Many dissociative trauma survivors struggle with how to tend to their child parts, and how to create a safe environment for those inside parts. For lots of DID survivors, it can feel quite difficult and challenging to know how to gently and tenderly care for their injured or upset child parts, especially when their own experience of childhood was anything but gentle or tender. This task feels … [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...]
Sometimes when tragedy strikes, you gotta jump. And go fast.
I have news..... but first, let me say this: This post probably needs a TRIGGER WARNING. See that beautiful little face in that picture? I know that little girl... She is my most precious grand-daughter. She's a teeny tiny 2 year old, full of all kinds of sparkle. She calls me "Mimi", and isn't that the most fun name for a grandma?!! Well..... a horrible tragedy happened … [Read more...]