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. Three cheers for Our Normal Complicated Selves!! And like you, I have been 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 here, and that will hopefully … [Read more...]
Podcast with Kathy and TAASTTA (Trauma Awareness and Support Through the Arts)
Hey, hello, and guess what ?! I have a brand new podcast for you to listen to -- a podcast about dissociation, Dissociative Identity Disorder, and the effects of trauma. Actually, this is only part 1 of the podcast -- part 2 is a separate post and a separate podcast -- but start here please: TAASTTA TALK RADIO Encouraging trauma survivors to find healing through the arts (click … [Read more...]
An Example of Doing Internal System Work with a DID System
One of the most important elements to working with DID Systems is doing internal system work. Sometimes these techniques and processes are a little hard to explain, but fortunately, I have the permission to show you an example of some real-life, honest-to-goodness internal system work done with a dissociative system. This person had been feeling very down and discouraged a few days before this. It was also … [Read more...]
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