Internal Communication (dissociative Disorder)

[eunoia]

I have been journaling on and off for the past year using the dominant hand, non-dominant hand method. has anyone else used this method for internal communication? just wondering if I can believe what is coming up, or not?! I'm having my doubts at the moment.

 

[Ronin]

I'd journal first, analyze second?

If it is true, you're having something that's been long time hidden and can finally work on it.

If it's not, at least you've got some not so useful info out, no longer haranguing you to that intensity.

It's a win-win either case.

 

[pixel]

Ive done it with art therapy, using both hands simultaneously.

What sort of things are coming up for you, @eunoia?

 

[shimmerz]

I did this during a Quantum Shamanic Journey. It happened spontaneously. My left and right hand insisted on drawing a house together (I have house issues). It was wild.

It makes sense really that the one hand provides access to a different part of the brain as the dominant hand has been trained to relate to a higher portion of the brain. Higher brain contains filters and belief systems (imo) that the lower portion of the brain are not affected by is how I understand that this works.

I think Ronin has it right. Maybe don't judge, and just let it all come out.

 

[eunoia]

I started off drawing with non-dominant hand as an exercise to get in touch with inner child, then I switched to the non-dominant hand writing. T was doing a few sessions with me on imaginal nurturing, which I found really difficult, so I thought the writing would help.

What is throwing me off is that there seems to be many inner children. Now they will talk to me, the ones that can talk and I'm finding it difficult to believe this. They have shared some trauma details --some of it has caused emotional dysregulation, body memories and flashbacks.

If I just need to do a 'brain dump' so to speak, then maybe stream of consciousness writing would work better? I haven't tried that yet.

 

[Muttly]

For me, stream of consciousness works. . But are the doubts about the process you are using or about the information you are getting? Because if you are feeling disturbed by the information you are getting, changing methodology may not change that.

What can you to help you cope with the information and feelings that are coming up? Do you need to create break periods for yourself so you have time to process what is being written and drawn?

 

[pixel]

Whats stream of consciousness?
:shy:

 

[Ronin]

@pixel, it's a writing technique. :tup:

You basically write what you're thinking, without trying to structure it, timely or in other blocks, and let associations flow, without censoring them or putting them to any form.

 

[pixel]

Thank you!

 

[eunoia]

But are the doubts about the process you are using or about the information you are getting?

I think it's about the information I am getting, and how that can even be possible. it just seems a bit bizarre. if someone read my journal I'm sure they would want to put me in a psych unit. :0))

I did try stream of consciousness writing. I used my dominant hand for that, it seemed entirely different.

 

[Symphony]

Each of my parts is differently handed. I've never purposefully tried to draw them out this way. It's just always been that some were left handed, others right handed, and others cross handed (each hand being used as strongest/dominant for different activities- a little different from being ambidextrous).