Dissociation

People who were abused or grew up in toxic environments have legitimate rage. Sometimes, as children this rage came out onto others and there is guilt and shame for that. But it is important to remember that as children living in those environments, they were…

  Attachment is the very important bond between an infant and their primary caregiver(s). Anything that significantly and/or chronically disrupts or harms this relationship is considered an attachment trauma. Sometimes this is due to circumstances outside the parent’s control, such as separation due to illness…

  Any statement such as this when we are talking about such complex issues as dissociation and attachment is necessarily simplistic, and it is also largely true. According to our current understanding, the capacity to use dissociation is learned in very early childhood if children…

  Dissociation is a coping strategy and a symptom that is often associated with complex trauma. And EMDR is a therapy that can rapidly uncover this symptom given it was developed as a treatment for PTSD. That is why if you know that you struggle…

Consider this a public service announcement. Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) does exist, and is not actually as unusual and rare as many have been taught to believe. Unfortunately, there remains a great deal of misunderstanding out there about DID, even among mental health professionals. It…

  Dissociation is an often-misunderstood experience. Dissociation can mean different things to different people. At its most basic, whoever, it is when a person experiences a disconnect from themselves or the world. Dissociation is a symptom that can be experienced during panic attacks and anxiety…