Dissociation Archive

When we grow up with complex trauma, we learn survival skills.  These survival skills are incredibly useful when we are children.  They may not be as helpful as we think they are, but they definitely help.  They help avoid painful …

I have been more motivated to move lately.  It is coming from my goddess inner part who seems to be highly invested in the body and physical health.  This is something my controller has never been too concerned about.  Of …

There may be nothing more horrible than the isolation that comes with a childhood of complex trauma.  It isn’t that we are alone.  We are probably surrounded by people, but we are alone on the inside.  Life is happening around …

Desperation is a familiar feeling for those of us with complex trauma.  Our goals can feel impossible and completely out of our control.  That feeling of powerlessness has been around a long time and it didn’t disappear in adulthood.  But …

Last week, I wrote about the horrible invalidation that comes with claims that dissociation is not real.  But there is another belief about dissociation (and particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder) which leads to an underestimation of its prevalence.  That belief is …

There is nothing more complicated after a childhood of complex trauma than navigating relationships.  Why?  Complex trauma is relational.  We don’t have complex trauma without the failure of the primary relationships in our lives.  And while the dissociation we use …

I love the Olympics.  Other than the World Cup, it is the only sporting event I watch.  I am fascinated by international sporting events.  I think we should resolve all of our conflicts in this manner.  Of course, we would …