Dissociation

Derealization is a form of dissociation. It is an experience in which perceptions may seem to lack vividness, as seen throgh a fog, or as though on a tv screen. A persons surroundings may suddenly feel unreal or unfamiliar. Other perceptual may include things seeming…

Time most certainly does not heal all wounds or there would be no need of the work that I do and the world would be a happier place. This is especially true of the women that I work with who have grown up in abusive,…

There are an infinite variety of ways to be a woman. My way of understanding who I am as a woman has changed through the years. Because I am not trans or non-binary, I have not HAD to consciously construct what it means to me…

Depersonalization is a form of dissociation. The experience has been described as being detached from one’s body or as if the person is in a dream or as if they are not real. However, there is not an actual loss of touch with reality as…

As a young girl I personally needed another introvert to connect to so that I would know it was okay to not be as outgoing as I thought I had to be. Or that I was okay and I was going to make it through…

In today’s society we have very narrow definitions of what love and relationships should look like and that are worthy of representation in the media. But there is a whole wide world out there that does not fall into these narrow definitions or boxes we…