Telehealth in America: Is it a Fad?
There is a fairly new tool being used today. It is called telehealth (telemedicine). In this work we shall explore together the complexities of telehealth and then you can make your decision whether to use it or not. What is Telehealth? Forged in the time of COVID...
Childhood Emotional Abuse
On this site, and many others, the emphasis when talking about childhood trauma is usually on sexual or physical abuse. However, children also face another type of harm, emotional abuse. This article shall focus on emotional abuse, what it is, how it affects your life today, and how...
Cognitive Dissonance and Dissociative Identity Disorder
We’ve all had thoughts that were directly opposed to each other. We may think that we want to go out with that person, but we also know they are not a good fit. That’s cognitive dissonance. In dissociative identity disorder, cognitive dissonance is a real problem as the alters...
Loneliness and Dissociative Identity Disorder
When you think of the recent epidemic, what do you think of? Losing money? Getting sick? Hospitalizations? Death? All of these things were part of the COVID-19 epidemic that swept the world. However, did you know that there is another direct association between the epidemic and people, especially those...
Memory and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Storing and retrieving memory doesn’t work like a memory stick because the brain processes and stores information in differently. This article will explore how memory works and some exciting new research that makes it clear that DID is not a fantasy disease, but very real. A Short Explanation of...
Taking Responsibility for Your Emotions
If you are like me, there are times when my emotions get out of control. We yell at our children or our significant other and feel lousy afterward. When you have dissociative identity disorder, a common symptom is to either thrash out with your anger or push it...
Severe Illness and Dissociative Identity Disorder
You may have noticed that I haven’t written a piece for a while. I’ve been sick and haven’t had the energy to open my computer and write. We just found out we have non-alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver, a severe and potentially deadly disorder. It makes me feel...
Negative Self-judgment and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Many who live with dissociative identity disorder day to day often find themselves bogged down in negative self-judgment. We may think of ourselves only in negative terms and put ourselves down every chance we get. This article will focus on negative self-judgment and the stinking thinking that goes...
What Is It Like to Get Diagnosed with Dissociative Identity Disorder?
As many of us who have DID know too well, finding a good therapist who will give the proper diagnosis is hard. We are often misdiagnosed with a myriad of different conditions, such as bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder, or borderline personality disorder. This article will break down what...
Dissociative Amnesia and Dissociative Identity Disorder
If you live with dissociative identity disorder in your life, you are very aware of the problems you have with your memory. This article will explore memory dysfunction and why and how we forget. What is Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative amnesia is, like dissociative identity disorder,...
Learning to Live in Your Body After Childhood Trauma
One of the most interesting side effects of childhood trauma is that many of us feel we are separated from our bodies. We acknowledge we have a body but view it as an inconvenient necessity that we prefer to ignore. In this piece, we will focus on learning...
Strategies for Healing Dissociative Identity Disorder
There are approximately 1-7% of the world population (sometimes figured higher) who have dissociative identity disorder. However, most mental health professionals have either not taken the time to study DID or are trauma-informed. This article will cover strategies to heal in therapy for dissociative identity disorder. Also, this...