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My first session was like this and I quit. All I remember is her mentioning "oh it sounds like you have a child part." I still don't really know what was said to make her say that and for me to go poof...other than I'm really stuck in denial. I remain without a therapist, but really trying to open myself to potential parts learning not to fear it by listening to therapists like yourself.

One thing that I find disheartening is that my therapist wants to transfer me to a "higher level of care". They want me to go to inpatient stabilization which I don't agree with at all only because they don't understand my level of dissociation. They say I go beyond there level of care for their scope of practice I guess. I'm not a danger to myself or a danger to others. I have my own apartment and I'm functioning pretty good. I'm somewhat stable. I just end up doing some weird things sometimes. Memory blackouts and that sort of thing. I'm just at a loss on what to do at this point. I just wish the therapeutic community around here knew how to deal with trauma related dissociation and things like that. My psychiatrist says that I am DID but I don't think it is to that level. Perhaps OSDD or something similar. I'm not really sure. I just don't know what to do at this point. I just feel that I'm being abandoned by the mental health community here in Illinois.

Our littles found out yesterday that our favourite grandma died, three years ago, i was surprised just now this morning how much they still had to cry about it. they're still crying a little. I asked what they wanted to do to help feel the emotions and they said they wanted to make a letter to send to her. We decided and told them that we'll post it to ourselves so that it feels like we sent it to her and we won't lose those cards <3 - Robin

There was even danger before humans was here

Hi 👋🏼 I watch all these videos, and occasionally I have watched CTAD clinic. I am at a point though.. where it feels too foreign, too unreal 😔 I’m in the Midwest area and been in therapy on and off, more on than off, and to this day no one will treat or acknowledge my experience of what this channel and other legitimate doctors and therapists acknowledge perfectly. It’s like it’s all around me, but not there for me. I do manage, but barely sometimes. I managed better when I was in domestic violence.. I think because I was checked out most of the time. Don’t get me wrong, i know it is safer, of course, my child won’t grow up witnessing or being a victim himself.. it’s just more difficult to manage it all, raising my son pretty much on my own, all my closest mentally healthy family members are gone. It’s just so hard.

Thank you for this 🫶🏻 You’re awesome

Thank you for your insight/suggestions!! 🌺🦋🏵

I used to record sessions with my t because I couldn't remember and it drove me nuts.

How often do you do sessions with your DID clients?

Wow, you tell the host about therapy with a different part. Thst has always frustrated me with my therapist. She tells me, when a part talks to her, she treats it like separate client and does not want to betray the trust of that part. She will encourage the part to tell the others, but its that parts responsiblity. She thinks if she betrays the trust of a part, that one, or others, will not trust her, and they won't talk to her again.

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Beautiful garden 🌺🌼🌸🌿💜

I wish that more therapists were trained on DID. Or willing to work with it. Or anything along that lines. I think my current t thinks that if I don't dissociate from a topic, that I am not switching. Honestly, I can remember parts of sessions, but not a ton. It's either taken from me (the memory) or someone else is around. :/

Thanks so much! I appreciate your videos and I just started your book as well, it's really resonating with me.

Thank you for sharing your insight...gorgeous flowers!! 🌺🌺🌺

Who can afford such therapy? Medical insurance doesn't cover it ......

I really need the right therapy. As ANP, between two littles and a hardcore persecutor/protector I have been through the mill. We all have

we look up to you so much and are so thankful for you sharing your coping skills online and we are sending you so many well wishes 💕

Thank you for sharing this

I keep panicking that I am going to fall when I am in open space. I start thinking oh my god I am.going to lose my balance and I just freeze

You are such a beautiful person. I hope that you have people around you that you're able to lean on during this time. I know that we are just people on the internet, but know that we will be thinking of you and hope that you get well soon

Sending you well wishes & hoping for a speedy recovery!! ❤️‍🩹😎🙏🏼 Thank you for the reminders...gratitude & look for the helpers!! 😍

What an amazing way to think about this experience. So glad you shared. I’m learning a little about this and you sharing this is a great application and example for us. Thank you ❤ for being so open with us. quick healings for you!

Oh wow, I hope everything turns out OK. Good reminders.

CTAD Clinic is fantastic! Mike's content has been very significant in my therapy. Thank you for talking more on these symptoms, it is helpful.

I've also heard a lot of stories about systems greiving Parts that have integrated. I dont know if id miss anyone else in my system but others probably would. For me,thats the confusing part of greif in a system.

Hi, what's the difference between EMDR and Attachnent EMDR therapies?

Explaining DID (unsuccessfully). I discovered your channel yesterday and am so thankful for what you have to say and the gentle way you say it. Here is feedback from my experience: The few times I have tried to explain my DID to people close to me, I have used the approach you describe: Give examples of "ordinary" dissociation, such as not realizing what has been happening when you are driving as if driving on "autopilot." I describe more and finally give examples from my experience when parts have made significant decisions that my "regular" self is not aware of. When I have tried this, the other person gets stuck at the "ordinary" dissociation. "Oh, I know what you mean," they say. "That happens to me all the time." They do not hear what I am trying to explain. I think my DID experience is so foreign to them that they have no way of grasping the concept of multiple, separate "persons" in one mind. They go on in our relationship as though I have told them nothing at all. When I mention my DID again, they say, "I know what you mean. That happened to me the other day." No, it did not happen to you the other day. I know this because you do not have DID. It could not have happened, I am sorry to say. That is what I think, but I do not say it. This makes having DID a lonely experience, except that my parts are there for me. We like each others' company.

