“Punishments include such things as flashbacks, flooding of unbearable emotions, painful body memories, flooding of memories in which the survivor perpetrated against… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“I recently consulted to a therapist who felt he had accomplished something by getting his dissociative client to remain in her ANP… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“A child who is being abused on an ongoing basis needs to be able to function despite the trauma that dominates his… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“A problem is that Nathan documents Shirley Mason as suffering from a variety of symptoms of a complex dissociative disorder prior to… — Colin A. Ross Copy Share Image
“Denial is commonly found among persons with dissociative disorders. My favorite quotation from such a client is, "We are not multiple, we… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“Cheryl was aided in her search by the Internet. Each time she remembered a name that seemed to be important in her… — Cheryl Hersha Copy Share Image
“Some alters are what Dr Ross describes in Multiple Personality Disorder as 'fragments'. which are 'relatively limited psychic states that express only… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Dissociative Identity Disorder is the most extreme form of PTSD and is the result of the child's desperate attempt to survive and… — Lynette S. Danylchuk Copy Share Image
“Most DID patients are rather muted compared to those cases incorrectly assumed to epitomize the condition (Kluft, 1985b). The personalities enact adaptational… — Richard P. Kluft Copy Share Image
“Somatic Symptoms: People with Complex PTSD often have medical unexplained physical symptoms such as abdominal pains, headaches, joint and muscle pain, stomach… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“No, my GP hadn’t ever heard of dissociative disorders and just wanted to prescribe medication, but I could still build a good,… — Carolyn Spring Copy Share Image
“When I wrote the previous letter, I had made up my mind I would show you how I could be very composed… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
“Just as sometimes I wondered if Grandpa had ever existed, sometimes I wondered if I truly existed myself. As I was running,… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“Programming is the act of installing internal, pre-established reactions to external stimuli so that a person will automatically react in a predetermined… — Arauna Morgan Copy Share Image
“Scientists, doctors, and trained ordinary citizens use drugs and torture to render children machines that do others' bidding. The commands these perpetrators… — Wendy Hoffman Copy Share Image
“Those with dissociative disorders face a big enough battle living as multiples and dealing with past trauma. Like everyone else, they deserve… — Carol Broad Copy Share Image
“Also, look for “floating alters.” These are not deliberately created parts of the system, but alters that were accidentally split off at… — Alison Miller Copy Share Image
“A refusal on the part of psychiatrists and therapists to validate the horrors of their patients' tortured past implies a refusal to… — Felicity De Zulueta Copy Share Image
“Secret ceremonies in which malevolent men and women cloaked in hooded robes, hiding behind painted faces and chanting demonic incantations while inflicting… — Judy Byington Copy Share Image
“The odd sensation I had while cooking would often last through the meal, then dissolve as I climbed the stairs. I would… — Alice Jamieson Copy Share Image
“It is so much more threatening to have something out of hand than to believe that at any moment I can stop… — Flora Rheta Schreiber Copy Share Image
“Alterations in regulation of affect (emotion) and impulse: Almost all people who are seriously traumatized have problems in tolerating and regulating their… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
“We have faced many pitfalls and negatives on our journey so far, but dissociation and dissociating gave us a methodology to cope… — Carol Broad Copy Share Image
“Early identification of patients who suffer from dissociative symptoms and disorders is essential for successful treatment, because these disorders do not resolve… — Marlene Steinberg Copy Share Image
“Some dissociative parts of the personality, living in trauma time, may experience the same emotion no matter the situation, such as fear,… — Suzette Boon Copy Share Image
