What Do You Do if You Try to Hold a System Meeting and Nobody Comes?
“I tried the daily system meeting you talked about in a video, but hardly any parts showed up when I tried.”—YouTube comment So, what do you do if you try…
How Your Environment Can Affect Your Nervous System
Learn how noise, lighting, movement, seating, and other environmental factors can send threat or safety signals to your nervous system after trauma.
How do I differentiate the core me from the alters? Like when do I just “go mute” and when is it because the alter can’t speak?
Your question is just two short sentences, but there is so much that could be said in response! I can’t talk about all the thoughts this raises, but I hope…
How do I differentiate the core me from the alters? Like when do I just “go mute” and when is it because the alter can’t speak?
Your question is just two short sentences, but there is so much that could be said in response! I can’t talk about all the thoughts this raises, but I hope…
What Is Interdependence? A Healthy Alternative to Codependence
Learn how interdependence differs from codependence and hyper-independence and how healthy relationships can include both autonomy and connection.
How Childhood Abuse or Neglect Can Affect Your Self-Worth as an Adult
Learn how childhood abuse or neglect can teach conditional self-worth and why old standards about performance, approval, and mistakes may continue into adulthood.
How Environmental Cues Can Influence Switching in DID and OSDD
Learn how contextual cues such as places, people, music, and activities may influence switching or bring different DID or OSDD parts closer to the front.
The Hidden Energy Cost of Hypervigilance
Learn why constant threat monitoring from hypervigilance uses mental resources and can leave you exhausted, even when you haven’t done much physically.
Trauma Bonds Are Evidence of Your Determination to Survive
Learn why trauma bonds can form with abusive caregivers and how attachment, hope, distress, and relief can help maintain these powerful bonds.
Recovering from System Collapse: Don’t Rush Recovery
If pushing through has always been how you handle difficult things, you may instinctively approach recovery the same way. But system collapse requires something different.