Tag: depression

Championing a Different View – Self-Harm “Before”

July 18, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.
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Are more people really staring at my self-harm scars? A brief video on my thoughts and fears before going to the water park.  Please stay tuned for a later post with commentary on what I discovered about people looking at my self-harm scars at the waterpark. Followup: The followup post can be found here.

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The Week In Review Beginning July 9 Using Gifs

July 15, 2018.Reading time 9 minutes.
Need to be entertained? Ready to laugh? It's our "Week In Review Beginning July 9 Using Gifs"

                                              Welcome to my week in review using Gifs! This is a weekly Sunday post where I comically discuss the TMI ups and downs of my week using gifs.   So, if you […]

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Me Vs. Anxiety – A Need-to-Watch Video

July 13, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.
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I have another great video for you to watch.  This time we poke fun at the anxiety voice in our heads.  I hope you caught the first video I shared on Wednesday regarding what it would sound like if we said to those with physical issues what people say to us with mental needs. You […]

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July 10, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.
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Can you relate? Do others in your life not understand you? Let them go.

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“Must we Process All Trauma to heal?”

May 31, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.
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Do we need to remember and process all traumatic memories in order to heal from dissociative identity disorder (DID)?  When it comes to the complicated disorder of DID, there frequently are more questions than there are answers, and the explanation of the above question is no less difficult.  Before I provide an answer, it is important to understand the way our emotional traumatic memories work and what it actually means to process and heal from them.

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