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Tao, a French Alliage 42, was abandoned last Thursday some 1200 miles southeast of Cape Cod. Thanks to Gwenael for bringing this to our attention in the comments.
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Simpson USCG
Before we go any further, please take two minutes to watch the video above, I promise it will be worth your time (link to original).
Gwenael did some research and came up with the following information from a French forum:
The boat was returned [capsized] by a very big wave. The man at the helm was thrown into the boat with his harness. The mast was torn and the boat remained upside down for 5 minutes. It was during this time that it filled with water. Then he returned to the place. There was too much water to be pumped and it continued to fill with water. They started their EPIRB , they were geolocated by Coastguards . They deployed the life raft , but it filled with water and the rope broke, they saw the raft going away from the boat. The helicopter [was actually a Hercules aircraft] was able to launch another life raft and a VHF radio, a man from the sailboat dove to catch the radio in water. The crew is younger than the Coastguards say. The boat is a 44 Alloy with centreboard. During a storm it is better to be in an enclosed wheelhouse or a dog house with a watertight door .
Now first off, I should state that we have not verified any of this information and obviously there is a lot more to know. But for the purposes of this post I don't think that really matters for three reasons:
- This forum account is both a plausible and sadly common reason for a yacht loss.
- Colin, who is incredibly perceptive about these things, deduced the same from the video.
- Even if some of the details turn out to be wrong, this is such a common yacht loss scenario that learning from it, as related here, is still useful.
One other thing. Nothing that follows should be taken as criticism of the skipper and crew of Tao. All I'm trying to do here is learn from what happened in order to make you, our readers (and Phyllis and I), safer when we go to sea. (This kind of analysis of a scenario, real or imagined, is a lot of what made our High Latitude Voyaging course go as well as it did.)
With all that covering-my-ass out of the way, here are my thoughts.
It All Starts With Capsize
- Most yacht losses at sea start with a capsize.
- Yachts, no matter how well found, are often (usually?) damaged by capsize to the point that they are no longer seaworthy and need assistance.
- Crews are often injured too.
Prevention Is Better Than Cure
While I hear Gwenael and agree on the desirability of enclosed wheelhouses and watertight doors, to me this loss once again confirms that:
- Given the above, prevention of capsize is the vital place in which to put energy and money, not trying to make a boat less likely to be damaged in a capsize as is often advocated. (Of course, given unlimited money and time, both would be best.)
- Gear and techniques do exist to prevent capsize in even the worst conditions, but sadly, as far as I can see, few yachts are so equipped and even fewer have practised with the gear.
- Every yacht venturing offshore should carry and have tested said gear to prevent capsize.
Steering Should Not Be Required
- Said gear and techniques should allow the yacht to go safely passive in storm force winds without the need for crew on deck to steer or requiring a functioning autopilot or vane gear. And this goes double for short handed boats and triple for short handed boats crewed by creaky old guys like me.
- I think that for most boat types, the Jordan Series Drogue is currently the best option to satisfy the above requirement.
- The other alternative is heaving-to, but this must be done right or it can actually result in a capsize.
Rescue by Ship is a Last Resort
- The video shows, once again, how dangerous being rescued by a ship in heavy weather is.
Lifting Keel
As Jean-François points out in this comment, we really need to know if the lifting keel was up or down when the (assumed) capsize took place. The reason being that French lifting keel boats like Tao have an enviable track record of surviving very heavy weather without capsize, but that ability does depend to a great extent on having the keel up so the boat can skid sideways at the bottom of a wave face, rather than tripping over the keel and broaching. (Note that JF uses "capsize" for mast in the water but not completely over and "roll completely over" and I use "capsize" for going completely upside-down and "knock down" for mast in the water.)
This brings up an interesting point: Do these lifting keel boats need to carry capsize prevention systems like the Jordan Series Drogue? I really don't know, having only sailed on this type of boat in benign conditions and for a few hours.
