Tag: Dissociative Identity Disorder in a Nutshell

These pieces about family estrangement are part of a five-part series I am writing for the CPTSD Foundation owned by Athena Moberg where I write for their blog. This subject is important for this time of year. Shirley Family estrangement is a very grief-ridden and personal experience that family...

These pieces about family estrangement are part of a five-part series I am writing for the CPTSD Foundation owned by Athena Moberg where I write for their blog. This subject is important for this time of year. Shirley Family estrangement is a very grief-ridden and personal experience that family...

All families have their squabbles and days when one member might not speak to another. However, there is one type of painful situation where the communication between family members stops; this is family estrangement. Often, family estrangement occurs when an adult child is learning to cope with and get...

Why do people decide they do not want to live anymore? Is it to hurt those who hurt them? Is it to escape life? Is it because they are cowards? The answer is no. People who die by suicide haven’t decided they don’t want to live, nor are they...

Everyone experiences them once in a while especially after a restless night without sleep or under high stress. Racing thoughts are when our minds won’t shut off and we wish it would shut up. But what if racing thoughts was a way of life, something you were forced to...

Once again I apologize ahead of time for the third person writing but I wanted to share this with you as well as post it to Medium.com. Thanks for understanding. Shirley Forgiveness and Letting Go For many survivors, forgiveness is a difficult, if not impossible concept to grasp or...

I have published several books on DID and other disorders and I thought I’d take the time to advertise them here. My books are full of facts but contain no triggering information. I only wanted to write and publish books that make sense and help others living with dissociative...

                            From my heart to yours, Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!! Shirley J. Davis...

Every year people in the United States gather with their families to eat turkey or ham and enjoy each other’s company. However, for those who experienced childhood trauma growing up in a dysfunctional home, Thanksgiving and Christmas are torture as they relive the holidays of the past. This article...

Good day my DID family. Today’s article is written in the third person because I wanted to publish this article on Medium.com as well, so please forgive the tone of it and how it sounds. It is a reporting piece but I thought you all would enjoy reading it....

Gift of Voice, a group I’ve become involved in Illinois, is a wonderful group of people who are trying to raise awareness of the rights people living with a mental health condition is missing. In essence, they work hard to make the legislature of Illinois and anyone else who...

Survivors of childhood trauma, especially those who have developed severe mental health conditions like dissociative identity disorder, borderline personality disorder, or major depressive disorder, sometimes hate themselves for who they are and where their lives have gone. To be clear, this is not something only relegated to survivors. If...