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I'm an adult survivor of child abuse who documents therapy; a yellow brick road to hell.

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Category Archives: mental health

Five Faces of Me

One therapy session, five clients in one.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 25, 2021March 25, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:amnesia, anxiety, attachment styles, awareness, child parts, childhood, cptsd, depression, DID, dissociation, dissociative disorder, flashback, internal family system, mental health, mental health awareness, mental illness, osdd, psychology, therapy session, trauma3 Comments on Five Faces of Me

The Watcher

A bad session. A very bad session.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:buffy, cptsd, despair, dissociation, dissociative disorder, kungfu panda, loops, mental health, psychology, red panda, self harm, suicide, therapy session, trauma8 Comments on The Watcher

The Reluctant Messenger

A little part speaks.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 23, 2021March 23, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:alters, anxiety, childhood, childhood trauma, cptsd, depression, dissociation, dissociative disorder, flashback, littles, mental health, psychology, ptsd, shame, structural dissociation, therapy session, trauma, trauma survivor, writing9 Comments on The Reluctant Messenger

Never Without My Permission

The awkward discussions about sex begin.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 22, 2021March 22, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:bruce willis, cbt, consent, dbt, dialectical behavioural therapy, milla jovovich, psychology, psychotherapy, sex, sex education, sexual abuse, the fifth element, therapist, therapy7 Comments on Never Without My Permission

Thoughts in an MRI

A brain scan with PTSD.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 20, 2021March 20, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anxiety, brain scan, daydream, flashback, medical imaging, medical professionals, memories, mri, ptsd, thoughts20 Comments on Thoughts in an MRI

Stranger than Fiction

Parts of me fight then scold my psychologist.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 20, 2021March 21, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:alters, anxiety, childhood, cptsd, dissociation, dissociative disorder, internal family system, mental health, parts, psychology, therapy session, trauma2 Comments on Stranger than Fiction

Voice from the Past – Part II

The unspeakable shame of sexual abuse.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anger, child abuse, childhood, childhood trauma, cptsd, depression, dissociation, dissociative disorder, inner critic, memories, mental health, parenting, psychology, shame, therapy session4 Comments on Voice from the Past – Part II

Voice from the Past – Part I

Not my body but the body I protect.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadMarch 7, 2021March 7, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:alters, mental health, mri, parts work, psychology, shoes, therapy session4 Comments on Voice from the Past – Part I

Amnesia

A poem about trauma related dissociative amnesia.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadFebruary 28, 2021February 28, 2021Posted inmental health, poetryTags:amnesia, childhood trauma, dissociation, dissociative disorder, fight flight freeze, freeze response, memory loss, mental health, psychology, tonic immobility, trauma4 Comments on Amnesia

Rebirth

The critic has a breakthrough moment.

Posted bysarcasticfringeheadFebruary 25, 2021February 25, 2021Posted inmental healthTags:anxiety, childhood, cptsd, dissociation, dissociative disorder, humans, memories, mental health, parenting, psychology, rebirth, therapy, therapy session, trauma9 Comments on Rebirth

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