Dysmorphic Identity

As an incest survivor and spending my whole life in and out of treatment for an eating disorder and body dysmorphia, I now counsel others who suffer from complex trauma. Most of my clients had terrorizing childhoods and almost all suffered a breech in personal boundaries through touch. If a child can't protect itself, it …

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Parts of me fear the evening

Task Master Part: "Well I have all these ideas during the day and get so emotionally exhausted at night because if I'm not productive during the day I feel like a loser". Distracted Part: "But the sun always calls me and summer is hard for me to focus inside when the warmth comforts". Risk Part: …

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Abstaining from my hungry part

I never have found success in abstinence of anything and lean hard on the side against programs which support them, especially when it comes to food.  Take away the obvious problem of needing calories to sustain life and brain power, when we start manipulating our intake of them for psychological peace, all we do is …

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Feeding what leads to well-being

  I am secretly envious of those who have never suffered with trauma and the subsequent pains that manifest from it because all unknown symptoms relate to the suggestion of satan who reminds us of memories endured.  And so the eyes close and the throat tightens and I plan into the future and then plan …

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Left hand, left behind lies

Draw a line down the paper and write from the younger side on the left with the left hand. Being left behind. Being insignificant. I don't have what it takes to compete so I give up. I'm not ok, I'm leaking. Visit the inner child. Speak to her as the adult. Make it ok. We …

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