Introjects. Working with introjects in a dissociative system is an incredibly difficult but absolutely important part of your healing. It might feel a bit triggery to learn about these insiders in your system because of what they are attached to, but it's massively important to address them, especially if you'd like to achieve system harmony, internal cohesion and an overall sense of healing and … [Read more...]
The Emotional Container of Abuse
Emotional abuse. This is a complicated topic. It's a topic I've tried to explain to many dissociative trauma survivors many many times. The concept of emotional abuse can be hard to grasp. This is because the trauma survivor often internalizes the perpetrator's offensive verbage, believing it to be true. But it's not true. Not at all. In this article, I will describe one example of the dynamic of a … [Read more...]
10 Truths for Adult Survivors of Sexual Abuse
My previous post was written about childhood sexual abuse. Children are young, small, and without resources. Grasping the innocence of those children is easily seen and understood. But for some folks, trauma and abuse doesn't stop in childhood. It may have started in childhood, but it might not have ended yet. What then? What about those situations where an adult is battling sexual … [Read more...]
Why Can’t I Stop Hurting Myself? 12 Thoughts about That
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...]
50 Treatment Issues for Dissociative Identity Disorder
"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...]