In response to some questions asked about my previous blog article about Mother’s Day, I’ve decided to follow up with an additional post on the topic of transference. Transference isn’t necessarily an exciting topic, but it is fundamentally important to understanding the dissociative therapy treatment process. Hopefully, this article will help to clarify more about the importance of these … [Read more...]
Picturing a Group of Insiders – a Dissociative System
Isn’t this an interesting picture of Dissociative Identity Disorder?! Assuming the artist of this picture is a trauma survivor with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD), this drawing shows many of the system insiders. I can't say that I know this person has DID for sure -- meaning -- I haven't met the artist, I haven't met their inside people, I haven't met the treatment team, and I … [Read more...]
Picturing the Healing Process for Dissociative Identity Disorder
This set of picture-postcards demonstrates a passage through time for a trauma survivor with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID / MPD). These pictures show different phases of the dissociative healing process, and illustrate how healing occurs. Notice that they move from a more shattered, painful, chaotic place to a calmer, structured, organized place. Where there is originally nothing but a fragmented … [Read more...]
Hopelessness and Despair
Some days just feel too hard. Those days feel like you just can’t make it through… Those are the days when you wish you could curl up in a ball, and sleep or stare all day long… Or hide away forever… Ever had a day like that? Ever felt like your problems were just toooooo big? Or tooooo never-ending? Or tooooo all-encompassing? Ever felt overwhelmed with hopelessness? Or … [Read more...]
Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
Compulsive Hoarding is a cluttery mess!! What makes this happen? Have you seen homes that look like this? Does your home look like this? Are you also a dissociative trauma survivor? Compulsive hoarding, or disposophobia, is a psychiatric condition that affects millions of people. Compulsive hoarding is an obsessive need to acquire and keep possessions, even if these items have little value, are … [Read more...]
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