Many people with systems believe they have a dissociative disorder one moment and doubt it the next. Dissociative symptoms are often inconsistent, which can make them feel less real when…
You may have difficulty believing you have DID even after diagnosis for several reasons: Dissociative systems often hide themselves. Many systems are designed to minimize awareness of symptoms, memory gaps,…
You may realize you were triggered only after the fact because the nervous system reacts to threats before the thinking parts of the brain can understand what is happening. If…
You may feel triggered in situations that seem normal because your nervous system connects those situations to past danger. A situation can appear safe or ordinary in the present while…
Sometimes it can feel like triggers come from everywhere. This is because just about anything can become a trigger. A trigger is a cue of danger. When the nervous system…
You may avoid certain people without being able to say why because something about them reminds your nervous system of danger. A person’s tone of voice, facial expressions, body language,…
You may shut down even during mild conflict because you learned to shut down during more intense conflicts. If conflict was frightening, unpredictable, humiliating, or dangerous growing up, the nervous…
Child or trauma-holding parts can get triggered at work because work environments can resemble childhood dynamics. At work, there are rules and authority figures with the power to affect your…
Authority at work can be so triggering because it can resemble the power dynamic you experienced as a child. Caregivers or abusers had power and were unpredictable, critical, controlling, abusive,…
Feeling capable one day and incapable the next is likely due to which parts are fronting or influencing the system rather than a sudden loss of ability. If your system…