During this extended time of "Shelter in Place," the COVID-19 quarantine processes, social distancing, closed borders, limited travel, worldwide lock-downs, millions of people, including dissociative trauma survivors, are required to stay home, unable to get out to their normal places of support and interaction. Right now, we are separated from and unable to meet with the people with whom we usually meet. … [Read more...]
Progress Made while Reading about DID at Discussing Dissociation
Have you made any progress in your DID healing? The information below was written by a DID survivor who has been an avid, long-term reader of this blog, Discussing Dissociation. I did a tiny bit of editing, but not much. This DID survivor follows the principles I teach here and has been actively and diligently applying my ideas for DID system work and DID healing in her therapy process for a few … [Read more...]
Night Time Mystery Story, with Winnie the Pooh and Piglet too
Hello Hello! Every dissociative trauma survivor I know has little ones in their system who feel afraid at night. And they have plenty of reasons for their fear, especially since so much trauma happens at night time. Because of all that night time trauma, for years and years, their night time fears, and bedtime fears are high. In fact, it can feel so scary, that even when there is no real harm, the fear can … [Read more...]
Three Difficult Scenarios involving Fathers
It’s Father’s Day. Father's Day is all about those endearing, positive, caring fathers. But what about the abusive fathers? Fathers. Yep, fathers are as difficult a topic for dissociative trauma survivors as mothers. Fathers often are heavily involved in the trauma history for dissociative survivors. Most DID survivors I know have far too many painful memories involving their fathers. I decided I … [Read more...]
Don’t Touch My Stuff !!
Through the years, some of the most popular articles of the Discussing Dissociation blog has been about compulsive hoarding. Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders Land of the Free? I can’t explain their popularity on this blog, other than the way a rash of television programs have increased the awareness of the complications about hoarding. However, hoarding issues are typically … [Read more...]
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