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Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That

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    So why is it so hard to stop self-injury? I mean, there are pages and pages of good distraction techniques out there in the world. Fifty really good ideas were mentioned in previous blog posts. Shouldn't that be enough to make it stop? For many people, it is not. Why is it so very very difficult to change self-destructive behavior? Why do people hurt themselves? "Why can't I stop hurting myself?" I've been … [Read more...]

25 More Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm

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  Let's continue with the theme from yesterday,  25 Ways to Avoid Self Injury .   Here is Part 2:  25 More Ways to Avoid Self Injury and Prevent Self-Harm .   This now totals 50  ideas for distraction techniques that can be very helpful when you are battling self-injury.   Which ideas work best for you? How long can you stretch time out between self-harming episodes? If you have Dissociative … [Read more...]

First Do No Harm — Not Even to Yourself

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    The article 25 Ways to Avoid Self-Injury and Prevent Self-Harm is one of the all-time top searched, top-viewed articles on the Discussing Dissociation blog.       That fact alone proves the importance and the necessity of learning how to address self harm issues.     For dissociative trauma survivors, it is important to learn how to manage all levels of intensity, from … [Read more...]

Mind Control Programming Basics II: The Emotional Roots

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  Hello hello, Several people have asked me to write about mind control / programming and the undoing of those hidden but oh-so-powerful things.  I have written some but the articles written on the Rocking Complacency Blog provide some of the very best and clearest writings about the undoing of mind control -- much better than I could write.   It only makes sense to bring these writings here, and into view for … [Read more...]

50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder

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 "50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder"    A comprehensive listing, yes, but even so,  still not exhaustive of all the work done by dissociative trauma survivors.     Healing takes a LOT of work. There's no wonder it's so time-consuming.   This article is one of the very first posts written on Discussing Dissociation. There are many new readers of this blog since those early … [Read more...]