Thanks for sharing this, (((((DLH)))))))

I was just skimming a book about a DID treatment, and the focus is on finding the inner strength and "collective heart" of all of the parts, rather than focusing on details of abuse. It was really interesting, and I really liked it.

I think there was a point when I really, REALLY needed to be able to share the details of some of my abuse with T...I had held it in for so long, and had created such an elaborate system to protect myself from it. I think simply talking about and accepting some of the things that happened to me was healing, in that I was cared for and validated by T (finally, after all of these years), I got to experience the fact that there actually was no danger in telling (that terrified me and kept me stuck forever), and I think it brought down some of the walls constructed to keep all of my parts separate.

Now, I would really love to not focus on the memories. I feel like I got what I needed in talking about them. What's bad is that they keep coming up - October is a trigger month for me, and I can feel stuff pushing at me. It scares me and I don't know how to make it go away. But maybe T and I can focus on how I got through the stuff, like it says in the article you quoted. I don't know.

Definitely something to think about...thanks for posting it.