by Elisabeth | Apr 25, 2018 | Freedom Fighters, Memory Repression, Recovery
I have been more motivated to move lately. It is coming from my goddess inner part who seems to be highly invested in the body and physical health. This is something my controller has never been too concerned about. Of course, they don’t like it when I get sick...
by Elisabeth | Oct 18, 2017 | Dissociation, Memory Repression
Last week, I wrote about the horrible invalidation that comes with claims that dissociation is not real. But there is another belief about dissociation (and particularly Dissociative Identity Disorder) which leads to an underestimation of its prevalence. That belief...
by Elisabeth | Oct 11, 2017 | Dissociation, Memory Repression
Recently I was alerted to an article on Psychology Today which denounced dissociation as a real response to trauma. Not surprisingly, this article made my blood boil. The most infuriating part of the article was how he kept repeating how dissociation was used as an...
by Elisabeth | Aug 30, 2017 | Memory Repression, Recovery
Most people who decide to work with me have been journeying through recovery for many years. They have been struggling to reduce their traumatic pain for decades. They have tried many approaches over the years. Some have worked a little. Some have worked well, but...
by Elisabeth | Aug 9, 2017 | Freedom Fighters, Memory Repression, Parenting
I have spent several months walking through my past with my inner rebel runner. It hasn’t been easy. We have felt so much futility, grief, shame and fear. And countless memories have been shared. All of these memories are different in their own way, but they have...
by Elisabeth | Jul 19, 2017 | Defenders, Memory Repression
Recovery work is definitely a journey. And while the traumatic emotions and memory recovery feel awful sometimes, there is nothing worse than feeling stuck. In this work, “stuck” is a technical term. It means our defenses are winning the inner battle at the...
