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Yes, "if and how to dal with trauma[tic flashback memories] held by someone within who is not me" more or less is right on the money. During the time period during which the content under scrutiny (occurred/could have occurred) the only phenomenon that "I" experienced was suddenly walking...

My PhD T said that for the most part, Flashbacks to Traumatic memories themselves contain fairly accurate memory content that can be trusted as far as it was encoded, but that's as far as it can go, and that any attempt to "fill in the blanks" should be avoided, as that can create memory...

PTSD has been much better in that I haven't had to think about it much. I have been triggered but by food allergies more than anything. Specific foods set me up with a bad reaction. Figuring out what was the allergy on my own was hard. Testing is too expensive. Now, I have migraine symptoms...

By pointing out a victim's perceived absence of mind and lack of situational awareness, someone like me with raging PTSD is able to appear serene as we "correctly identify" the problem, maybe safe-ish in the knowledge of how to avoid the same snafu. We may embellish further the precise Darwin...

I'd like to hear more about the contrast. I assumed similarity, wrongly, I guess.

Thank you, Zencat. I'm sorry that you went through anything of this nature. Nobody should, especially kids. I'm doing better. I learned a lot from being mistaken about important things. Learning more on letting go.

Just have him drink fluids with Miralax every day and then once every couple days to prevent. Also, no gluten.

I hear you loud and clear about olfactory flashbacks. Somehow they affect me more so than most. It's harder to combat. I have to go outdoors and take deep breaths and smell the air. Essential oils help. Peppermint is strong! A little goes a long way. I hope you feel better soon and find your...

@Friday I undoubtedly misconstrued your message and it's meaning. I agree with your clarifying message entirely, so I must have projected a strawman argument tape upon a gestalt screen of agreement. I do that frequently, (it is frustrating) and I can see it more readily now I accept my cognitive...

This sounds easy, but it isn't really always what's needed. Similar to first understanding before working on integrating and then releasing to the past within reframing and perhaps forgiveness... Acceptance in DID is first releasing the need to deny and control. Then listening and allowing. Then...

It's helpful to identify patterns of behavior that I have previously had too high a tolerance for and no longer desire to put up with in adults. I don't need to diagnose the person, but if the behavior fits a "type" then maybe having a label can ease communication with my closest friends to...

We should be allowed to put the Mark of Cain on these creatures. They should not be allowed to walk around us and law abiding folks and blend in amongst us. We are more than just one coping skills in our toolbox. I think of times of assertiveness I've also developed. All is me. I'm not just one...

Update. My insider didn't have a love life after all. It has been disconfirmed. So it was an imaginary friend situation that she's seen as real to her? We're not sure.

Nightmares are flashbacks or similar to them. Google Pete Walker Flashbacks Management. Work with him through the list. Also, essential oils. I kid you not. You can go to any licence massage therapist who does these with the certificate of therapy with oils. Ask for a custom blend for sleep...

Try canine companion. It takes about a year.

I feel like there's more than one reason for this derealization. One, trauma survivors tend to feel like an imposter. Why? IDK. Two. Until we act on feelings, they don't feel real. We stay in denial. Three. Dissociation. Period. In all forms. Four. Being lied to forever by supposedly...

If that's a one time event, it should be okay. You can take an ice cold water in an insulated cup and use the AC or roll down the window to treat dissociation.

I agree with posts here. Dissociation is not in itself negative. It's not an addiction to quit. But not knowing what is happening inside is not a fun way to live 24-7. I'm hoping to work on this, too. I'm pretty sure that I have DID. I can shut feeling sensation and pain off sometimes on...

@Sandstone have you told your therapist about this and similar items? I hope you find it and figure out what about it is the issue. In my case, I discovered that I have massive DID, something I've feared. When this shit hits the fan, you are not so afraid as seeking understanding. My point...

I should have listened to my co-worker who said that I have a "scientist" side that would come out and talk like a completely different person, and that she couldn't account for but just had to go with it. My H always said that I could go into modes and be completely different people...

M. has been in such pain that she has walked in front of cars while out taking walks. I am still alive. Her suicidal tendencies were worse after the others in the system decided to move far from the man. She wanted to stay by him, but also couldn't stand seeing him dating when passing by...

Alters definitely get involved. They do things and then come out and tell me much, much later when that alter feels "safe" to do so. One of them keeps trying to break up my relationships. Also, I just found out that one has been in love with a man for about ten years and had a long time...

All of my relationship problems seem to have gotten sucked into my most trauma-holding and hidden insider, M. M does not trust people easily, which is understandable given her experiences. She feels very easily hurt and rejected from perceived slights. Any anger at all or blame or...

I did not perceive the lost time at all because my insider who was out has some kind of amnesia or the DID makes it so I had no clue. I have not been clear on having DID, and went back and forth for years, until this came to light. I have finally gotten her to front, only to have her cry until...

Relationships are so important for those with severe, chronic PTSD from child abuse. If you agree, please stay in therapy and rule out Dissociative Disorders with someone who specializes in it; that is my advice today. Why? Mine was never caught because the questions on the SCID-D are not...