now understood to be fairly common effects of severe trauma in early childhood, most typically extreme, repeated physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse.

In Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders-IV (American Psychiatric Association, 1994), Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) was changed to Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), reflecting changes in professional understanding of the disorder resulting from significant empirical research.

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), widely accepted as a major mental illness affecting 8% of the general population in the United States, is closely related to Dissociative Disorders. In fact, 80-100% of people diagnosed with a Dissociative Disorder also have a secondary diagnosis of PTSD. The personal and societal cost of trauma disorders is extremely high. Recent research suggests the risk of suicide attempts among people with trauma disorders may be even higher than among people who have major depression. In addition, there is evidence that people with trauma disorders have higher rates of alcoholism, chronic medical illnesses, and abusiveness in succeeding generations.

WHAT IS DISSOCIATION?

Dissociation is a mental process, which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memories, feelings, actions, or sense of identity. During the period of time when a person is dissociating, certain information is not associated with other information as it normally would be. For example, during a traumatic experience, a person may dissociate the memory of the place and circumstances of the trauma from his ongoing memory, resulting in a temporary mental escape from the fear and pain of the trauma and, in some cases, a memory gap surrounding the experience. Because this process can produce changes in memory, people who frequently dissociate often find their senses of personal history and identity are affected.

Most clinicians believe that dissociation exists on a continuum of severity. This continuum reflects a wide range of experiences and/or symptoms. At one end are mild dissociative experiences common to most people, such as daydreaming, highway hypnosis, or "getting lost" in a book or movie, all of which involve "losing touch" with conscious awareness of one's immediate surroundings. At the other extreme is complex, chronic dissociation, such as in cases of Dissociative Disorders, which may result in serious impairment or inability to function. Some people with Dissociative Disorders can hold highly responsible jobs, contributing to society in a variety of professions, the arts, and public service -- appearing to function normally to coworkers, neighbors, and others with whom they interact daily.

There is a great deal of overlap of symptoms and experiences among the various Dissociative Disorders, including DID. For the sake of clarity, this brochure will refer to Dissociative Disorders as a collective term. Individuals should seek help from qualified mental health providers to answer questions about their own particular circumstances and diagnoses.

HOW DOES A DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER DEVELOP?

When faced with overwhelmingly traumatic situations from which there is no physical escape, a child may resort to "going away" in his or her head. Children typically use this ability as an extremely effective defense against acute physical and emotional pain, or anxious anticipation of that pain. By this dissociative process, thoughts, feelings, memories, and perceptions of the traumatic experiences can be separated off psychologically, allowing the child to function as if the trauma had not occurred.

Dissociative Disorders are often referred to as a highly creative survival technique because they allow individuals enduring "hopeless" circumstances to preserve some areas of healthy functioning. Over time, however, for a child who has been repeatedly physically and sexually assaulted, defensive dissociation becomes reinforced and conditioned. Because the dissociative escape is so effective, children who are very practiced at it may automatically use it whenever they feel threatened or anxious -- even if the anxiety-producing situation is not extreme or abusive.

Often, even after the traumatic circumstances are long past, the left-over pattern of defensive dissociation remains. Chronic defensive dissociation may lead to serious dysfunction in work, social, and daily activities.

Repeated dissociation may result in a series of separate entities, or mental states, which may eventually take on identities of their own. These entities may become the internal "personality states" of a DID system. Changing between these states of consciousness is often described as "switching."

WHO GETS DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS?

The vast majority (as many as 98 to 99%) of individuals who develop Dissociative Disorders have documented histories of repetitive, overwhelming, and often life-threatening trauma at a sensitive developmental stage of childhood (usually before the age of nine), and they may possess an inherited biological predisposition for dissociation. In our culture the most frequent precursor to Dissociative Disorders is extreme physical, emotional, and sexual abuse in childhood...

Current research shows that DID may affect 1% of the general population and perhaps as many as 5-20% of people in psychiatric hospitals, many of whom have received other diagnoses. The incidence rates are even higher among sexual-abuse survivors and individuals with chemical dependencies. These statistics put Dissociative Disorders in the same category as schizophrenia, depression, and anxiety, as one of the four major mental health problems today.

**machschnell** · 10-01-2005, 03:05 PM

Originally Posted by BakerBoy

Hey look, some jackass just registered a new member with my real name. Looks like Blurred is back in action!

Yeah that's pretty lame...Makes you wonder about why someone would do that...

**BakerBoy** · 10-01-2005, 03:47 PM

Originally Posted by Core Shot

Well, as Tom Cruise likes to say:

Matt, matt, matt, matt, matt.
You don't know the history of Brett's psychiatry like I do.

Core Shot = Blurred? That explains a couple things.

**edg** · 10-01-2005, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by BakerBoy

Core Shot = Blurred? That explains a couple things.

Thats true! You've never seen them post posting in the same place at the same time!

edg

**Monique** · 10-01-2005, 04:04 PM

It's about time the good twin showed up. Or perhaps in a fiendishly clever move BakerBoy has registered his own name as an alias and then started this thread as a red herring. The problem with that plot is he's the only one who can SPELL his name.

(Yeah, I see it coming: M-A-T-T)

**Pinner** · 10-01-2005, 04:59 PM

Your real name is "Meatwad?"

**Smooth Johnson** · 10-01-2005, 05:13 PM

Originally Posted by edg

But then we wouldn't get all those *hillarious* aliases, would we?

edg

nobody would stick up for the unmitigated glory of carving groomers...it would be a fucking tragedy.

**Plakespear** · 10-01-2005, 06:15 PM

Isn't it great that Brett has such a reputation of being a dick that he automatically gets blamed for everything? Makes it so much easier for other to act like dicks without fear of getting caught.

**BakerBoy** · 10-01-2005, 06:28 PM

Originally Posted by Plakespear

Isn't it great that Brett has such a reputation of being a dick that he automatically gets blamed for everything? Makes it so much easier for other to act like dicks without fear of getting caught.

So then you're taking responsibility for this? Dick.

**aspenskibum** · 10-01-2005, 06:40 PM

Originally Posted by BakerBoy

So then you're taking responsibility for this? Dick.

hmm, no, fuck it, ill take responsibility.

since i uh, know your real name and everything

**Droopy** · 10-01-2005, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by aspenskibum

hmm, no, fuck it, ill take responsibility.

since i uh, know your real name and everything

baker boy if famous you know

**aspenskibum** · 10-01-2005, 07:39 PM

well even if i have heard of him, i don't know who he is, but if he is some ski movie guy, that would explain someone on his jock registering with his name, thinking that this is just an internet forrum, and that no industry people/sponsored skiers actually come in here