Happy Holiday Greetings! I hope you have had a great holiday season so far. My hope is that you are making these days as beautiful and special for yourself as you can. There are lots of ways to provide Christmas cheer for your DID system, even if you are in a rough spot. Please read through this blog if you don't know what I'm talking about. There are lots of articles that have ideas for FUN stuff. … [Read more...]
10 Reasons Why it’s Hard to Leave Perpetrators and Abusers
Leaving the perpetrators. Separating from the bad guys. Putting distance between yourself and the person / persons who are hurting you, no matter who they are. This is a huge topic in the treatment process for most dissociative trauma survivors. Safety. Obtaining safety from the people who are hurting your mind, body, soul, and spirit. Dissociative trauma survivors who had an entire childhood entangled … [Read more...]
If You Could Ask a Sex Offender a Question…
Hello, hello -- I have a question for YOU today. If you could ask a sex offender a question -- any question -- what would you ask them? I have had the privilege of interviewing an experienced sex offender therapist. I asked this person all kinds of questions, and I wanted to also get some good ideas from you all. I won't be speaking with any sex offenders directly -- just with a mental … [Read more...]
Internet Predators and Child Alters: 10 Ideas to Keep Them Safe
And...... (As the drum roll begins.........) My top nomination for the Mental Health Blogger Award goes to Rocking Complacency. Rocking Complacency is absolutely jam packed full of excellent information for dissociative trauma survivors, with everything from genuine tips on internet safety, how to make excellent therapeutic progress, ways to address internal communication with DID systems, … [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...]
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