I just realised it might help to know that this whole podcast set up is perfect, it a 1 to 1 convo and I'm far into coping with dissociation but it's only recently I've looked into the science becuase a part of me stopped me saying I'm too stupid to understand it even though I know more than most therapists apparently thankyou this helps ground me as well as make me feel heard and validated from things I cannot verbalise for years thankyou
Hi Malla! Thanks for your comment. I'm grateful that you've found these conversations helpful on your healing journey. I'm glad you find the information to be presented in a way that is understandable, even for those who aren't therapists. Wishing you the best!
@Laura Reagan, LCSW-C yeah I agree thank-you, it's not something you can just understand tho, for me years of therapy has made Me understand how to feel my emotions, without being paranoid etc... my life experience of dissociation is lining up with what we know about it, I'm working my self to be strong so I can also support others who need help
Emotional Abuse is huge category. All "other" ( not physical or sexual ) active mistreatment comes under emotional abuse; that's 1000s of variation in severity and type.
I can't write more here. But my experience of severe emotional abuse did include experiences that created ( direct and relatively direct ) threat to a primary caregivers life and my own. I ended up with OSDD type symptoms ( professionally suspected but no diagnosis as near impossibleto get ) from what was mostly 95% severe emotional from a parent with severe mental health issues themselves.
I have had a part tell someone that "they" despise "me". The person told me this was said when I had switched. It is not fun having DID. I cringe when people on social media who celebrate it. No question that this is a disorder, and one that can cause profound emotional pain and directly damage in your life. I have lost the ability to know where I am driving to, had parts tell people I didn't know how to cut vegetables, and "forgot" how to do other things. Not demented. No head injury. Don't use the DES or the MID. Use the SCID-D and do it right.
In response to what is said around the 16/17 mark: when a child- or rather anyone- is dealing with sexual trauma it is not only the child’s dissociation that might prevent them from facing or dealing with the trauma. We must acknowledge that much of the adult world is unable to deal with sexuality itself and definitely not prepared to deal with sexual trauma. One might argue that the society is DISSOCIATED from issues related to sexuality.
I definitely agree with you that Western culture is dissociated from normative sexuality, and creates unnecessary stigma and shame around this topic. thank you!
I just realised it might help to know that this whole podcast set up is perfect, it a 1 to 1 convo and I'm far into coping with dissociation but it's only recently I've looked into the science becuase a part of me stopped me saying I'm too stupid to understand it even though I know more than most therapists apparently thankyou this helps ground me as well as make me feel heard and validated from things I cannot verbalise for years thankyou
Hi Malla! Thanks for your comment. I'm grateful that you've found these conversations helpful on your healing journey. I'm glad you find the information to be presented in a way that is understandable, even for those who aren't therapists. Wishing you the best!
@Laura Reagan, LCSW-C yeah I agree thank-you, it's not something you can just understand tho, for me years of therapy has made Me understand how to feel my emotions, without being paranoid etc... my life experience of dissociation is lining up with what we know about it, I'm working my self to be strong so I can also support others who need help
I've been reading Joanne Twombly's great book on this topic so this was very helpful and interesting. Thank you!
Emotional Abuse is huge category. All "other" ( not physical or sexual ) active mistreatment comes under emotional abuse; that's 1000s of variation in severity and type.
I can't write more here. But my experience of severe emotional abuse did include experiences that created ( direct and relatively direct ) threat to a primary caregivers life and my own.
I ended up with OSDD type symptoms ( professionally suspected but no diagnosis as near impossibleto get ) from what was mostly 95% severe emotional from a parent with severe mental health issues themselves.
You have helped me so so so much thankyou so much I'm so overwhlemed
I have had a part tell someone that "they" despise "me". The person told me this was said when I had switched. It is not fun having DID. I cringe when people on social media who celebrate it. No question that this is a disorder, and one that can cause profound emotional pain and directly damage in your life. I have lost the ability to know where I am driving to, had parts tell people I didn't know how to cut vegetables, and "forgot" how to do other things. Not demented. No head injury. Don't use the DES or the MID. Use the SCID-D and do it right.
Dissociation can be very challenging to live with! Thank you for sharing some of your experiences!
In response to what is said around the 16/17 mark: when a child- or rather anyone- is dealing with sexual trauma it is not only the child’s dissociation that might prevent them from facing or dealing with the trauma. We must acknowledge that much of the adult world is unable to deal with sexuality itself and definitely not prepared to deal with sexual trauma. One might argue that the society is DISSOCIATED from issues related to sexuality.
I definitely agree with you that Western culture is dissociated from normative sexuality, and creates unnecessary stigma and shame around this topic. thank you!
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