Dissociation

Children are hard wired to connect to their parents and are wholly dependent on their parents for care and love. So, when the parent or parental figure is also the one who abuses, hurts, or neglects the child, this betrayal is profound and quite difficult…

In my work, being disconnected or unaware of one’s body is a huge red flag signaling trauma and dissociation. If you are someone who does not know when they are hungry, when they are thirsty, when they have to use the restroom, or are prone…

  There is a lot of energy that is taken up in dissociative disorders when there are separate parts, ego states, alters, etc. This is because mental energy is needed to keep up the amnesic barriers between parts, between awareness and between conflicting emotional states.…

Dissociative Identity Disorder (formerly known as Mulitple Personality Disorder) carries a ton of stigma and remains a controversial diagnosis in some corners of the mental health world. This stigma and the lack of education on DID and OSDD lead clients to often suffer and struggle…

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…