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...]
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...]
A Real Unicorn?!! Really?
This article is written for the child parts of the DID survivors that read this blog. Hey Kids, did you see the news yesterday? Hmmmm…. probably not, because most kids don’t watch the news. And because of that, I wanted to make sure to let you know about something I saw in the news that might interest you. Look! Look! They found something that looks like a real unicorn!! If you look … [Read more...]
Article Links Made – Finally!
Hello Everyone, I have a page on this blog that lists all the articles I’ve written in chronological order since the beginning of the Discussing Dissociation blog. Several people have asked me over the past few months to make links for each of the articles in order to make it easier to navigate around and to find the various topics. And, while BTC tried to assist me with that long ago (thanks, BTC!), I just … [Read more...]
What if you don’t like being Multiple?
This week, the readers here have posted a wide variety of reactions to the idea that being multiple could have benefits. If you haven't yet read all the comments on that blog, please do so. They are very interesting. When people have DID/MPD, they have experienced life as a multiple since their childhood. It is their norm - basically the only way of life they know. Multiples typically have not experienced … [Read more...]