Having said that, it is interesting to read Jimmy Cornell's comments on sailing an Ovni in heavy weather. The key take away for me is that during his circumnavigation and high latitude voyages he relied heavily on keeping the boat sailing, by either hand steering, or relying on an autopilot. Given my beliefs about going passive, and the fact that Phyllis and I usually sail short-handed, I would, if I owned a lifting keel boat, equip her with a Jordan Series Drogue.
A Nasty Storm
I took a look at the weather in the area of Tao's position when the crew were taken off (red dot) and it is clear that it was a nasty blow from a low that formed very quickly and then rapidly intensified. The lesson for me here is that if we cross oceans no amount of weather routing can keep us out of a blow like this every time. If we go to sea for long enough we will get nailed eventually. Therefore we must be prepared as I discussed earlier in the post.
In a Nasty Place
Having said that, Tao looks like a well found boat and, as I say above, the type have a great track record in conditions as bad and worse than those experienced by Tao. So I became suspicious that there might have been another factor at work here. Sure enough, a surface current map from two days before the abandonment shows a cold core eddy from the Gulf Stream close to the rescue position. We will probably never know for sure, but I think that it is extremely likely that this contributed to the loss.
Once again I need to beat a drum that I have just about worn out. The combination of currents and high winds doesn't end well for yachts. Offshore, even a current of as little as half a knot against storm force winds can produce truly horrendous breaking waves and therefore it is vital to avoid these areas when any winds over about 25 knots are forecast. Of course, that can be easier said than done, so that means that we should carry gear to survive in these conditions.
Rogue Waves
Almost every time something like the loss of Tao happens, sooner or later someone will blame it on a rogue wave and add the implication that the boat was just in the wrong place at the wrong time–bad luck. I think this is absolute rubbish, and a dangerous misconception to boot.
Rather than using this cop-out, we need to understand that any time strong winds occur there will be waves around that are nearly twice the height of the significant wave height, which is itself the average of the highest one third of the waves. And there is a distinct possibility of a few waves even higher than that. Add in an ocean current against the wind, a situation that is not always avoidable, and those waves will get higher, closer together and will break.
Once we understand and accept that, we can equip our boats and sail them to deal with the ocean the way it really is.


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As a participant in the Second Annual National Vigil for All Victims of Gun Violence to #EndGunViolence, the Coalition Against Gun Violence is hosting an Interfaith Vigil and Memorial – "Remember & Recommit" – at Trinity Episcopal Church, 1500 State Street, Thursday evening December 11, 2014, from 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. December 14, 2012, will mark two years […]
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Gun Buyback a Huge Success!
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HUGE SUCCESS AT THE FIRST-EVER SANTA BARBARA GUN BUYBACK EVENT AT EARL WARREN SHOWGROUNDS: as the sponsoring organization Coalition Against Gun Violence (CAGV), A Santa Barbara County Coalition in collaboration with the City of Santa Barbara Police Department can be thanked for their successful efforts in collecting 239 GUNS TURNED IN! & FOR TAKING SIGNIFICANT […]
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Americans cannot allow gun violence to continue to happen in towns across the country at the frequency it is occurring, and to the degree in which it's now being considered the "new normal." Instead use the empathy and compassion expressed by many as inspiration in the continuing growth of our community. We must understand that […]
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Statistics and studies suggest owning a firearm could make a household more vulnerable NOT safer. The fact is, not a single study to date has shown that the risk of any crime including burglary, robbery, home invasion, or spousal abuse against a female is decreased through gun ownership. Though there are examples of women using […]
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A report by The New Republic argues that Silicon Valley's widely documented tolerance of failing startups has led to a "failure fetish" and over-acceptance of "dumb ideas" in the startup market. Venture capitalists who perpetuate the mythology aren't helping.
