Tag Archives: therapy

The Altering of Alters: Self-Therapy Sessions

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

We were talking to someone . . . I don’t remember who,  and they were wondering where we fit in on their scale in terms of healing and/or being “healed” (e.g. cured of their abuse and shame issues) – and … Continue reading →

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Random: 09032012:1900 – Army Programming; Mom

Posted on September 3, 2012 by

Stress: My mom has remained under a lot of stress.  All her life she has stressed, been stressed, and stressed about everything – things she can control, things she cannot.  She used to fly into violent rages; huge torrents of … Continue reading →

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DID & Me: Alters Having Alters of Their Own

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

DID & Me: How Alters Can Have Alters of Their Own Alternate personalities apparently can have alternate personalities of their own – ones ‘they’ invented along the way, and which therefore are a part of them.  A part of a … Continue reading →

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Who Are “WE”?

Posted on July 28, 2012 by

About a week ago (it seems), a blogger asked a very important question which has for a long time bothered me:  “How many are there in you?”.  (Thanks, Hobs! – evil grimace, friendly grin, et cetra ad infinitum.)  And if … Continue reading →

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Sex With Kids: Forced vs. Coaxed

Posted on March 20, 2012 by

It’s an issue which has perplexed me for years; confounded me some, gotten me in trouble when people – including survivors who have had different experiences have misunderstood – and how many! times have I thought about it: the difference … Continue reading →

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“You Don’t Have to Live Like An Animal Anymore”.

Posted on March 15, 2012 by

I put that title into quotes because that’s what I’m learning I have to tell my ‘kids’ – “You don’t have to be / learn like an animal anymore.”  You don’t have to struggle to survive, you don’t have to … Continue reading →

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Why Ask Why Again

Posted on March 10, 2012 by

Well, it happened. We finally made some progress on some things: resolving some issues regarding our emotions, why we feel some things – and feel some things we don’t like to feel, such as a hatred of love.  This does … Continue reading →

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Strange Daze Part II

Posted on March 8, 2012 by

We’ve been oddly silent on our blog for dayz and I think that deserves a bit of explanation.  Long story short, it involves our postings in the Little Shop of Horrors: The Groomed Child Rejected Part I,  Part II, and … Continue reading →

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Well of Memory; Well of Pain

Posted on March 4, 2012 by

For many abuse survivors the well of memory is a well of pain, and we all go through periods when we drink too deeply from it. It is a dark well; a shaft, a hole (appropriately enough) – stone lined … Continue reading →

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C-PTSD and Me

Posted on February 28, 2012 by

Michael was the one who put me on to it.  “C-PTSD“.  Complex Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.  Here’s what Wikipedia has to say on it: “Complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) is a psychological injury that results from protracted exposure to prolonged … Continue reading →

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