Tag: mental health

My Week In Review Using Gifs – June 25, 2018

July 1, 2018.Reading time 2 minutes.
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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 are wanting to laugh and to be entertained, this short but sweet post is for you!! Side note: I recommend you view this post […]

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SURVIVING VS THRIVING WITH DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER

June 28, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.
Do you call yourself a survivor or a thriver? What does it mean to survive and thrive? One dictionary defines the word "survive" as continuing to live or to simply exist1. Another dictionary defines "survive" as to live through a dangerous situation 2. For those of us with dissociative identity disorder, surviving comes naturally. Developing DID was our only means of survival as children. As adults, could there be more for us than just surviving DID? Are we just going to live with DID, endure and get by with its many complications? Is surviving all there is to life? Could we actually learn to thrive with DID, to prosper, flourish, and succeed? What is the difference in surviving and thriving with dissociative identity disorder?

This is my latest post published on HealthyPlace.com.  Whether or not you have dissociative identity disorder, the principles that move one from a survivor to a thriver are the same and can apply to anyone. Do you call yourself a survivor or a thriver?  What does it mean to survive and thrive?  One dictionary defines […]

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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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