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We will."Earth, in the form of 6' 4", 264-pound behemoth Brandon Jacobs, was inagreement, boldly predicting that he and his backfield mates would still be the"best running team in the league" even without Wind -- a.k.a. Derrick Ward, whocontributed 2,190 yards from scrimmage over the past two seasons. "That's notbragging," Jacobs said. "We can be just as good or better than Earth, Wind andFire." (Ward signed a four-year, $17 million free-agent contract with theBuccaneers.)While Jacobs was the Giants' unquestioned starter in 2007 and '08, theslashers Bradshaw (5' 9", 198) and Ward (5' 11", 228) were crucial toNew York's ground game, largely because of Jacobs's propensity to wear down. Hispunishing, bowl-you-over running style has its advantages (witness theAug. 22 preseason game, in which he twice flattened Bears linebacker BrianUrlacher) and its drawbacks (nine missed starts over two years). Jacobs hits hispeak in a game at carries 16 through 20 (5.6 yards per attempt); after thatthere's a substantial drop-off (4.1 on carries 21 through 25). Hence the time-sharing. In 2008 Jacobs accounted for 43.6% of the team'srushing attempts, ninth-lowest among starting tailbacks. Ward accounted for36.3% of the workload, a figure that only four other backups topped lastseason.With Ward's departure, Bradshaw slides up the depth chart, a move he wassupposed to make last season, his second in the NFL, but failed to because of anagging calf strain -- and inexperience. "Mentally, Ahmad is way ahead of where hewas last year," says Jacobs. "He's not thinking anymore, he's just playing. Thatcomes from messing it up one or two times and knowing that you can't mess it upa third time." If Bradshaw does mess up, Danny Ware (6 feet, 234), a third-yearback who has looked good as a receiving and special teams threat during thepreseason, could make a run at the No. 2 job. Jacobs, too, hopes to play a bigger role in the passing game, which wouldlessen the physical punishment he takes (and the amount of run-blocking an agingand banged-up line is called on to do). He relishes getting the ball on theedges and in the defensive backfield, where he'd face tacklers 100 poundslighter than those on the defensive line. So in the off-season he worked onstrengthening his hands and on his pass-catching skills.One play in the preseason game at Chicago provided a glimpse of his receiverpotential: Jacobs caught the ball six yards past the line of scrimmage (beyondUrlacher, 295-pound run-stuffer Tommie Harris and 310-pound nosetackle AnthonyAdams) and churned another 10 yards through an outsized secondary before hewas dragged down from behind by a linebacker and a cornerback. If Jacobs catchesjust one pass per game, he will have 10 more receptions than he had lastseason.As for the wide receivers, they're liking what they're seeing. 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Podcast number 36 from SOE is here, introducing us to many people, and giving us the inside scoop on SOE's trip to Seattle for ION 2008.
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I'm a bad bad girl. I've run away from my computer and set up camp in a luxury apartment on Hastings St, Noosa for the weekend. This holiday town is a couple of hours north of Brisbane and the perfect place for seven co-workers to leave their cares behind, kick off their shoes, take in the view and open several bottles of Australian wine. So I'm not writing a winks this weekend. I'm not doing a reading guide. I'm enjoying the company of my workmates and friends and leaving the stress of my "real" day job behind. To make up for my tardiness I thought I'd share this holiday apartment for sale in Noosa. Just down the road from where I am at the moment. Not quite my style but you can't fault the location! Ocean, national park and holiday hot spot. If you're standing where the rocks are in the top picture I'm further down the beach. All I can say is thank goodness for Blogger's advance publishing option! Cheers!


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In partnership with luxury perfume
The Macallan Interview - Roja Dove
The Macallan has worked in partnership with luxury perfumer Roja Dove, creating 'The Macallan Aroma Box' to help people better explore and understand the characteristics of The Macallan Sherry Oak and Fine Oak ranges. Here we find out what inspires the man behind the scents...
Tell us in your own words what you do.
I have spent my life trying to help people have a better understanding of scent – it being the most difficult of all the senses to articulate and the one we generally speak least about. This manifests in both my work as a creative perfumer or as one who helps the press.
Where do you draw your inspiration from when you create a new scent?
When I create a new scent I start with its name. My partner Peter and I sit in our garden drinking tea and think of names we like. I think scent should instil a profound emotional response in us – if it does not, the scent is bland or banal. The name helps me think how the scent needs to be. For example, Danger cannot be anything but rich and overtly sensual, whereas Unspoken suggests an effect that is the same as when you catch someone's eye. It is thrilling. Everything is understood without the need for a word to be exchanged.
