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The Latest Kristin Chronicles Happenings: Excitement Is Building!


Now that I have a stable living situation (thank the universe!!), I am launching full-speed ahead into my many projects & goals that I've been dreaming up these past few months while spending most of my days in bed (or on the couch; wherever I was staying while being homeless).

The Kristin Chronicles has BIG PLANS & it all starts here & now—today, here, with you & I. EXCITING!!

Here are my many current goals & projects:

Continue creating video blogs every single day & posting as frequently as possible (typically it's every day, or twice a week with lots of videos at once, haha). The Kristin Chronicles Video Channel: www.YouTube.com/KristinChronicles.

March 3rd launched my new project of daily affirmation texts. The objective is to kick off each day with some form of an empowering message, whether it be a personal affirmation, a motivational quote, or an inspirational message written by me, Kristin Windsor. I already feel so encouraged & excited by the positive feedback I've received over this past week & I look forward to continuing this daily personal challenge of positive empowerment.

To sign up & begin receiving these daily messages, please email me at KristinChroniclesDID@gmail.com with the subject line "Daily Affirmation Text Sign-Up." If you live outside the US, or if you prefer utilizing social media, Facebook messenger is an optional replacement for text messages. Just let me know in your email which you'd prefer to use, & either your phone number or your Facebook profile link.

Here's one example:

Hopefully I'll soon begin sending bimonthly email updates (for email subscribers through my website, & for any close family & friends who want to be in the loop) regarding my progress along both my own personal healing journey as well as in my "career pursuit" as a mental health advocate & life coach. (reword?)

Creating personal growth challenges: each challenge prompt will be different & unique, but the concept will be that, for a given length of time (a week, 10 days, one month), beautiful souls intentionally tackle a specific aspect of mental health. From cultivating deeper self-love to developing a mindset of gratitude, these social media post prompts will provide a platform for us to grow, connect, & be challenged in a beautiful way. Stay tuned! Upcoming challenges will be posted to this webpage: http://kristinkarina.wixsite.com/INSIGHT/challenges.

Developing a coping skills toolbox. If you encounter a symptomatic obstacle requiring inaccessible mental health coping tools, please email me about it & I will work on creating coping tools for that sort of scenerio: KristinChroniclesDID@gmail.com. The Kristin Chronicles' Coping Skills Toolbox: http://kristinkarina.wixsite.com/KristinChronicles/copingtools.

Last year, I worked for several months to design a patreon platform to gain financial support along my healing journey while I am disabled & struggling to live with dissociative identity disorder (DID) & complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD). Now, I seek to expand that platform & gain patron pledges so I can afford to cope effectively & care for my basic essential needs. An income to sustain myelf will allow for my to continue my work: full speed ahead! Patreon Platform: www.patreon.com/KristinChronicles.

Beginning to brainstorm what the format of being a mental health life coach might look like according to the vision I've had for many, many years. (Click here for my first post about this exciting next step!)

A long-term project inspired by the movie Inside Out: Since this will take years to complete, I'd like to begin as soon as possible! Begin brainstorming to write a screenplay for a movie resembling Inside Out that's uniquely designed to explain the mind of someone with dissociative identity disorder (DID), previously known as multiple personality disorder (MPD).

Dig up old notes from three years spent learning at the Institute for Children's Literature & begin brainstorming ideas for children's books specifically addressing common fears of "littles," child alters within a dissociative identity.

Video Blogs RE Requests From Followers:

  • "Who is in control: us or our brains?" Answer: It depends how consciously aware we are.

  • A video about introspection.

Addressing several specific topics in videos or written articles. Here is a compilation of project prompts for myself:

  • Take mindful, meditative time to reflect upon this journal prompt: What insults do the voices in your head continually tell you? What negative self-talk do you hear on a regular basis? What soul-crushing criticisms happen within your mind that affect you at times? Write them down; all of them. PART TWO: Write 3-5 positive self-affirmations to counter each of those negative sentences.

  • Create a FAQ's page or post with questions & related links to answer them in detail: What questions come up the most frequently when interacting with followers on social media?

  • What are the classifications of mental disorders? What are the differences in terms of cause, diagnosis, & treatment? Address: mood, personality, psychotic, anxiety, & dissociative disorders.

  • What information is important when creating a mental health portfolio? What is its purpose/ the objective of creating one? All past doctor information: diagnoses, medications tried (& the details of each one), names & credentials of every mental health professional seen, notes & observations from past therapists, treatment goals & progress updates/ reports, etc.

  • Addressing needs of my alters: What do you need in life in order to be happy, fulfilled, & truly at peace within yourself/ ourselves? What needs have been unmet in the past that has caused you pain? How can that be remedied/ healed in the present, & how can I specifically help with that healing mission?

  • Brainstorm a name for my internal family system, my dissociative identity, my alters collectively:

  • Validation Challenge: (validate self & others daily)

  • Self-Love Challenge: cultivating deeper self-worth

  • Gratitude Challenge: developing a mindset of gratitude

  • My story: passion for teaching & leadership, creative self-expression, & life coaching: my mental health advocacy journey (the past 10+ years) & how it led me to where I am today.

  • Index of terms

  • Tips for supporting a loved one with severe mental illness

  • Tips for supporting a loved one with dissociative identity disorder// "How to be my Friend"

  • Current treatment options for DID: where I hope the future will lead in terms of treatment options for DID

  • Integration: What is it? How do you get there/ What's the treatment process? Is it a good goal?

  • Work in DBT Skills Training Workbook & create content about it, especially any aspects to potentially help others.

  • Create "alter questionnaires" with several parts, starting basic & getting more in depth with each one. To help others with DID.

  • Introduce each of my 15 alters. (Ask each of them individually how they want to be introduced: video, article; 1st person, 3rd person; etc. Ensure they have safe space to express themselves regularly.)

  • Research projects: What non-profit organizations exist for trauma & dissociative disorders? (Have a complete list with names, contact info, tagline/ motto/ slogan, & a basic overview of what they provide/ offer.) What needs are being unmet for people like me with a disorder like DID? If I were to start diving into non-profit work (related to my own battles), where would/ should I begin?

  • Mental health advocacy article: Why does mental health matter? What aspects of life does it directly impact & affect? What troubles within society could potentially be alleviated if mental health issues were more seriously addressed within communities?

  • What is dissociation? What is the cause of dissociation? Why does the brain feel the need to dissociate? What does the experience of dissociation feel like? What are the dangers/ hazards of dissociation? How can it negatively impact one's daily life? How can it harm one's personal life?

  • Compare & Contrast: DID & Alteimer's or dementia

  • Compare & Contrast: DID & cancer

  • Compare & Contrast: DID & brain tumor

  • Compare & Contrast: DID/ severe mental illness & cancer

  • Compare & Contrast: DID & schizophrenia


 
 
 

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