The NICSA Survey (Negative Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse) from AbuseConsultants asks if trauma survivors have felt an impact on their feelings of fear and ability to trust. It is abundantly clear from the results of the survey that dissociative survivors of severe, chronic traumas typically have lives filled with fear. For victims of childhood sexual abuse, fear becomes their constant companion, a way of … [Read more...]
10 Life-Lessons I’ve Learned from Multiples, part 1
No, I'm not a multiple. I do not have multiple personalities. I do not have Dissociative Identity Disorder. But I know multiples very well. I am a trauma therapist who has worked almost exclusively with people with dissociative disorders. I met my first DID survivor 30 years ago. Since then, I have met more multiples than I can count, and I have spent hours and hours and hours each week -- and most … [Read more...]