“We say, "It wasn't that bad. It was all my fault. I’m making all this stuff up. " All my life, I spoke bitterly of my mother's treatment of me as a child. Friends asked, “What did she do to you?“ I couldn't really describe it, and in frustration would say, “Well, she didn't lock us up in closets." in fact, my mother behaved much worse than that, but by focusing on the empty closet, I avoided looking at what waited beyond it.” MotherFearHatredBetrayalRageResentmentChild AbuseAvoidanceAmnesiaRepressed MemoriesDissociative AmnesiaPedophile Protector Book:Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder Source: Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder
“Nita: I think I overdid the vulnerability stuff in this last letter. and that’s why I’m having an anxiety attack. Howard: With the vulnerability comes the possibility that you’ll be betrayed. Now that you’ve laid yourself wide open, I am the agent of this betrayal? It’s not my style. Nita: I’ve thought it wasn't other people’s style, too.” FearDoubtBetrayalVulnerableVulnerabilityDistrustDissociative Identity DisorderMistrustPsychotherapyAbusive RelationshipsTrust IssuesRelationship ProblemsTherapy SessionVulnerability Attachment Book:Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder Source: Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder
“Howard: Sometimes a betrayal can be so subtle that it clouds the whole thing. Nita: It would have to be a real betrayal. Not like canceling an appointment. It would be like you’d end the relationship in the middle. Howard: Why would I call it off? Nita: I don’t know!” FearRelationshipsBetrayalAbandonmentDissociative Identity DisorderPsychotherapyTherapy Session Author:Sarah E. Olson