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What is depersonalization?
Did you know that there are actually 3 types of dissociative disorder, according to the DSM 5? Depersonalization-derealization disorder is one of them. I struggled most of my life with…
What I’m Praying Lately
Don’t let the enemy win. Knock his teeth down his throat with this prayer!! Some of you know the struggles my family is going through recently. Often, it seems there’s…
Snowy Hope
What are you hoping for?
Recently, I came across a query in one of my groups. What had I done lately that I wanted to celebrate? Initially I thought, well, I haven’t really done anything.…
Complex ptsd – I wish you knew
This post is for people who don’t have complex PTSD. Something I hear, and also frequently say, ALL the time is how those of us with cptsd wish other people…
"Spring Scream" by Kelly Hanwright
Musings – Self Parenting, and sadness
My Self wants to write - to pour out what is inside her, but just for me. She doesn't feel like sharing. Yet here I am, posting what we wrote…
Connections Between Childhood Trauma and the Creative Process
Throughout history, many people have used creative expression to process difficulties in their lives - Hemingway and Van Gogh, to name just a couple. But why does creativity help us…
Truth as Bazinga (or, An Argument for Acceptance)
So in my favorite episode ofThe Big Bang Theory, Sheldon hasdisappeared in the middle of the night.Leonard leaves sleep to go get him from McDonalds. Upon arrival, he is pointed…
Happy Heavenly Father’s Day, Daddy
Dear Daddy, For the past several years, I have been in excruciating pain on this day. Recently, a friend gave me good advice. "Have you prayed for God's peace?" she…
Reflected in the clouds
Future Memory and Using Poetry to Process Emotion
THE POEM Future Memoryby Kelly Hanwright Ive seen her again The ghost of a child running around this place in the yard An outcast with tangled hair and half a…
For Daughters of Trauma Moms
Mother's Day is this weekend and it's going to hurt like a bitch. I want to send this one out to all the daughters whose mothers left them with scars…