traumadid's Posts

I just asked my self if I'm crazy;
We said no.

Reposted from perellano

#actuallydid, #didosdd, #mentalhealth, #funny

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When you are not yourself, your life is a movie and you just an actor; it's exhausting and you are captive

Reposted from OpenWorld

#depersonalisation, #dissociation

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cancelling plans you had made with yourself because you need space

Reposted from CurrentNobody

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People with POLYFRAGMENTED DID want you to know

We didn't choose to make so many alters.

Severe child abuse, by multiple people, lasting years, is the only cause of polyfragmentation.

#polyfragmentedDID

#polyfragmentedDID, #dissociativeidentit

People with POLYFRAGMENTED DID
Want You to Know

Polyfragmented DID/OSDD should not be used as a status symbol or badge of honor.

Everyone is equally worthy of respect.

#polyfragmentedDID

#polyfragmentedDID

Remember, a fact is a fact, no matter how hard the liars amongst you might try hushing it up.

Billy Childish, My Fault

#liars, #lying, #truth, #remember, #abusesurvivors, #billychildish, #facts, #fakenews

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You can tell a lot about a person's childhood by whether or not they like Christmas.

Stephen Elliott

#christmas, #dysfunctionalfamily, #childabuse, #childabusesurvivor, #quote, #stephenelliott, #cptsd, #complexptsd

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It's been 3 weeks since the Stoneman Douglas massacre. The media has already slowed their coverage of the tragedy to a crawl

We promised that this time would be different!

Let's Make it Different

Don't stop TWEETING your support of these kids & your disgust w/ the NRA

RETWEET

Reposted from BillyEichner

#stonemandouglas, #schoolshooting, #nra, #notagain, #nomore, @jaybyrd

Trauma Recovery

The first goal of trauma recovery should and must be to improve your quality of life on a daily basis.

Rothschild, 2010

#abuserecovery, #healing, #trauma, #ptsd, #quote, #recovery, #mentalhealth

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Given the current evidence, DID as a diagnostic entity cannot be explained as a phenomenon created by iatrogenic influences, suggestibility, malingering, or social role-taking.
On the contrary, DID is an empirically robust chronic psychiatric disorder
- Sar, Dorahy & Krüger 2017

#dissociativeidentity, #didmpd, #dissociation, #neuroscience, #dissociativedisorder, #dsm

You think you're guilty, it's your fault everything that happened to you as a child and as a youth. You carry this with you and it takes a lot to get rid of that.

You have to rebuild a new person. That took time, but eventually it happened.

Claudio Yanez

#childabuse, #abuserecovery, #healing, #notyourfault, #abusesurvivor, #malesurvivor

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So, I'm no longer holding myself hostage

to less than what I deserve.

- S.C. Lourie

#sclourie, #hostage, #selfesteem, #recovery, #healing, #abuserecovery, #survivors

All of your so-called faults...

are your greatest assets

- Debbie Ford

#faults, #positivity, #positiveattitude, #inspirationalquotes, #inspirational, #mentalhealth, #staypositive

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I allow myself to set healthy boundaries...

Boundaries assist me to remain healthy, honest and living in life that is true to me

Lee Horbachewski

#healingjourney, #healthyboundaries, #boundaries, #recovery, #psychology, #psychotherapy, #healthy, #emotionalhealth, #cptsd, #ptsd

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The trouble is if you
don't risk anything,

you risk even more

- Erica Jong

#risk, #risky, #ericajong, #fearofchange, #takingrisks

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Invalidation is when you tell someone that his or her feelings are not valid - or that they are wrong.

Samantha Rodham

#invalidation, #feelings, #emotions, #unsupportive, #abuse, #abusivepeople, #emotionalabuse

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Count your life
by smiles,
not tears.

- John Lennon

#positive, #quote, #jonhlennon, #positivethinking, #positivity, #famousquotes, #smile, #tears

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I'm not crazy, I was abused.
I'm not shy, I'm protecting myself.
I'm not bitter, I'm speaking the truth.
I'm not hanging onto the past, I've been damaged. I'm not delusional, I lived a nightmare.
I'm not weak, I was trusting. I'm not giving up, I'm healing - Rene Smith

#healing, #recovery, #abuse, #web, #crazy, #ptsd, #mentalhealth, #mentalillness, #truth, #notgivingup

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I'm in the process of becoming the best version of myself
- Unknown

#web, #best, #selfimprovement, #motivation, #motivational

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#dissociativeidentitydisorder

is too long for a bold tag
(but we're used to not fitting in)

#dissociative

#bold, #dissociation, #dissociative, #didmpd, #dissociativedisorder, #dissociativeidentity, #did, #hashtag

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It's easy and natural to be thankful when your expectations are met.

The real test of your faith is when things don't go your way, or when you are in pain.

