Ritual Abuse and Issues with Repetition

On my blog entry entitled Getting Triggered by Halloween Preparations, a reader posted the following comment: I hate to repeat things too! What is that about.. do you think? I really really HATE it! Any insights appreciated. ~ Mia I, too, have a difficult time with repetition. It took me a long time to be [...]

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Feeling Present

What does it mean to feel present? It is hard for me to define it, but it is amazing when I feel it. I still remember the first time I felt present. I was at a park watching my son play on the playground equipment. I felt at peace. The colors around me were vivid, [...]

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Getting Triggered by Halloween Preparations

Thank you for being so patient while I took a break last week. I was overwhelmed with many areas of my life, some of which I wrote about here. I am going to try to blog daily this week, but don’t be surprised if I need to ease back in. I try to write ahead, [...]

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Needing Rest

Hi, everyone. I am sorry to have posted such an intense blog entry like Ritual Abuse: Forced Cannibalism and Other Forms of Eating Flesh and then disappear, but I needed some rest. My job has kept me hopping for the last couple of weeks, and I simply needed a break today. I may or may [...]

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Ritual Abuse: Forced Cannibalism and Other Forms of Eating Flesh

One form of child abuse that is rarely discussed is forced cannibalism and other forms of being forced to eat flesh. My experience with this was with my beloved dog, which I talked about here. That memory is one of my most traumatizing ones. It ties into my aversion to eating, or even smelling, seafood [...]

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Update on the Effects of the Protect Our Children Act

Do you remember when I urged you to contact your congressmen to pass the Protect Our Children Act? Our efforts are already bearing fruit. I received the following email from the National Association to Protect Children, which is the organization that provided me with specific information about how to get that bill passed into law. [...]

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DID: Helping Sad Alter Parts Grieve

On my blog entry entitled Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) Alter Parts: Understanding Sad Parts, a reader posted the following comment: I keep having this huge need to just sob LOUD and long, and it’s accompanied by stinging behind my eyes like I’m about to cry, but I can’t do it. That doesn’t feel like “mine”, [...]

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Not Doing Well after Contact from Mother/Abuser

So, it turns out that I am not handling this latest crap from my mother as well as I hoped. I received her letter on Saturday, and I was truly dying laughing at the absurdity of the whole thing. I slept fitfully that night. On Sunday, I felt waves of anxiety on and off, but [...]

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Hysterically Funny Letter from Mother/Abuser

I received a hysterically funny letter from my mother/abuser. If you are not up to date on the letter drama with my mother/abuser, read this blog entry beginning with the links at the top. Since I wrote that blog entry, my mother did write me another letter a couple of weeks ago to tell me [...]

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Use Caution with Christian Counselors for Child Abuse Therapy

On my blog entry entitled Finding a Therapist if you have Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), a reader posted the following comment (I added asterisks to any reference to G*d to help anyone who is triggered by religion): I did want to say something in regards to Christian therapist, they are not all the same. I [...]

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