Part 3. Running Into Darkness We have now exposed and examined the situations that caused the early trauma trifecta. The inability for the child to have an effective baseline of safety and boundaries, the lack of a safe space, either real or perceived, and the radically unstable maternal figure, our mom. Our only solution, to …
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Trauma Superstorm Part 2
Part 2 We have now come to the part, where the child has repeatedly been forced to cope with a laundry list of “innocuous horrors”. We use this term, because our parents could be famous quoting to us the many reasons that we were never abused. The verbiage was almost always the same, even though …
What is Recovery
re·cov·er·y/rəˈkəv(ə)rē/ in:AllLawSportsnoun 1. a return to a normal state of health, mind, or strength.2. the action or process of regaining possession or control of something stolen or lost.”a team of salvage experts to ensure the recovery of family possessions” As survivors of trauma, we find ourselves perpetually in the company, of other humans , obsessed with recovery. …
Redefining Identity, After Complex Trauma Part II
So many of us that suffer from PTSD/cPTSD, and other associated trauma diagnosis, have no idea at all who we really are. We only have the misinformed ideas we were taught at such young age. Many of these ideas, contributed to the trauma, or did nothing more than reinforce the negative perceptions we have about …
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An Existential Approach to The Integration Question
As we continue this journey through space and time, we realize more, there is no conclusion to our existence. Even though death is a certainty, reaching the climax of our humanity is certainly unattainable. The struggle to give meaning to the nothingness that we occupy only brings angst and despair. We are as Sartre …
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Fooling Ourselves, Lying to No-One
Hello again from the bridge of the Enterprise! This has been about the hardest week in the last year or two. This is why we have been quiet. We have been taking stock, in ourselves, the world, and our current perception of things. First, let us explore what has brought us here, to this place. …
Why Science Fails Trauma Survivors? There is No Humanity in Science.
Introduction We wanted to take a minute, to let you in; the consumer, to understand for just a glimpse, the struggles and tribulations, trauma survivors, being us, endure. If you have read any of our other pieces, you will know that our journey, has been filled with regrets, failures, anguish, and also resounding moments of …
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Being the Identified Patient…..
I really wanted to stop, and think hard before writing this. This challenges the very core of may peoples challenges, including our own. Before we go into the depths of hell which is being the IP, lets identify and define what the “IP” means. Identified patient, or “IP”, is a term used in a …
Do we/You(s) have DID?
How many times has the google search pinged this. How many of us are searching for answers to out struggles online, in the dark. We are all looking for the same thing. Many of us have reached into different belief systems, religions, social groups and more. We are all looking for answers, meaning, proof were …
What it’s Not…
How many times have you heard, “Whats it like to have multiple personalities?” If I had a dollar….. The truth is having the ability to completely dissociate your entire identity, at mostly involuntary moments, can be like, just about anything. The truth is, in our opinion, there are things that it definitely is not. The …
