During this extended time of "Shelter in Place," the COVID-19 quarantine processes, social distancing, closed borders, limited travel, worldwide lock-downs, millions of people, including dissociative trauma survivors, are required to stay home, unable to get out to their normal places of support and interaction. Right now, we are separated from and unable to meet with the people with whom we usually meet. … [Read more...]
Inspiring DID Trauma Survivors with Hope and Encouragement
Found in: It's OK to be Unique -- It's OK to be Plural So March 5 is the National DID Awareness Day -- how cool was that. And a couple of days later, March 8, is International Women's Day. That's two big inspirational days right in a row. Busy week for female dissociative survivors. With those days in mind, look at this wonderful idea sent to me : I am full of … [Read more...]
Remembering Favorite Memories instead of Re-living Bad Memories
During trauma recovery and the road to healing for dissociative trauma survivors, there is so very much focus on bad memories, abuse memories, body memories, painful memories, icky memories, difficult memories, vacant memories, your memories, their memories, nobody claims them memories.... Of course, this memory work is part of healing, and resolving the conflicts and heartbreak as much as possible is … [Read more...]
Happy Holiday Greetings, and Ending those Unhappy Holidays
Happy Holiday Greetings! I hope you have had a great holiday season so far. My hope is that you are making these days as beautiful and special for yourself as you can. There are lots of ways to provide Christmas cheer for your DID system, even if you are in a rough spot. Please read through this blog if you don't know what I'm talking about. Holidays are not always fun … [Read more...]
Ever Been in a Mood?
Have you ever been in a mood? Sometimes it's hard to know which mood is what. For the picture above, what mood do you see? Here are some of the options I see: Bored Irritated Frustrated Disappointed Sadness What about this mood? What moods do you see in the pictures below? Do you see ....... … [Read more...]
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