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Early on in my relationship with my S.O. she told me that she had been diagnosed with histrionic personality disorder and dysthymia at an early age (about 12) and that she suffered from ptsd, all resulting from childhood sexual abuse and a sexual assault in later childhood. I did some research on the topics and thought I had a basic awareness of symptoms and treatments available. With some encouragement she eventually started seeing a psychiatrist. ...

I have been dissociating like no other these last few days... or maybe weeks. Anyway, it's way out of hand. If I'm not constantly using grounding techniques, I'm gone in 2 seconds flat. Maybe it's because I'm tired from this big project for school i've been working on (it's due tomorrow and I'm still not done). Maybe it's the stress of the project itself. But I cannot focus on reality for more than a few ...

It's finally gotten to the point where I realize I don't want to lose my loved one to stress and burnout,
so I decided to work out a plan with my kids and take charge. This has come after a lot of therapy and self-work.
(Please note this was not an easy decision nor does it happen easily.)

My new job is to be the one on the 'out' at all times. This involves constant ...

My best friend and neighbor has no way of geting to the internet, so she gave me persmission to discuss things here for her and try to get feedback. So, first, I want to give some background information on her so you'll understand how to help with my questiuon if you can :)

She tells me that she has three alters, and one main personality. One of ...

*I don't think there's anything triggering in this post... I hope I'm not wrong.

I already typed all of this up, but I'm chickening out, so one of the uh... voices... alters... is having to make me post this, now. I'm really not trying to be disrespectful or anything by not using the word "alter". It just feels weird, when I don't know if I have this or not ...

When I had disappeared for 9 days and Richard took over our system, he did an excelent job of it, I'm very proud. There was a problem though, with my mother (Kim is the body). My mother came over to check on us, or Richard I'm sure, and procceeded to bumbard him with questions about what is going on. Richard said that a few of us other parts said something to Kim about her past ...

I’m finding being out really hard at the moment. I feel so scared by everything & everything just seems like such an effort. I’ve lost a massive portion of my memory (about 10mths) not sure why. Not even sure what happened to lead me to this place.

The real world is so scary, but I don’t want to live my life in my head. :(

I feel ...

Post your thoughts and experiences with IFS here....

So, I've been reading the book Self-Therapy by Jay Earley, PHd over the last week or so. I finally finished it last night. I have been both intrigued and skeptical with the work. Anyway, after I laid down for bed (I never go right to sleep) I decided to do my first session. I thought about a phone call I have been wanting to make for a ...

Hey,
Like I wrote in my first post, all persons apart from the little Zoe are gone. We've done some searching and found out that they can't come out and that they are afraid of dying if they do. In a poem I've found yesterday they define her as 'the one little part that they could save' and as their 'source of life' and write she must 'never know'. Zoe hasn't had any self awareness ...

The boyfriend of a friend of mine witnessed something very traumatic about 5 or 6 years ago. I'm not sure how quickly he managed this, but he repressed the memory. The only time that he remembers it is when he's asleep. This is when/how he told my friend about it. It wasn't just sleep ...