It has been over a month since my we used Brain Spotting to access the past life event tied to the sexual abuse I received as a young child. The child parts are quiet and at peace. The older parts have receded into the background except for the Witches and the Administrator. I believe weContinue reading “Journal May 24, 2022”
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Journal: April 20, 2022
We’ve been pretty stable these past months. The young one’s have been getting to know our therapist and are very fond of her. Because of their relationship with the therapist we’ve become aware that they didn’t have any toys. We picked them up a couple small things and let them color with our colored pencils. Continue reading “Journal: April 20, 2022”
Journal: December 4, 2021
At our therapy appointment this week we talked about Christmas and how it has triggered us in the past. We have been observing, waiting to see if we would have the same problems this Christmas as we have had in Christmas past. We haven’t had any difficulties with triggering, just a loathing for Christmas. WeContinue reading “Journal: December 4, 2021”
Awareness Event, January 2020
Trigger Warning: Flashbacks, Sexual Abuse Day 1 We close our eyes intending to sleep. Instead we see a dimly lit room. We open our eyes and move beneath the covers. We are back in the now, in our bed.
Journal January 2020
Our experience with Facebook DID groups is that the group seems to function how we imagine group therapy to be. We are posting here our side of conversations we have participated in or posts that we have started as a way of trying to understand what is happening with us. January 5; incontinence and dissociation
Experiment With Gratitude
One of our aspects, ‘The One Who Rages’, is part of a group of aspects that forms our work identity, ‘Those of Us Who Work’. The One Who Rages (OWR) role in the Lark in the Dark system is enforcing rules. OWR’s original teacher was an abuser who used rage and negative reinforcement tactics. OWRContinue reading “Experiment With Gratitude”
Journal – December 2019
Our experience with Facebook DID groups is that the group seems to function how we imagine group therapy to be. We are posting here our side of conversations we have participated in or posts that we have started as a way of trying to understand what is happening with us.
A Breath At A Time
The week after the Christmas party a co-worker, moved by the Christmas spirit, begins to sing a Bing Crosby Christmas carol. The flashbacks begin. This was one of the songs the radio played the night we were raped by the family friend. The family friend would sing to me when the bad things happened. IContinue reading “A Breath At A Time”
My First Experience with a Child Aspect
Yesterday I was at work. It was a stressful day with lots of unplanned out of my control events. Adding to the stress was the knowledge that the company Christmas party was that evening. I hate Christmas and I hate Christmas parties. To be fair, I hate most parties. I am always anxious and allContinue reading “My First Experience with a Child Aspect”
We felt very alone in our DID. A couple weeks ago it occurred to us to search for groups on Facebook that deal with dissociative disorders. I found them fairly easily and joined a group.
Lark In The Dark - Discussing Dissociative Disorder 