“I spent most of my life believing l was crazy because all the crazy things I experienced in childhood were treated as nonexistent or normal. This belief colored every decision made, from something so basic as what to wear today, to the more esoteric boundaries of whether I should kill myself. I understood very well that killing myself under the wrong circumstances would establish my insanity forever. So I analyzed every word, every gesture, before committing myself. (Which probably accounts for why I am alive today.)” BeliefCrazySurvivalLiesSuicideInsaneDenialInsanitySurvivorChild AbuseSuicidalBelief QuotesSuicidal ThoughtsSelf DoubtChildhood AbusePsychological AbuseBelief SystemSuicidal Ideation Book:Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder Source: Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder
“Being in a state of denial is a universally human response to situations which threaten to overwhelm. People who were abused as children sometimes carry their denial like precious cargo without a port of destination. It enabled us to survive our childhood experiences, and often we still live in survival mode decades beyond the actual abuse. We protect ourselves to excess because we learned abruptly and painfully that no one else would.” SecretPsychologySurvivalVictimTraumaProtectionDefenseDenialSurvivorChild AbuseRepressionSelf ProtectionAbuse SurvivorDefense MechanismTraumatic StressTraumatic MemoriesSecret History Book:Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder Source: Becoming One: A Story of Triumph Over Dissociative Identity Disorder