Seeking … and Finding the Gift.
Reading Randi’s post, How to Stop the Cycle of Abuse (September 18, 2020), I was deeply moved by the level of insight and heart. Had those who raised me understood even one of her important points, my childhood would have greatly improved. Given the poignancy of...
Paper Dolls and Color Wheels: A DID Drawing
The Beginning I know now that D.I.D. systems arise to keep certain experiences and feelings separate from normal consciousness. The alters or aspects of my mind that hold my trauma are unique to my childhood abuse experiences. Each of us with a dissociative disorder...
No Contact For Survival
If you’ve been reading my posts, you know that I talk a lot about awareness and acceptance. They are crucial for healing from trauma (https://www.survivingmomblog.com/post/addressing-the-elephant-in-the-room-why-silence-is-not-always-golden), and they are crucial to...
When Developmental Trauma Pulls You In.
Sometimes raising a child with developmental trauma feels like drowning. During the pandemic, the usual lifelines of educational and community support are decreased or absent, and many parents are left feeling suffocated and alone. Our son spent two years languishing...
The Plight of Platitudes
As the sun rises here on the porch of the homeless shelter, the house’s cat ambles up beside me. I scratch and caress her head. Her silky black fur seems too soft for a cat. She purrs and nuzzles my hand. She also wants to be fed. If we traded places, would...Support – 7 Days a Week
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Tue
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Self-Parenting
November 24 @ 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Wed
25
Healing from Guilt and Shame
November 25 @ 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Thu
26
Coping with Depression
November 26 @ 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Fri
27
Emotional Regulation
November 27 @ 8:00 pm - 8:45 pm
Sat
28
Healing Book Club – The Body Keeps the Score
November 28 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm