Author: Alicia Polk

Explains why internal communication in DID naturally expands and contracts in response to stress, safety, and system capacity.

If you feel stuck waiting for certainty before taking the next step in healing, this video offers another approach. I discuss two reliable ways systems can evaluate next steps without compromising safety.

Healing in DID often happens in small, quiet ways that don’t feel like progress. In this video, I talk about why emotional change isn’t always a reliable marker — and what real progress in dissociative healing often looks like instead.

Many people with DID or OSDD feel frustrated by symptoms that interfere with their lives now. In this video, I explore a trauma-informed perspective: many present-day symptoms originally developed as survival strategies in childhood. Understanding this can reduce shame and make change feel more possible.

In this video, I share a gentle, trauma-informed exercise designed to be adaptable for people with DID or dissociative systems. This exercise focuses on reducing overwhelm and supporting regulation without trauma processing or pushing parts beyond their comfort.

Certain times of year can quietly trigger trauma responses, even when life feels stable. This video explores how trauma anniversaries work and why they’re often hard to recognize.

What if healing didn’t mean erasing damage—or pretending it didn’t matter? This video explores a different way of understanding worth after trauma.

An explanation of how pushing change without enough internal agreement can overwhelm dissociative systems, leading to shutdown rather than healing.

An exploration of why different alters in a dissociative system may fear or oppose healing, and why understanding those concerns supports safer recovery.

A trauma-informed look at why healing is often messy and nonlinear, and how misunderstanding this can lead to unnecessary shame or self-doubt.