Strategies for Healing Dissociative Identity Disorder
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
3d ago
There are approximately 1-7% of the world population (sometimes figured higher) who have dissociative identity disorder. However, most mental health professionals have either not taken the time to study DID or are trauma-informed.   This article will cover strategies to heal in therapy for dissociative identity disorder. Also, this piece will speak a bit about the problem of professionals not treating DID, offering the wrong treatment, or do not believe dissociative identity disorder exists.   What is dissociative identity disorder (DID)?     Dissociative identity disorder ..read more
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The Tragedy of Parentification
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
2w ago
I apologize for the lack of pictures in this post. Something was wrong with WordPress this morning.   Children should be allowed to be kids and grow up slowly and with joy. However, people who have survived severe childhood trauma did not have that option. Many were the victims of abuse and neglect, but one form of child abuse not usually mentioned in the literature is parentification.   This article will examine parentification and how it impacts survivors today.   What in the World is Parentification?     Parentification is when a child is forced to grow up too fast ..read more
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Self-parenting and Dissociative Identity Disorder
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
3w ago
Many who live with dissociative identity disorder fantasize about their birth parents showing up and loving them unconditionally. While we all know this isn’t possible, it leads to one conclusion: we must learn to parent ourselves.   In this article, we shall explore self-parenting when you have DID.   The Inner Child     Everyone, not only multiples, has a part of themselves that never entirely grew up to adulthood called the inner child. The inner child is a part of your subconscious mind that has gleaned messages from before you could process what those messages were. T ..read more
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Learned Helplessness and Childhood Trauma
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
1M ago
Learned helplessness is a term I had never experienced until recently. I had felt helpless and out of control of my life, but the words learned helplessness took me by surprise.   In this article, we shall explore learned helplessness and what it means for survivors of childhood trauma.   What is Learned Helplessness?     Learned helplessness is a psychological phenomenon that has been observed in humans. It is caused when humans are conditioned to expect suffering, pain, or discomfort without hope of escape. After enough conditioning, the person will stop trying to escape ..read more
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Mindfulness
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
1M ago
Have you ever had that day where you feel disconnected and pulled too many directions at once? Under those circumstances, it is difficult to concentrate, and you may feel overwhelmed, anxious, and depressed.   This article will tackle a subject we have written about before mindfulness. Mindfulness is a critical concept to grasp to enhance your journey down the healing path from dissociative identity disorder.   What is Mindfulness?     One definition of mindfulness is that it is the essential human ability to be fully present and aware of who we are, where we are, and what ..read more
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The Journey to Contentment
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
2M ago
In this world we inhabit, there are stresses and pain that can cloud our ability to be content. Instead, we find ourselves caught in a repeating pattern of hope and disillusionment.   This article will focus on contentment, what it is, and how to achieve it.   What is Contentment?     Unfortunately, in our society, people have lost the ability to be content. Contentment is a deep sense of accepting yourself and your environment at any given moment. It is a fact that we humans don’t notice the happiness we have now. Instead, we are focused on the future and what material we ..read more
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Parental Alienation
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
2M ago
Divorce or separation is messy and very hard on any children caught up in the process. Often, children worry about losing one or both of their parents, even when the divorce or separation is amicable.   But what happens when one parent decides to cause alienation between their children and their ex? This article will explore parental alienation and how it affects children.   What is Parental Alienation?     Parental alienation includes doing or saying things by one parent against the other that damage the child’s relationship with the other parent. One parent causes their ..read more
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Self-Blame
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by Shirley J. Davis
2M ago
According to the National Alliance on Mental Health (NAMI), 1 in 4 children living in the United States experience some type of maltreatment. Without a supportive adult to talk to, these children are doomed to grow into adults who blame themselves for what happened to them.   This article will focus on blame, what it is, who feels it, and ways to help you mitigate its effects.   What is Self-Blame, and How Does It Form?     Blame involves negative judgment where a fault or wrong is assigned to someone else or yourself. Blame includes making negative statements holding some ..read more
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How Memories of Childhood Trauma Affect Us Today
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
2M ago
Childhood trauma impacts every aspect of our lives. The things done in childhood reflect deeply on how we form and maintain relationships today.   This article will explore the different ways that memories of childhood trauma affect our lives.   Childhood Trauma     It would be advantageous to begin the discussion about how trauma affects our lives by first talking about childhood trauma.   Childhood trauma consists of any experiences or witnessing threatening or dangerous situations. These things that happen to children are often known as adverse childhood experience ..read more
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How Core Beliefs Affect Your Life
Learn About DID – Dissociative Identity Disorder in A Nutshell
by Shirley J. Davis
2M ago
Core beliefs shape how we interact with the world about us and are without conscious awareness. In other words, we are not always aware of our core beliefs but are affected by them daily.   This article will focus on core beliefs and how they influence our lives.   What are Core Beliefs?   Core beliefs are those thoughts and beliefs about us that help us to understand the world around us. Our core beliefs influence many aspects of our lives, including our self-image, career aspirations, personality, mental health, sense of right and wrong, and self-acceptance.   Most of ou ..read more
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