DBT is a decent therapy for borderline personality disorder and it can teach us a lot about regulation. It is also not meant to be used for trauma or dissociative disorders. That is why we will run into problems, when we try to use DBT skills here. The concept of dissociation in DBT is one […]
DID
DID Myths and Misconceptions (guest post)
I have spent quite a lot of time in my life in denial about having DID. One of the reasons for that was that I had seen things on the media, I had heard things about DID, and those things were very different from my experience. It took me years to understand that everyone else […]
The Safe Place part 2 (SystemWork)
If you have DID the Safe Place exercise will serve you in different ways. It can be a tool to shape areas in your Inner World to meet your needs. The Inner World follows the rules of a fantasy world. You can create things and they become inside reality. The first things you should create […]
Story of a Listener
This is a story someone in our system once wrote Once upon a time in a distant country there was a millers son named Robin. He was a younger son, so he did not inherit the mill, which wasn’t bad at all cause he didn’t care about milling that much. He spent his […]
DID-adapted behavior chain analysis (system-harming behavior)
If you struggle with self-harm and dissociation and you have had DBT you will have worked with a behavior chain analysis. (If you struggle with self-harm and dissociation and you did not have DBT we highly recommend doing it.) We love the behavior chain analysis, but there are limits. Sometimes other parts commit the self-harm, […]
It’s magic: chase away nightmares
Imagination is a powerful tool. It’s like magic. You can learn how to use it to create peace and calm in your every-day life. We have nightmares. Even looking at the bed and imagining sleep causes stress, despair and terror. Littles refuse to sleep. Sometimes we wake up from a nightmare and there is no […]
Negotiating relational regulation (SystemWork)
If you have DID and you read Skills for Yellow area (6/7): relational regulation it might have caused unrest inside. Most systems struggle balancing relational regulation. This is normal. Splits happened in situations with unsafe others and there was probably no helper around. It is normal for parts of the system to either crave this […]
It’s magic: Invisibility (for scared Littles)
A friend, who is the mother of a very creative child herself, taught me, that using a little fantasy doesn’t do any harm and that faith in some weekday magic can help with stability, comfort and calm. That is why I will tap into my small “magic” gift whenever it seems necessary. As long as […]
The little “baan’t-go-on” (guided imagery)
A guided imagery for overwhelmed Littles Best to enjoy while lying on the floor or a blanket. After a story told by M, who is 6. She once heard, that God has a lamb, that can carry the burdens of the whole world and this is what it looks like for her: Maybe you are […]
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