Comments on: US of Tara http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/ New York support group for people with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) / Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD) Tue, 27 Dec 2011 21:08:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jigsaw analogy--ellis http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/comment-page-1/#comment-1267 jigsaw analogy--ellis Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:50:24 +0000 http://www.new-landscape.com/?p=480#comment-1267 it really was a good episode to make me eager for the next season. i've been pretty happy with this show, even though i agree that it really ought to be longer than half an hour. although i like their approach of developing the story slowly, so that while each half-hour episode is self-contained, they don't try to resolve too much, so it doesn't feel trite. i also wish they'd bring out the next season in the fall, rather than in january (i *hope* it's january!) a little bit, i wish we'd just gone ahead and waited until it came out on dvd, so we could watch the episodes back to back. i might talk w into switching to showtime on demand, which is cheaper and where you get the episodes a week early. and i LOVED that final scene in the bowling alley. it was really great. it really was a good episode to make me eager for the next season. i’ve been pretty happy with this show, even though i agree that it really ought to be longer than half an hour. although i like their approach of developing the story slowly, so that while each half-hour episode is self-contained, they don’t try to resolve too much, so it doesn’t feel trite.

i also wish they’d bring out the next season in the fall, rather than in january (i *hope* it’s january!) a little bit, i wish we’d just gone ahead and waited until it came out on dvd, so we could watch the episodes back to back. i might talk w into switching to showtime on demand, which is cheaper and where you get the episodes a week early.

and i LOVED that final scene in the bowling alley. it was really great.

]]> By: chariots http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/comment-page-1/#comment-1262 chariots Mon, 06 Apr 2009 12:14:41 +0000 http://www.new-landscape.com/?p=480#comment-1262 a-HA! The 16 yr old incident isn't all there is.... Ok - that was the last show of the season last night (well, this week it will keep showing). I have to say - waiting till 2010 seems like too long! I feel like I'll miss her, miss Tara, miss this "friend" on TV. That's how I felt about books I've read too - multiple's stories/bios - I feel like I'm sitting with a friend when I read their books. I feel understood. I feel less alone. Anyhow - I'm glad the show did so well and is coming back next year. And I'm sad that it's a year before we get to see her again! Bummer. I also still feel frustrated that the show is only 1/2 hour. It could so easily be longer than that. So I can whine or be thankful. I'm thankful the show exists and will exist again next year. It's been really great. Tara comes up in therapy alot. She's been helpful/useful, even if there are over the top elements. a-HA! The 16 yr old incident isn’t all there is….

Ok – that was the last show of the season last night (well, this week it will keep showing). I have to say – waiting till 2010 seems like too long! I feel like I’ll miss her, miss Tara, miss this “friend” on TV.

That’s how I felt about books I’ve read too – multiple’s stories/bios – I feel like I’m sitting with a friend when I read their books. I feel understood. I feel less alone.

Anyhow – I’m glad the show did so well and is coming back next year. And I’m sad that it’s a year before we get to see her again! Bummer. I also still feel frustrated that the show is only 1/2 hour. It could so easily be longer than that.

So I can whine or be thankful. I’m thankful the show exists and will exist again next year. It’s been really great. Tara comes up in therapy alot. She’s been helpful/useful, even if there are over the top elements.

]]> By: jigsaw analogy--ellis http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/comment-page-1/#comment-1256 jigsaw analogy--ellis Sat, 04 Apr 2009 23:32:20 +0000 http://www.new-landscape.com/?p=480#comment-1256 i'm also pretty happy with how they handled things on the show. and i agree with the trauma probably having happened earlier, particularly since gimme first showed up when her parents came to visit. i'm really glad they are going to have a second season. i'm looking forward to seeing that. i’m also pretty happy with how they handled things on the show. and i agree with the trauma probably having happened earlier, particularly since gimme first showed up when her parents came to visit.

i’m really glad they are going to have a second season. i’m looking forward to seeing that.

]]> By: chariots http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/comment-page-1/#comment-1255 chariots Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:30:20 +0000 http://www.new-landscape.com/?p=480#comment-1255 I guess the last show is coming up tomorrow, for this season. I still think they've done a pretty good job overall - it being TV and all. I have a hard time imagining though, that her abuse occurring at 16, is the reason she has DID. By definition, I don't think that's even possible. In order to dissociate and develop personalities, you need to be 8 or under - to have experienced trauma then, when your brain wasn't fully developed yet. So it will be interesting to see where they take this. Will they suggest that she only experienced abuse at 16 and that's why she has DID? .... based on foreshadowing, and how they depicted her parents and sister though, I have a feeling trauma will show up when she was younger too. Not only that - but if they consulted with Dr. Kluft or anyone else on the matter - they couldn't let the 16 year old incident be the only one. Next season will show I guess - don't think anything will be showing up this season for it. I guess the last show is coming up tomorrow, for this season. I still think they’ve done a pretty good job overall – it being TV and all.

I have a hard time imagining though, that her abuse occurring at 16, is the reason she has DID. By definition, I don’t think that’s even possible. In order to dissociate and develop personalities, you need to be 8 or under – to have experienced trauma then, when your brain wasn’t fully developed yet.

So it will be interesting to see where they take this. Will they suggest that she only experienced abuse at 16 and that’s why she has DID? …. based on foreshadowing, and how they depicted her parents and sister though, I have a feeling trauma will show up when she was younger too.

Not only that – but if they consulted with Dr. Kluft or anyone else on the matter – they couldn’t let the 16 year old incident be the only one.

Next season will show I guess – don’t think anything will be showing up this season for it.

]]> By: chariots http://www.new-landscape.com/2009/02/us-of-tara/comment-page-1/#comment-1042 chariots Wed, 11 Mar 2009 13:06:52 +0000 http://www.new-landscape.com/?p=480#comment-1042 Ok - Sunday's show turned me into a pumpkin (one way I call it when I shift). Got all heavy headed at the end - and then heard my voice sound different when trying to speak my husband and mother (who was visiting)..... thank God she didn't watch most of that last show! Intense on many fronts. One thought I have - is that I think this show is making me feel more ok about myself. Like it's ok to be this way. More settled. .... this is real, this is me, and though I want to change in certain respects, this is ok. There's something really good about this show - in bringing more peace to me, about myself. Unexpected. I mean, I knew I was uncomfortable with myself - but it feels so normal to feel so uncomfortable - that it's very noticeable that I'm now feeling MORE comfortable - with me. Hmmmm. Nice..... Ok – Sunday’s show turned me into a pumpkin (one way I call it when I shift). Got all heavy headed at the end – and then heard my voice sound different when trying to speak my husband and mother (who was visiting)….. thank God she didn’t watch most of that last show! Intense on many fronts.

One thought I have – is that I think this show is making me feel more ok about myself. Like it’s ok to be this way. More settled. …. this is real, this is me, and though I want to change in certain respects, this is ok. There’s something really good about this show – in bringing more peace to me, about myself. Unexpected. I mean, I knew I was uncomfortable with myself – but it feels so normal to feel so uncomfortable – that it’s very noticeable that I’m now feeling MORE comfortable – with me. Hmmmm. Nice…..

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