Fractionated abreaction is a technique that was specifically created to process extreme abuse and memories that are so atrocious that other techniques fail because we get flooded and overwhelmed instantly when we remember what happened. An abreaction is a situation where we remember and re-experience a memory and when that happens accidentally and uncontrollably […]
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Finger Signals in DID Therapy
Especially early in our therapy we will run into situations where it would be necessary to communicate and negotiate with other parts but we can’t because we haven’t established a line of communication yet. We don’t hear these parts and they don’t have a way to reach us except maybe through creating symptoms in our […]
Increasing capacity
Capacity is a crucial concept in trauma treatment. It describes the zone in which we are regulated and able to regulate ourselves after we get stressed. In a way that makes it more important for daily life than the Window of Tolerance, which puts a greater emphasis on noticing our dysregulation. It is normal […]
IRRT for Complex Trauma and Dissociation
IRRT stands for Imagery Rescripting and Reprocessing Therapy. It is a technique for processing trauma memories that mainly uses imagery and self states to resolve situations that are stuck. Instead of blunt exposure we change the story in our head and take care of our younger self to achieve changes in our symptoms. IRRT […]
Reducing Amnesia – Developing Co-Consciousness
I wish I could offer you smart tricks on how to reduce amnesia, but I don’t know any. What I know is boring and takes time. First we try to fill in the gaps in our knowledge through inner communication. Later we practice co-consciousness to avoid having amnesia altogether. The solution for not having […]
Intentional Switching (DID)
Teaming in DID requires the ability to switch on purpose. That way, parts with special abilities can manage situations when that is needed. Maybe a well-oriented child part is remarkably good at holding still and that would be an advantage when we need to get an MRI. That is certainly a better solution than forcing […]
Selective Functioning
We often think of functioning in a simplified way: either we function or we don’t. Reality is more complex than that. Different tasks need different kinds of energy. It means we can function in some areas while we don’t function in others. Hard physical labor is not the same as creative work, social interactions, spreadsheets, […]
Why isn’t much happening here?
Did you give up writing? No, the opposite is true. I am writing a book. Like every human being we have limited time, energy and mental capacity and it turns out that we can’t learn new things, put them into blog posts and write a whole freaking book on the side. So we have […]
Dissociation that looks like Psychosis
There is a phenomenon that can look like psychosis but it is dissociative in nature and treating it like psychosis won’t do us any good. When we take a close look we will see that it makes perfect sense and that we can solve it with simple SystemWork. It is possible for parts to […]
Managing Emotional Flashbacks
The tricky thing about flashbacks that are purely emotional is recognizing them for what they are. We are stuck in an emotional experience from the past. Yet the nature of the trigger would often justify that kind of emotion, just not the level of intensity and the duration. Over time we can learn to […]
Reasons for Shame
Shame has been a major issue in my own life ever since I can remember and it is a problem characteristic to complex trauma and DID in general. That is why I have written more about shame than about any other emotion. In my struggle with shame it has become important to take a […]
Re-organizing yourself for a new season (guided imagery)
In this guided imagery we will be on a journey and find a place to rest. We can take a look back, re-organize the bundle we carry, and maybe receive a gift to help us during the next part of our journey. This exercise is especially helpful in times of change. Maybe we finished a […]
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