Oh my goodness..... What were you doing on this day..... ? Flashing back to several years ago ...... **** Did you experience the social earthquake today? The sudden death of Michael Jackson today has caught everyone by surprise. Will he be more remembered as the King of Pop? Or will he be forever remembered as a suspected and accused child molester? Everyone will have … [Read more...]
Now I have lost my father…
“So thanks to all of this therapy, I have lost my father.” “You haven’t lost your father….You did lose the father that you thought you had…” “OK, I get it. I didn’t have the perfect dad…. And my therapy has successfully shattered my romanticized image of my narcissistic father. Is that how you would say it?” “I would say, the patient, born to a depressed mother, idealized her father so as to not feel completely … [Read more...]
One Mother’s Heart…
Once upon a time, my little boy grew up. He grew, and he grew, and he grew until he was big enough to live by himself. Then that day came.... That terrible horrible lousy no-good day when I had to help my son move into his own place. Gosh. I really dreaded that day. It was truly a terrible horrible lousy no-good day. It was a lot of work. There were boxes upon boxes to haul, big pieces of furniture to … [Read more...]
Mothers and Mothers Day for Trauma Survivors
For dissociative trauma survivors, Mothers Day is often a painful time. For survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder, mother issues are usually complex and difficult to sort out. Momma-trauma comes in a variety of forms. So many, many different kinds of Momma trauma. That in itself is so very sad. Here are three possibilities to consider. For some survivors, their mothers were … [Read more...]
Abandonment — A Painful, Tender Hurt for Dissociative Trauma Survivors
Abandonment is such a tender issue for trauma survivors. Most survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/MPD) and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) have had more than their fair share of genuine abandonment instances. For severe trauma survivors, abandonment would have been experienced over and over in various situations: Each time your parents or caregivers turned a blind eye to the sexual abuse … [Read more...]