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...
Learned Helplessness and Childhood Trauma
Learned helplessness is a term I had never experienced until recently. I had felt helpless and out of control of my life, but the words learned helplessness took me by surprise. In this article, we shall explore learned helplessness and what it means for survivors of childhood trauma....
Self-Blame
According to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), 1 in 4 children living in the United States experience some type of maltreatment. Without a supportive adult to talk to, these children are doomed to grow into adults who blame themselves for what happened to them. This article...
International Day of Persons with Disabilities
People have days for everything anymore. However, I am in a wheelchair and have been for over twenty years, so the one that is near and dear to my heart is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I hope that this article will not only raise awareness...
Dissociative Identity Disorder as a Developmental Disorder
Dissociative identity disorder (DID) has long baffled those in the mental health field. The controversy surrounding DID, and the stigma even cause some mental health professionals to disbelieve its existence. However, what if I told you that dissociative identity disorder isn’t a mental health concern at all? This...
The Ten Stages of Healing from Dissociative Identity Disorder
Healing from dissociative identity disorder (DID) is arduous at best and dangerous at worst. Healing takes time, effort, and an understanding of yourself like you’ve never known before because of therapy. I have gone through all the stages of healing from DID many times until now. I now have...
Comforting Your Alters
Those with dissociative identity disorder (DID) who live with alters sometimes have difficulty knowing what to do when an alter (or more than one, which is common) gets upset or scared. What do you do to calm them and bring them comfort? This article will focus on soothing...
The Core and Host Alters
Those of us with dissociative identity disorder have many different aspects of ourselves that have been compartmentalized to hold traumatic memories at bay. One of these alters is known as the host, and they fulfill a vital part of the lives of multiples. This article will open a...
Mindfulness vs. Meditation
It is common these days to hear or read something about mindfulness and meditation. However, few people recognize these exercises for what they are and have no clue what the difference is between them. In this article, we will discover mindfulness and meditation and how they can work...
Grief
Grief is the primary component of healing from dissociative identity disorder (DID) or other trauma-based mental health conditions. But what happens when your grief isn’t acknowledged but belittled as nonsense? This article will focus on grief, what it is, and how grief is a part of healing from...
Dissociative identity disorder and Self-Trust
Do you trust yourself? Your judgment and your decisions? People living with dissociative identity disorder (DID) often struggle with self-trust. This is because they learned in childhood that they cannot trust themselves and still hear the voices in their minds of their abusers. This article will discover...
The Danger of Resentment
All humans experience it. That nagging feeling of superiority because someone has wronged you. However, unchecked resentment will grow into a significant problem affecting your relationships with bitterness, anger, and hatred. This piece shall focus on resentment and the power you think you gain by harboring it in...