Beyond the Categories
When Coping Stops Working: Crisis in DID
What happens when coping breaks down and symptoms suddenly get worse? That’s more than stress.
From Survival to Healing: Rethinking Symptoms
Symptoms aren’t flaws — they’re survival strategies.
You’re Allowed to Have Needs
Having needs doesn’t make you selfish — it makes you human.
Invisible Doesn’t Mean a Lack of Progress
Subtle progress in healing still matters.
Why Safety Doesn’t Always Feel Safe
Feeling unsafe in safe spaces is common in trauma recovery. It doesn’t have to stay that way.
You Have the Right to Take Up Space
Taking up space doesn’t make you selfish.
Tiny Steps in DID: Why Ever Step Counts
DID healing isn’t about perfection — it’s about steady steps forward.
Why Survivors Fawn
People-pleasing in DID is often a survival strategy.
Why Logic Doesn’t Stop the Trauma Responses
You can’t think your way out of trauma — but you can out-heal it.
Why Survivors Often Over-Explain
Over-explaining is often a survival reflex from childhood.
Your Parts Aren’t Broken—They’re Creative Survivors
DID parts are signs of creativity under impossible pain.
When Caretaking Hides Your Own Pain
Caretaking was once survival—today, it can be avoidance.
DID and the Survival Skill of Fawning
Fawning once kept you safe.