P.T.S.D. / Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
(Dissociative Identity Disorder)
In Brief
Survival Mechanisms – Depersonalization, derealization, amnesia, fugue, identity confusion/alteration.
Quotes
“The therapeutic goal is for the client to be in the world, not of it.” ~ D. Warn
“It’s not the person refusing to let go of the past, but the past not letting go of the person.” ~ Unknown
“The mind replays what the heart can’t delete.” ~ Anonymous
“We repeat what we don’t repair.” ~ C. Langley
Client / Therapist
Client:
“I’m Humpty-Dumpty. You’ll never be able to put me back together again.”
Therapist:
“Then I’ll just embrace all the broken parts.”
Resources
Websites
Apa.org
Dissociativeliving.com
Dpselfhelp.com
Medium.com
Movies
Fight Club
All About Eve
Secret Window
The Manchurian Candidate
Forrest Gump
American Sniper
Books
As If It Didn’t Happen
~ M. Claire
Attachment Disorganization
~ J. Solomon
Getting Past Your Past
~ F. Shapiro
Therapy Pros
Evidence-based. Strongly recommended by APA: CBT, CPT, Cognitive Therapy, Exposure.
Therapy Cons
Conditionally recommended by APA: Narrative Exposure, EMDR.