How did you come to work with The Macallan?
I started talking to The Macallan about flavour and aromas and how, in my opinion, most whiskies are described in such a way that people are often not engaged. We spoke about me creating a series of 'fragrances' which would help people understand the basic concepts of volatility versus depth, immaturity vs maturity and cold vs warm, and then six blends which capture the intrinsic characteristics of The Sherry Oak and Fine Oak Macallan.
I love the fact that when people smell them they understand what they experience in the whiskies immediately and so become totally engaged and, I believe, gain an even greater appreciation of the whiskies themselves.
What are the similarities in whisky making and perfumery?
I would say the greatest similarities are the lengths we both go to obtain the best we can.
There is an inherent knowledge that only the best will do – for The Macallan that means having a barley which is uniquely their own, or spending enormous sums to have the best oak barrels to obtain specific effects which give them an inimitable signature. Whereas I use Jasmine from Grasse in the south of France which requires five million flowers picked before dawn to create a litre of oil, resulting in an oil which costs more than the price of gold bullion.
The other obvious similarity is that both The Macallan and I never hurry – a product is ready when it is ready. For The Macallan that might mean waiting thirty years, which is exactly how long the youngest sandalwood I would consider using will be.
Many newcomers to single malt whisky find the aroma and taste challenging. How do you feel the aroma oils you have blended for The Macallan will help people overcome this sensory challenge to appreciate The Macallan?
I believed firmly that for most people whisky is so volatile it is hard to smell the nuances. With a breadth of flavour as diverse as The Macallan's, I felt it essential that people could understand the basic characteristics available. I was shocked when I first met Bob Dalgarno, their Master of Spirit, and discovered that whisky can be rich and earthy, but also can be delicate and floral. I started creating this highly original tool, as I was determined that people would be able to understand the variety, diversity, and complexity which is The Macallan.
Do you have a favourite scent?
I have always loved perfume and wear my Semi-Bespoke No. V. I love how smoky and sensual it is. Everyone I know, knows me for it – it smells like me.
Do you have a favourite expression of The Macallan?
I love the floral aspect of Blend No. 12 in the aroma box. Which is an expression of one aspect of The Macallan American Fine Oak – I love it as it is unexpected and I hate predictability.
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There are probs with them we have had ours since April 2010 and and the Lug on the lid has broken into 3 pieces they are not covered under warranty and range from £35.00 - £55.00 on ebay mine has gone :(, also the centre paddle spindle goes brittle and breaks up. you have been warned otherwise fantastic piece of kit.
Impressed with the cooking - can find no faults - only problem is the break up of the drive spindle after 1 year thus making the unit inoperable. It seems crazy to me that such a small and obviously cheap item can render the unit unserviceable. It would be nice if these spindles were obtainable as it only takes 5 mins to replace.
Excellent as far as cooking goes - the only problem is that the spindle has failed and thus the whole unit is now defunct - it seems crazy that this item(the spindle) is not available as it only takes 5 mins to change.
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LONDON — Solvay has agreed to buy U.S. producer Chemlogics for $1.3 billion in cash to expand its offering of chemicals for the oil and gas industry.
The Belgian company is paying 10.7 times earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the business, which generated about $500 million in annual sales, Solvay said Monday in a statement. The Brussels-based chemical manufacturer will sell about 1 billion euros ($1.35 billion) in hybrid bonds to help support finances.
The purchase is part of Chief Executive Officer Jean-Pierre Clamadieu's transformation of Solvay as he expands its offering of more profitable materials. Profit from Chemlogics's products, used to ease friction in drilling, is growing at more than 10 percent, said Solvay, which already makes some ingredients used in this area. That contrasts with a slowdown in sales at polyvinyl chloride operations that Clamadieu is seeking to exit via a joint venture with Ineos Group Holdings.
"This is a good fit in terms of clients as for the first time they will be getting feedback" from customers, said Filip De Pauw, an analyst at ING Bank. "There's not much I can say about the price at this point as they haven't disclosed synergies."
