Tonight's special guest is Victoria Kelly from Minneapolis, Minnesota, a long-time NAASCA family member / volunteer. She will be accompanied by a couple friends who are helping her with the AHHHS Event on Sat, Sept 25 (A Helping Hand for Healing Souls). The day-long event (10am to 8pm) will be held both locally, in Fridley, Minnesota, and virtually over ZOOM. It will include multiple presentations for adults (parents and survivors) and for children. Many notable speakers will be featured, too. Contact Victoria for more detailed information: [email protected]. She certainly knows her stuff! Victoria was abused almost from birth in nearly every way imaginable, sexually, physically and mentally. Eventually she became reclusive and withdrawn, and began to disassociate, a condition that was later in life diagnosed as MPD (Multiple Personality Disorder), now known as DID (Dissociative Identity Disorder). Victoria eventually spent years going in and out of mental hospitals, where she actually was grateful. At least the staff was kind and helpful. "I went to a wonderful psychiatrist and she help me for 13 years with MPD / the ID." She'd been drinking in her youth but sobered up with help from a 12 step group. Her sexual promiscuity led her to numerous bad adult relationships. It took a long time to find the right therapist and path to recovery but now she's integrated and years ago things finally started to come together. Life's still not perfect but now she's active helping the struggling. Among other things, Victoria works to end domestic and sexual violence. She attends support groups, speaks out at rallies and conferences, supports police, volunteers at shelters, and works directly with women and children to get their basic needs filled: food shelter and clothing.