Describes how fear, rage, helplessness and shame lead to deeper states of dissociative hypoarousal
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More on Surviving the Intolerable: Locked Inside Fear, Rage, Helplessness and Shame
posted: Feb. 24, 2023.
Describes how fear, rage, helplessness and shame lead to deeper states of dissociative hypoarousal
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More on Parts: Tertiary Dissociation and Dissociative Identity Disorder
posted: Feb. 17, 2023.
Describes Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) from the perspective of Structural Dissociation
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More on Parts: Secondary Dissociation and Complex PTSD
posted: Feb. 10, 2023.
Shows how ideas about dissociation and parts connect with a Complex PTSD designation
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Fragmented Selves: Parts Are In Our Biology
posted: Feb. 03, 2023.
Summarizes theory and research about how dissociation shows up in the brain
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The Third Pathway: Attachment Trauma
posted: Jan. 27, 2023.
Describes the the third pathway to dissociative hypoarousal: Attachment trauma
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The Second Pathway: Surviving the Intolerable
posted: Jan. 20, 2023.
Describes the Development of Long-Term Dissociative Hypoarousal
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The First Pathway: Fragments of The Self
posted: Jan. 13, 2023.
Describes the Formation of Dissociation Due to Trauma
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Why Am I Like This? Introduction to The Three Pathways
posted: Jan. 06, 2023.
Introduces a New Section that describes the development of Dissociative Hypoarousal
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Dissociative Hypoarousal and The Biology of Shame
posted: Nov. 25, 2022.
Describes the Surprising Connection Between Shame and Hypoarousal
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Emotional Hijacking #2: More About Parts and Trauma
posted: Nov. 18, 2022.
Describes Emotional Hijacking in Parts Teminology
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Emotional Hijacking #1: When Unwanted Feelings Take Over
posted: Nov. 11, 2022.
The Concept of Emotional Hijacking Helps Us Understand Dissociation
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When Life Doesn't Feel Real: Alterations and Lowering Of Consciousness
posted: Nov. 04, 2022.
Describes Alterations of Consciousness that Occur for Survivors of Trauma
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What Do You Mean By Parts? Trauma Parts, Protector Parts
posted: Oct. 28, 2022.
Explains Fragmentation Due to Trauma in Terms of Parts
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Beyond The Freeze Response: Types of Dissociative Hypoarousal
posted: Oct. 21, 2022.
Presents the Hypoarousal Responses to Trauma in Greater Detail
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Dissociative Hypoarousal and The PolyVagal Theory
posted: Oct. 14, 2022.
How The PolyVagal Theory Helps Us Understand Dissociation
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Sometimes I'm Super Anxious, Sometimes I'm Numb: The Biphasic Response
posted: Oct. 07, 2022.
Explains the Extreme Ups and Downs Caused by Reactions to Trauma
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