The price Solvay is paying will be 8.7 times Chemlogics earnings, once an expected tax benefit is taken into account, the Belgian company said. Paso Robles, Calif.-based Chemlogics generates about $125 million in Ebitda, with three factories, eight formulation sites and six research hubs.
Oil and gas additives are a business hotspot for the $4 trillion chemical industry, with expansion in shale extraction in the U.S. attracting European players including BASF and Evonik Industries. Swiss producer Clariant and Kemira of Finland have already made purchases to expand in the segment.
Chemlogics, part-owned by One Equity Partners, was founded in 2002. It provides friction reducers for drill heads as well as cementing materials that complement Solvay's Novecare range of surfactants and natural polymers.
Solvay's client base will be broadened from large customers such as Halliburton Co. to a plethora of niche oilfield-services companies such as Pumpco Energy Services Inc.
The oil and gas production-chemical market is growing by at least 6 percent a year on average, Clamadieu said on a conference call. Stricter environmental regulations are boosting demand for chemicals that can treat the water used in the process.
For Chemlogics CEO Bill Frost, who will retain an advisory role following the acquisition, it's a way to pass on the company with management largely intact.
"This acquisition accelerates Solvay's ongoing transformation," Clamadieu said. The purchase will give the company a "significant" share of the $8 billion oil and gas exploration and production market and savings as the business is merged into existing operations, Solvay said, without giving figures.
Goldman Sachs Group advised Solvay on the deal.
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It seems as more and more of the fish available to us in the supermarket and in restaurants is farmed. Is this good or bad? Probably a bit of both. Raising fish in fish farms doesn't impact the wild fish to any great extent, but fish farms must be well situated, and well run to prevent problems. They are not natural ecosystems! Aquaculture has become a booming industry in Chile, with salmon and other fish farmed in floating enclosures along the South Pacific coast. But as farmers densely pack these pens to meet demand, diseases can easily pass between fish — for example, an outbreak of infectious salmon anemia that emerged in 2007 caused the deaths of more than a million fish and threatened to cripple the industry. And unsustainable aquaculture methods can have a wider impact, spreading disease to the world's already vulnerable ocean fisheries and contaminating the environment.
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Pregnant women who lived in close proximity to fields and farms where chemical pesticides were applied experienced a two-thirds increased risk of having a child with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental delay, according to a new study. The research discovered the associations were even stronger when the exposures occurred during the second and third trimesters of the women's pregnancies.
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We get a little suspicious when we hear the claims that it's possible to get rid of the gunk that accumulates in our cells by doing a cleanse with "clean" foods. But what if some foods actually do help detox the body? The results of a recent clinical trial suggest that compounds in cruciferous vegetables like broccoli (and kale) prod cells to get rid of certain air pollutants. The intriguing randomized control trial of about 300 Chinese adults found that consuming a beverage made with broccoli sprouts every day for three months lead to high rates of excretion (in urine) of two harmful chemicals: benzene and acrolein.
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Plants make and store energy from the sun using a process called photosynthesis. This process has evolved on planet earth over millions of years. How can we mess with plant DNA to improve on what nature has evolved? Three research teams--each comprised of scientists from the United States and the United Kingdom--have been awarded a second round of funding to continue research on news ways to improve the efficiency of photosynthesis. The ultimate goal of this potentially high-impact research is to develop methods to increase yields of important crops that are harvested for food and sustainable biofuels. But if this research is successful, it may also be used to support reforestation efforts and efforts to increase the productivity of trees for the manufacture of wood and paper and thousands of other products that are derived from wood and chemicals extracted from trees. Another reason why photosynthesis is an important research topic: It has made the Earth hospitable for life by generating food and oxygen.
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Populations of the popular Monarch butterfly have been declining in recent years and a new study is citing habitat loss on US breeding grounds as the main culprit. The eastern North American monarch population is known not only for its iconic orange and black colors, but also for its late summer migration from the United States to Mexico, a migration covering thousands of miles. And despite the long-held belief that monarch butterflies are most vulnerable to disturbances on wintering grounds in Mexico, new research from the University of Guelph shows lack of milkweed in the US which provides breeding grounds for the species is playing more of a role for species decline.
