Hello hello! How did you sleep last night? How do you sleep when the moon is out? How do you sleep during an eclipse or other unusual lunar events? There was a big freaky lunar eclipse a while back. I went outside to look but I didn't see it due to cloud coverage in my area -- that was pretty disappointing, of course. You might have seen it. Was it incredible and fascinating or was it scary for you? All … [Read more...]
Kathy’s Video Comment: Self Injury and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Hello Everyone, The last posts have been about Depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder. A typical close neighbor to feeling depressed and struggling with the after-effects of trauma is addressing the self-injury monster. Self injury, self destruction, self harm -- and the numerous ways to say it -- are some of the most read about topics on this blog. There are lots of folks wrestling with these … [Read more...]
Letting Outsiders talk with your Insiders?
Hey -- how are you today?! I wanted to show you a cool beach shack I found by surprise one day. I thought about it a bit, and decided to use this fun little beach shack as a metaphor for talking to insiders within a dissociative system. I was recently asked if outside people should / could talk with the various insiders from a system of another person with DID. Dissociative Identity Disorder. DID/MPD. I … [Read more...]
Kathy’s Video Comment: Making a Calm Place Inside your Dissociative World
Hello Hello, Are you ready for or interested in another video? Here are a few of my thoughts spoken out loud about the value of dissociative trauma survivors creating an internal place of safety and comfort. This YouTube video is called: Making Your Own Internal Calm Place Spoken by Kathy of Discussing Dissociation Found on the Discussing Dissociation YouTube channel. Oh, and on the … [Read more...]
Discussing Dissociation under an Avocado Tree
Video: Dissociative Identity Disorder and Avocado Trees Hello Hello, I bet I have a question to ask that no one in the entire world has ever asked you before: Have you ever wondered what an avocado tree has in common with Dissociative Identity Disorder? I have an answer to that very weird and unique question. In fact, I have several answers to that question because as it turns … [Read more...]