Handling Emotional Triggers
Emotional triggers are something everyone with dissociative identity disorder experiences. During therapy, outside of therapy, and in the oddest places, triggers can throw you into feeling out of control and reliving what happened to your child-self so long ago. This article will examine emotional triggers and how to...
Dealing with Triggers and Flashbacks
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) is a complicated and life-altering mental health challenge formed when a person is under extreme distress with no escape. Many symptoms accompany DID, with perhaps the most painful being the horrific flashbacks one experiences. This article will tackle the topic of flashbacks and the...
Regaining Power from Triggers
Anyone who has ever had a flashback or a dissociative episode knows what triggers are and how they can affect lives. This article will examine triggers in-depth to help you understand their definition, what causes them, and how to overcome them. What are Triggers? Triggers are a normal part...
Being an Invisible Child
I am facing my forty-year graduating class anniversary dinner in August. Such an event usually causes people to look forward to speaking with and seeing the people with which you went to school. For me the prospect brings back memories and emotions that are not lovely. I...
Facing Triggers and Fear Head-On
Triggers and the fear they bring can be overcome, but only if one faces them head-on....