- Maddy Malhotra

#web, #maddymalhotra, #gratitude, #thankful, #expectations, #pain, #faith

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DID develops as a response to extreme trauma that occurs at an early age and usually over an extended period of time
- Dissociative Identity Disorder Sourcebook

#dissociation, #dissociative, #did, #dissociativedisorder, #dissociativeidentity, #multiplepersonality, #mpd

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We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty.

- Maya Angelou

#web, #mayaangelou, #change, #, #butterfly, #motivation

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People will do anything, no matter how absurd, to avoid facing their own souls.
- C.G. Jung

#cgjung, #carljung, #quote, #soul, #avoidance

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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you .
Maya Angelou

#mayaangelou, #untoldstory, #secrets, #agony, #PTSD, #abuserecovery, #trauma

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Lunatics are similar to designated hitters. Often the whole family is crazy, but since the whole family can't go into hospital one person is designated crazy and goes inside. Then, depending on how the rest of that person is feeling, that person is either kept inside or snatched outside, to prove something about the family's mental health.
- Girl, Interrupted

#madness, #crazy, #girlinterrupted, #lunatic, #susannakaysen, #mentalillness, #mentalhealth, #dysfunctional

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Not all trauma is military

#ptsd

#ptsdawareness, #ptsd, #trauma, #military

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Denial is the lid on our emotional pressure cooker: the longer we leave it on, the more pressure we build up.

Sooner or later, that pressure is bound to pop the lid, and we have an emotional crisis.
- Susan Forward

#denial, #emotional, #emotions, #susanforward, #psychology, #mentalhealth

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June is
PTSD awareness
month

#june, #mentalhealth, #ptsdawareness, #ptsdawarenes, #ptsd, #awareness, #tealribbon, #trauma, @boldomatic

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The capacity for dissociation enables

the young child to exercise their innate life-sustaining need for attachment in spite of the fact that principal attachment figures are also principal abusers.

Warwick Middleton

#dissociation, #psychology, #dissociative, #abuse, #childabuse

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To be ill adjusted to a deranged world is not a breakdown.

Jeanette Winterson

#jeanettewinterson, #crazy, #crazyworld, #deranged, #life, #web

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Research shows that perfectionism hampers success. In fact, it's often the path to depression, anxiety, addiction, and life paralysis.

Brené Brown

#psychology, #perfectionism, #mentalhealth, #depression, #addiction, #anxiety, #life, #web, #quote

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Understanding the difference between healthy striving and perfectionism is critical to laying down the shield and picking up your life.
- Brené Brown

#brenebrown, #perfectionism, #mentalhealth, #mentalillness, #recovery

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When you do what

you fear most,

then you can do anything.

- Stephen Richards

#stephenrichards, #fear, #quote, #motivation, #encouragement, #anxiety, #recovery

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Life is complex.

Each one of us must make his own path through life.

M. Scott Peck

#life, #complex, #mscottpeck, #web

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The word dialectic (in dialectical behavior therapy) means to balance and compare two things that appear very different or even contradictory.
In dialectical behavior therapy, the balance is between change and acceptance (Linehan, 1993a).
DBT Skills Workbook, 2007

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They never listened until it was too late, and then only

with stern forbearance and strong reminders of what might have been

had things been as they were perceived to be, which they were not.

- The Bourne Identity

#robertludlum, #quote, #web, #bourneidentity

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To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#beyourself, #web, #ralphwaldoemerson

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.

If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse, and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality. Desmond Tutu

#injustice, #abuse, #desmondtutu, #quote, #web, #justice

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The marks humans leave are too often scars.

- John Green,
The Fault in Our Stars

#johngreen, #web, #people, #scars

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It is not your job to make anyone else happy.

- Bryant McGill

#happiness, #responsibily, #bryantmggill, #web, #truth

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The more severe the dysfunction you experienced
growing up,
the more difficult boundaries are for you.

- David W. Earle

#dysfunctional, #boundaries, #childabuse, #survivors, #web

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"My mission in life is to not merely survive, but to thrive, and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor and some style."

~Maya Angelou

Reposted from djstevenice

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When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.
Maya Angelou

Reposted from quotesfordays

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I can be changed by what happens to me, but I refuse to be reduced by it.

~ Maya Angelou

Reposted from UserOne

#mayaangelou, #web, #life, #adversity

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"When nobody celebrates you, learn to celebrate yourself. When nobody else compliments, then compliment yourself. It's not up to other people to keep you encouraged. It's up to you. Encouragement should come from the inside."

- Joel Osteen.

Reposted from Belieber1994

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Until lions start writing down their own stories, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunter.
AFRICAN PROVERB

#survivor, #proverb, #wisdom, #lions

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.
- Maya Angelou

@traumaDID

#courage, #Inspiration, #mayaangelou

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