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...]
A Letter for the Broken Hearted
It's another rough weekend.... Another Mother's Day has come around. Today, I saw some writing that speaks so much truth and honesty. I found these words painfully beautiful. I didn't write them, but I know you can relate to them, so I have to post them. I genuinely hope they bring comfort to your pain.... I’m gonna say it. It’s Mother’s Day Weekend & my Facebook is … [Read more...]
Demonstrating DID System Work with Dark Side Parts during a Difficult Time
October is a particularly heavy month for most dissociative trauma survivors. It's the changing of the seasons, and the time when darker sides of many DID systems surface. October is when many of the darker insiders have had trauma memories, and it's typically a month when many dissociative survivors feel heightened PTSD symptoms, fear, and anxiety. It's a month filled with significant dates for anyone … [Read more...]
Noise Pollution and Sound Trauma becomes Psychological Torture
Noise Pollution and Sound Trauma as a form of Torture Have you ever experienced noise pollution or sound trauma? Those are my words for it, and in my definition, sound trauma is an overly long, extended exposure to a loud, uncomfortable, grating, penetrating noise. For that matter, I suppose the noise / noise pollution could be quieter, yet when it gets repeated extensively, it would still be effective … [Read more...]
2. Still Our Normal Complicated Selves — Keep on Writing!
Wow -- our first place to write anything has been a WONDERFUL success.... with well over 1,000 comments, and many ongoing conversations between dissociative survivors. Three cheers for Our Normal Complicated Selves!! And like you, I was having trouble opening the page. I guess 1000+ comments on one page feels heavy to the internet ?? Not sure. But even so --- let's just start a second page for ONCS … [Read more...]
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