Zurcaroh's Aerial Dance When I first watched Zurcaroh's Aerial Dance** -- in the video embedded below -- I was genuinely so overcome with deep emotion that I cried! For me, Zurcaroh was able to show a perfect picture of the spiritual battle fought by dissociative trauma survivors. I had to watch this dance a few times over -- it was so incredibly powerful to me. I knew I had to show this video to … [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...]
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...]
30 Tips for How to Help a Child who is Hurting
Children can get all kinds of injuries. Some injuries can be accidental, some can be tragic, some can be done purposefully by offenders. Children are resilient, but let's face it -- they are LITTLE. And they are YOUNG. And they are still figuring out the world, and lots of kids don't know how to read yet, and some of them don't know how to write, and they may or may not know their colors. They may or … [Read more...]
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