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Oct 09, 2016, 10:03 PM
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Hello, I haven't been here for sometime now, haven't had a computer, with moving, grandkids, etc. Also I just fount my paper with my sign in name and pass word.
I am coming to y'all to ask for feedback on something. I haven't been to therapy for quite awhile either because I just couldn't connect with the therapist they gave me, but have gone back and this new one seems to be trustworthy. Problem is she not certified to work with DID people. So even though things goes on with being a multiple its kind of hard to stay present without switching especially with the stuff she wants to go over. Have any of you ever heard of the WRAP program? My therapist wants me to finish working on my workbook and sign a pledge of not to self hurt anymore. This month is a very hard month for me because my son died 12 hours after his birth, but that was over 37 years ago. The therapist says from what she seems to understand from writings, body actions, and talking that I haven't dealt with his death and that is why this month is when I do more self harm than any other time. I usually cut as my "favorite". I am trying to not put myself into that state of mind to not cut, but some of my other alters has done put sores on the body. 2 of the sores is from a bug bite on my ankle and was scratched till the first layer of skin has been worn off and made 2 sores, plus now my ankle is swollen. Earlier this morning while I was still sleeping another one pulled the skin completely off of a burn that I had got cooking. The burn was healing and no problem, but when they pulled the skin off of it, it started bleeding big time. I am on blood thinners also, so it took a while to get all the sores to stop bleeding. I am wondering if there is anyone that is a DID person, and has alters that does things, against what the core person wants? How should I deal with things of wanting to switch while in the therapist office? Thanks |
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Oct 10, 2016, 11:01 AM
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Examples in order for me to heal and stay as healthy as possible I have a treatment team that includes specialists that help me with my physical health problems, I have a psychiatrist and a therapist to help me with my mental problems. I also have self help tools for crisis times like emergency phone numbers, therapeutic techniques like breathing and meditation, yoga for stress reduction and grounding, taking a walk, rowing my canoe on the lake, smelling apple and cinnamon candles... you set up your WRAP by sitting down and discussing, or writing out what your needs are, what triggers you to have your mental problem symptoms like anxiety and dissociation and what ever else there is. after you have your WRAP set up you put it into action by using it, and tweeking it as needed by keeping a daily journal so that you know what you need to do to prevent todays problems from happening tomorrow. in other words WRAP is a hands on, client controls their own therapy and life approach rather than going to a therapist and the therapist saying you have to do this this and this. you control whether you get well or not, you control what therapies you do and have as part of your treatment plan. you control what your treatment plan is. I had many alters that were self destructive, suicidal, self injurers, and counter productive, abusive. some did so because their sense of agency was to harm the body before the abusers could, others did so because their sense of agency was to be the abuser, some did so because their sense of agency was for attention. and still others did so because I was telling the secrets and my internal system was one where do not tell was high on the list of do not do's by the abusers. my point is in order to stop this kind of behaviors my therapist and I needed to look deeper into what the root problem is, discover what is triggering the behaviors, then take care of that trigger. in some cases we just had to focus on my own well being and taking care of my day to day life, which in turn filtered down to the others. how to stop dissociating in therapy is different for each person by that I mean each person has their own grounding tools that help them when they are triggered, your treatment providers can help you with finding out what helps to calm and ground you when you feel dissociated. my suggestion is just keep working with your treatment providers. they will be able to help you set up your treatment plans that will help you best. Last edited by amandalouise; Oct 10, 2016 at 01:10 PM. Reason: added a paragraph to answer posters question about dissociating in therapy. |
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Oct 10, 2016, 12:52 PM
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i myself wish this place was available when i got ill. i had to walk to get the help i needed in the 1980s and it was so far. we've come a long way since then, better docs, people working at the hospitals too. please don't harm yourself, i know thats harder than it sounds, but keep on keeping on. good luck
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