Dissociation

It can be really difficult and scary to learn that you have parts, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Multiple Personality Disorder, ego states, etc. Most often what I hear from clients when I share this diagnosis with them, is both fear and denial. They don’t want to…

Grounding skills help reorient a person to the present to the here-and-now. They are vitals tools to have when you deal with anxiety, flashbacks and dissociation. A powerful way to help ground is through the use of smell. However, it is important to be aware…

We all have our dark sides, our shadows, our monsters. This darkness can move us to lash out at others, to hide parts that we were taught were shameful. We all have parts, whether we are ‘whole’ people or those who are actually multiple. And…

It has been a while since I posted about grounding skills, and I thought they might be especially useful right now. Grounding skills are things that can help ground us into the reality of the here-and-now. This is a useful skill to have when triggers…

I just finished a training series called Complex Trauma and Dissociation Across the Lifespan with three amazing clinicians: Ana Gomez, Dolores Mosquera, and Kathy Steele. As with any good training, I took away old concepts understood in new ways. The above quote is from one…

  Depersonalization is a form of dissociation. It is an experience of being detached or disconnected from one’s body. This may be feelings as though you are an outside observer of your thoughts and feelings. Feeling robotic. The experience of standing outside of yourself observing…