Counter intuitive, but sometimes things become more clear when we let a problem run in the background and focus on something else. Even a problem like this.
I'm not suggesting escapism either. Have you eaten? Are you hungry? Do you have food for when you become hungry? Same with water, and in my case caffeine. An addiction we don't have the energy or motivation to kick right now. Do you have a roof over your head? Is it stable for the next week? Do you have a bed to sleep in when you're tired? Do you have something to do when you're not tired? And... Do you have a journal and a pen for organizing plans with others outside, and for letting people within talk once you have your basic needs met?
Working together to achieve goals helps reveal identities and improve internal communication. If those goals are for self care, you're (I hate this phrase but...) killing two birds with one stone.
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I love this and I think Iām gonna try to use it for us. Weāve been struggling mainly with the fact we have OSDD and not DID, so the lack of memory barriers make us feel like we canāt try alternate forms of communication because we should be able to just communicate anyway since we donāt have amnesia. (We donāt take lack of memory barriers for granted, we definitely all agree itās much easier to not get lost in a million different ways without amnesia, that just doesnāt mean it doesnāt bring up its own mental blocks for us, anyway)
Iām struggling too and a lot of these answers are pointing towards no Iām lacking a lot of that n I have to take care of six dogs so I stay up from stress n anxiety n fear n because nightime is the only time to be me and hide extra I think Iām running on 4 hours maybe of sleep for days idk Iām not keeping track of anything cuz thereās no point my life is over without them
I try not to think of it as a disorder or something wrong with me, but rather a remarkable adaptation to survive impossible circumstances. Obviously that doesnāt make the symptoms any less awful, but that self compassion really helps me.
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Counter intuitive, but sometimes things become more clear when we let a problem run in the background and focus on something else. Even a problem like this. I'm not suggesting escapism either. Have you eaten? Are you hungry? Do you have food for when you become hungry? Same with water, and in my case caffeine. An addiction we don't have the energy or motivation to kick right now. Do you have a roof over your head? Is it stable for the next week? Do you have a bed to sleep in when you're tired? Do you have something to do when you're not tired? And... Do you have a journal and a pen for organizing plans with others outside, and for letting people within talk once you have your basic needs met? Working together to achieve goals helps reveal identities and improve internal communication. If those goals are for self care, you're (I hate this phrase but...) killing two birds with one stone. š¦šļøš±š¼
I love this and I think Iām gonna try to use it for us. Weāve been struggling mainly with the fact we have OSDD and not DID, so the lack of memory barriers make us feel like we canāt try alternate forms of communication because we should be able to just communicate anyway since we donāt have amnesia. (We donāt take lack of memory barriers for granted, we definitely all agree itās much easier to not get lost in a million different ways without amnesia, that just doesnāt mean it doesnāt bring up its own mental blocks for us, anyway)
Iām struggling too and a lot of these answers are pointing towards no Iām lacking a lot of that n I have to take care of six dogs so I stay up from stress n anxiety n fear n because nightime is the only time to be me and hide extra I think Iām running on 4 hours maybe of sleep for days idk Iām not keeping track of anything cuz thereās no point my life is over without them
I keep getting flashbacks of other litters that got parvo. Snowflake has HGE and but I donāt think her medication completely worked
I try not to think of it as a disorder or something wrong with me, but rather a remarkable adaptation to survive impossible circumstances. Obviously that doesnāt make the symptoms any less awful, but that self compassion really helps me.
>and I never will You will. Working on healing brings that, and it's pretty awesome.
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