DID
Dissociative Identity Disorder
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Another supportive site for those with DID
Another fine resource who supports not just clients but those professionals who want to gain more inforation about how to support this uniqe set of of surivors is: https://www.aninfinitemind.com/ Z :https://www.aninfinitemind.com
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Beauty after Bruises
Beauty after Ashes offers information, financial aid and the ability to support the community struggling with complex PTSD, dissociative disorders and DID. DID stands for Dissociative Identity Disorder. It was previously known as Multiple Personality Disorder. If people know about it, they generally think of things like “Sybil” or “The Three Faces of Eve.” Those depictions of DID are not quite like what it looks like in real life. A number of people living with DID have had successful careers, are wonderful parents and partners. They bring an incredible amount of resiliency because they have survived the unsurvivable. Generally, this is a disorder that occurs because of early, pervasive neglect…
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Information about the “Unspeakable” Dissociative and DID disorders.
A wonderful webinar was offered to the community – both for survivors, those who care for them and professionals who want to better know who to work with this population. So, I’m going to post some links.
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Addiction, Anxiety, attachment, Coping Skills, Depression, DID, Dissociation, Mindfulness, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Somatic, Stillbirth, Trauma
What does “bottom up processing” mean?
A lot of effective therapy is considered “top down.” As in we talk, using our brain, cognitive work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is a tried and true and effective method for therapy. I happen to use “Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: ACT ( pronounced like the work “act”) to do this cognitive work. But we know from research (in fact the more research that is done, the more it confirms this fact) that trauma memories are stored quite differently than regular memories. Trauma memories when re-experienced can feel here and now, and unending. Often times, they are experienced as “emotional flashbacks.” That is a feeling that has no words or explanation of…