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109 Cases of Dengue in Bengal
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(IANS) As many as 109 confirmed cases of dengue have been reported so far in West Bengal, a senior health official said Friday.
"So far there are 109 patients who have been confirmed as suffering from dengue. We are keeping a close watch on the situation. The menace is on rise but we have taken measures to control it and it will bear results very soon," director, health services B.R. Satpathy told IANS.
When the endemic first came in fore in the second week of August, the number of confirmed cases was 80.
For the last few days, several people in and around Kolkata have been admitted to several hospitals with symptoms similar to dengue.
The state government has decided to launch an intense awareness campaign throughout all the disease prone areas, and also to train 142 medical officers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to tackle the menace, as most of the confirmed cases are reported in the city.
"The efforts taken by the health department and the government have already started bearing results but it will take some time to control the situation. Tomorrow (Friday), we will hold a review meeting to take a stalk about the entire situation in the state," said Satpathy
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Today we've got the story of a woman with dissociative identity disorder, commonly known as multiple personalities disorder. Her doctor, Richard Baer, will tell her story. The identity of his patient must remain anonymous, so when I was searching for tape today, I came across a story NPR aired more than 13 years ago, about Beth Hafling. At the time, she had dozens of personalities, and her friend, radio producer Dan Gediman, handed her a tape recorder so she could share her story, and hopefully help others with the same problem feel less alone. The piece clocks in at a lush 25 minutes, and Beth's story is very similar to that of Dr. Baer's patient. Since our online archives don't go back quite that far, here's a taste: Beth... and many of her other personalities (audio) sorting through the abuses she suffered. Do you, or does someone you know, have the disorder? Please share your stories here.
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Why do abused people have to be called disordered? Why can't it just be called "multiple personality"? Others can be called "traumatic stress" or "bipolar" or "schizophrenic" -- why does the "disorder" have to be added on? This feels like an insult to rape victims. They need to be empowered, and understand how their behaviors are a way to survive and heal. Healing can take a long time, but the stages can be temporary. Gay people got power from psychiatric labels of disorder. They aren't called disordered anymore. Rape survivors should get this power too. It's often the abusers that want the disorder label applied, because it discredits their victims.
It is a curious phenomenom that the patient had to travel inward to talk to the other persons. What is the clinical explanation of this?
If people do not disassociate normally in their life, but have just lost time/memory for certain periods when they were at parties or around certain people who do drugs and/or show signs of being abusive, they could have been given date rape drugs. In addition to trauma, date rape drugs can wipe out memory for periods of time.
Current reasearch results estimate that rates of Multiple personality disorder in the general public may be as high as 1%, and yet this condition continues to recieve very little media attention when compared to other mental health conditions with similar rates. Public and professional interest in child abuse and the effects of emotional trauma seem to be at an all time high, and yet the plight of those individuals who demonstrate perhaps the most severe reaction to these events seems all to often shunted to the sidelines. Congratulations to NPR for keeping awareness of this condition before the public.
On top of everything abuse survivors have endured, being labelled "disordered" is a disempowering slap in the face. Abuse disconnects people from their social connections, their feelings, their sense of connection to what is good. Calling people "disordered" also causes other people to disconnect from the survivors' feelings -- thinking these feelings are "wrong." This increases the problem, which is disconnection -- the result of abuse. When need respectful ways of referring to rape survivors that appreciate their positive value. Studies have shown what people think about other people affects those people. Put that in the DSM-V!
