The guided imagery of the Inner Garden is not one of the „useful“ exercises that are necessary for trauma therapy like the safe place or containment. It is one that is supposed to help you with relaxation and some DID systems like to have their team meetings there. As with all imagery work you should […]
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Supportive medication for PTSD and DID
There is no medication to cure PTSD or DID. If someone tells you otherwise they obviously don’t know what they are talking about. Leave the conversation. They are not going to help you. Many patients still take medication because it can help with specific symptoms like insomnia, depression or anxiety. I will share some general […]
Epiphany # 3: The Diagnosis
Is getting a formal diagnosis important? Yes and no and yes. Yes, because it will show you were to research to gain better understanding of what is going on with you and where to find help. It opens the door for you to find healing. No because it is just a label for your symptoms, […]
Improving relationships with T.A.R.A.
Someone I respect often says that “you can’t change the people around you but you can change the people around you”. Concerning other parts of the DID system this is not an option. We are stuck with each other. Parts are different, it’s how DID works. We also often split into opposing extremes, which means […]
The sense and nonsense of mindfulness
A lot of survivors have a love-hate relationship with mindfulness. Some say it’s working, some say it doesn’t. We need to take a closer look to understand why. I define mindfulness as guided attention that is marked by curious observation without evaluation, description without interpretation and the possibility to wait and let things pass instead […]
Epiphany #2: The Truth
Just because you believe something doesn’t make it true. Just because you refuse to believe something doesn’t make it go away. Just because you can’t remember something doesn’t mean it never happened. And just because you remember something doesn’t mean it is the only thing that happened. Just because someone else believes something it […]
Dealing with sleep paralysis in PTSD
About 7% of healthy people and more than 30% of traumatized people experience sleep paralysis, a situations where they wake up from sleep, unable to move their body. There are different theories why this is happening but the most common is that the sleep phases are messed up and something went wrong during REM sleep. […]
Epiphany #1: The Problem
The most important step in problem solving is to find the problem. If you cannot define what that is, how are you going to solve it? Your behavior is usually not the problem. It is a solution to your problem. It might be a bad solution, but still, it is a response to your problem, […]
Book review: The complex PTSD workbook (A. Schwartz)
The complex PTSD workbook: a mind-body approach to regaining emotional control and becoming whole by Arielle Schwartz Written for: people with cPTSD Special focus: psycho-education and self-help for cPTSD What it is not: replacing proper trauma therapy going deeper into the issues of dissociation or structural dissociation Language: the language is kept simple […]
Reality check
Making sense of the world is not one action, it is a chain of mental actions. We have to perceive something with our senses. Our brain filters what it considers important to reach our awareness. We compare our perception with our memories and experiences and the additional information the situation is giving us, put together […]
Book review: From surviving to thriving by Pete Walker
Complex PTSD – From surviving to thriving by Pete Walker Written for: survivors of childhood abuse and neglect who are interested in alternative treatment Special focus: the authors personal idea of cPTSD and how he thinks it can be healed What it is not: based on actual psychological knowledge based on tested and tried […]
My personal Trauma-sensitive Yoga journey
I feel uneasy about sharing my own trauma-sensitive yoga journey because I am very aware that people are different and the way we respond to yoga can be dramatically different. Your trauma experience is not the same as mine and so is our healing journey. I need you to be aware that everyone is experiencing […]
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