My ex girlfriend had DID. We were in love, but when she got activated, she fled and broke up with me. She was a great person.

I worked 30 years before i was diagnosed with DID, have destroyed 3 marriages 😢, and continue to disassociate, I've tried so hard over ten years to communicate with my alters ( my ex husband said there are 3 parts, little girl, myself, and a very mean one 😢), do you have a support group? Do you still do telehealth appointments? I started emdr 10 years ago, no progress though. Any suggestions?

Why does this sound like demonic oppression/possession? Have any of you in these comments tried attending a sound Bible believing, Holy Spirit led Church for deliverance healing? It couldn't hurt. I'm not anti-science or mental illness study btw.

Kitty cat ❤

This wouldn't work for someone who cant trust or still have abusers in their life i would imagine. ❤

This is totally a helpful video. Thank you. ❤

I like your green lights.

Your rite there gone. there all gone!

If it's a super power... why is it called a disorder?

1:39 When you say "usually..." does this mean there is exceptions to this? Can people get DID in situations where it's not so usual? Can you explain what you mean by "trauma time" vs 20/24 time? I think I know what you mean... I think you mean that the $100 reaction to the 5 cent problem, was in fight flight mode, during trauma memory mode, rather than present mode? But our BIG question is... right now we are hyper switching. Literally switching every few minutes at times, or every hour. it's exhausting. It started with a trigger word someone said to us, and it's upset the balance of the system, and the only way to describe it is, 'the switchboard is broken' Our system does not have a "gate keeper' alter. we just have a switchboard and it's going psycho, causing us to switch too often and when not needed as every alter seems to be fired up and active. sometimes we have three or four alters trying to front or even being at the front at the same time. constant headaches, so tired, yet cant' sleep because, there is too much switching. How do I make it stop!!!! I can't seem to ground myself and slow it down. The switchboard, is just broken!

Beautiful! This is so needed! Awesome job you two!

Such a beautiful way to honor the memory of your Dad!!! 🕊 My deepest sympathy for your loss!!! 💙😢 I'm sure your book will be a much-needed resource for many!!! The perfect timing of your release/video...I had a dear friend recently pass on 5/30/24 after being on/in hospice for 3 weeks!!! 💔🥺

Hi, I’ve just stumbled on this channel in a desperate search for help. I’m struggling to find doctors who know anything about DID and how to help me/us pull ourself back together after a massive setback moving to a state lacking the health services in the state I moved away from. There are too many details for a public post, and I can’t find an email for this channel. If anyone can help me get in touch with this channel I will very much appreciate it

I can't find a practitioner that works with DID. That's not true, but I can't find one that works with DID as I'm used to. I have DID and the last 2 years have been spent trying to deal with trauma that happened in therapy (2 abrupt terminations). My insiders are in hiding. I can feel them but it's not the real deep work. I have therapists that either ignore the dissociation and I'm not functional upon leaving or those that immediately try to ground and "stop" it. Neither are helpful. We just want to be accepted and heard. Trying to do IFS but parts feel invalidated by the process. I just don't know what to do anymore. I NEED therapy for my family.

I was diagnosed DID decades ago. I have seen how the criteria has changed over the years. I can't quite put my finger on it but if I were your client I don't think we would work well together. I've noticed lots of therapists are incorporating IFS lingo into the DID conversation. You also seem like a person who makes lots of assumptions. You see switching because you want to see it. Just because someone talks a certain way doesn't mean they are switching because YOU say so. I would find working with you very confusing because you would be suggesting things. I do not believe in any diagnosis. I believe in trauma and I believe people cope the best way they know how. My voice always gets drowned out by the therapy worshippers. Since I made the commitment to never see a therapist I finally have permission to be myself. There is no such thing either that a "part" can be near the front or that other parts are listening. People are whole and should be treated as such. My last final therapist said she sensed "a masculine protector part" near the front. I was highly offended because I see myself as very feminine. She would tell me I was switching when I knew she was full of BS. I feel sorry for anyone that's buying into this. Doing so is a wasted life

Oh my gosh you are wonderful! Im in the uk and after waiting 10 years for apparently "specialised therapy" i ended up more messed up than I went in. My therapist had noooo clue! Thank you for being as kind and insightful as you are. Our community needs more allies like you This was a great vid.

Oh gosh, I love that you say you’ll keep someone there with you *if they’ve told you beforehand that they want you to*. Thank you so much for being a safe enough person! ☺️

Thank you for your videos

When i switch or dissociate my gf can nearly always tell, sometime even before I even realise it myself if I do at all

I've never had safe people to tell & I don't trust people based on past experiences. I tell people that I have C-PTSD with severe dissociation which is true anyway. The only people who know I'm DID is my trauma psychologist & my mother. Not even my family doctor knows. I don't trust her to know. Sad but real for me.😢

Thank you for taking on this subject!! 🙏 When thinking about the subtleties of switching or what I experience as co-awareness, it has been helpful to remember that the whole purpose of the system of parts is to remain undetectable by the outside world. The point of the system is to remain secret and protect the secrets each part holds. I have been aware of my parts and doing parts work using different treatment modalities and therapists for several decades. I have found that the more love and acceptance I can give each part the more they are willing to cooperate and cohabitate for our highest good. In addition, the more calm I can keep my nervous system the less they each feel the need to be independently active. Peace love and healing to my fellow DID/OSDD travelers ❤❤❤

Yes! Thank you