hi there, we are ''did'' and there were 40+ of us, now there are about 20 of us left, we have been w/the same therapist for 13+ years and just in the last 2 years we have stoped fighting therapy so hard, so we could intergrate(we still fight just not as bad). its a very scary thing. waking and leaving your house and ending up God knows where! beng with God knows who? its a very hard thing. being in a personal moment and having a child insider come out. life as a multiple is very hard, we have 2 people in our lives that believe we are us, so it makes it very hard,........... us
Yesterday, I heard this program on "Talk of the Nation", and I found the interview to be fascinating; so fascinating, I went out and bought a copy of the book. I just finished reading it, and I couldn't put the book down until I finished it. Karen's story is one of the most remarkable and heartbreaking stories I've ever read. However, having read a little about the controversy surrounding this disorder (some experts claim the manifestations of the disparate personalities, in response to all-too-real abuse, are the product of the imagination of the patient and/or the subconscious or conscious suggestion of the therapist), I would be very fascinated to hear more about this debate on a subsequent NPR program.
I am in awe of all who have this disorder and find a way to survive...Because the therapy is so very intense and the committment is years and there are so few therapists in this country who can actually treat this disorder...it is almost hopeless for most who suffer with this...I wish someone could direct me to a therapist who had the time and patience and knowledge to take on someone who was so close to integration and has kept on that level for the past 5 years with no therapy.....well I keep hoping!
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Letter to Talk of Nation: On Oct. 3, 2007, Anthony Brooks interviewed psychiatrist Richard Baer about his new book about Karen, a patient Baer treated for supposed multiple personalities for 18 years. The interview was a completely credulous affair in which Brooks expressed no skepticism whatsoever. It was as if Brooks were interviewing someone about the Salem Witch Trials, describing how witches really worked, or (to be more contemporary) interviewing a hypnotist who helped people to recall being abducted by aliens or to remember past lives.
Brooks failed to educate himself about the history of MPD and how it is diagnosed. It was part of a subset of supposedly repressed or dissociated memories of prolonged childhood sex abuse that became a fad in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Baer's client, Karen, is a textbook example. She supposedly was a victim of grotesque satanic ritual abuse by her father, grandfather, and many others. There has never been any evidence that such ritual abuse took place, other than in the lurid minds of therapists and suggestible patients.
Karen never recalled any of this until she went into therapy and 'discovered' her various personalities. While this makes a compelling, fascinating story, it is just that -- a story. People do not forget years of traumatic childhood events -- they recall them all too well, if the events really occurred. They do not 'split' off different 'alters.'
Hypnosis, which Baer used on his client, does not help people get in touch with their subconscious -- it simply makes them more suggestible. That is why hypnosis can be useful to help someone stop smoking, but it is inappropriate to use it to delve for imagined traumatic memories.
It is also appalling that Baer treated Karen for 18 years. Much research shows that short-term cognitive therapy can be effective. Long-term therapy that encourages dependency is frequently harmful.
I am the author of the book Victims of Memory (1996, 2d ed) in which I researched and documented the harm caused by this form of therapy. It destroyed families, of course, since patients were encouraged to cut off all contact with accused family members. But it also destroyed the lives of MPD patients, who frequently lost jobs, spouses, and sanity. Years later (if they survived), they may be 'better' in comparison to the horror show their life became during their therapy, but the entire MPD edifice -- all the cute little children alters, the whore alters, the protector alters, the alters who needed glasses or didn't, who wrote with their left or right hands, all with their own names, all stereotyped -- the whole edifice is based on a delusion, and it was all unnecessary. Worse yet, patients' real problems, usually involving depression and anxiety, were ignored.
--Mark Pendergrast
I am definitely going to pick this book up in the next few days.If those of you who read this want to read something else like it pick up "when rabbit howls" the troops as they call themselves are made up of 80 different men, women, and children. This book is very intense but amazing.
I highly recommend it if you read switching time.
to "US": I believe you all and my sympathy to you all. Keep being strong and continue to try to integrate.
also on another interesting note the book (when rabbit howls) is written by "them" and some views from the psychiatrist but mostly by them.
Doctors like Baer are why I am glad We don't go to a therapist. He totally contradicts himself. about the alters. I have 31 total and we are ALL people and how does this man decide who is to live and who he will kill or put into non-stop nitemares. i sure hope others don't listen or read his BS and believe we are all like this. we live together daily and work together. we the whole 31 of us are family.