Ever wonder why people develop a reliance on dissociation as a coping strategy to the extent that they  develop Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or OSDD?  People who grow up with caregivers who aren’t attuned to them are more likely to develop dissociative coping strategies. If…

Healing is not about never being triggered again. This is because bad things, scary things, and worrisome things continue to occur in our lives. (Just look around at the world right now) If we are healing, we acknowledge this fact of life. It is natural…

Previously I posted about dissociation as a symptom or subjective experience. Today, I want to go over the types of Dissociative Disorders that we diagnose: Depersonalization / Derealization Disorder Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Identity Disorder Depersonalization Disorder: This involves a sense of detachment from self. It…

Ever wonder how chronic dissociation, particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID/OSDD) develops? According to our current understanding, the capacity to dissociation is learned in very early childhood when a child’s needs are going unmet.   When a little one is in need of food, a diaper…

We’ve just come out of Invisible Disabilities Week, intended to bring awareness to the fact that many disabilities are not something that are visible to others. Many folks out there struggle with mental health or cognitive disabilities, impacting approximately 23% of US adults each year.…

Traditional models of attachment focus on the relationship between the child and their caregivers. As mentioned previously, there’s also the Nested Model of attachment proposed by Jessica Fern which suggests that attachment is shaped across many different levels of human experience. Today I want to…