@erinrackham: Even though I’ve been in & out of trauma therapy for over 10 years now, sometimes young alters in my dissociated system still struggle to see “the point” of swimming in the waters of painful emotions and memories. 🤷🏼♀️ They don’t have access to the decade of education in mental health I’ve pursued, or the years of experiences with feeling my physical feelings all the way through to completion and genuinely moving on from the distress, or the knowledge that it’s safe for me to “fall apart” in my current life—that I have support systems who catch me now. ❤️ It makes sense that they’re terrified to acknowledge their actual physical reality when that was never an option before, but it still surprises me when it happens because what do you mean I have to keep taking this “leap of faith” over the Grand Canyon of defenses I built when I was young to stop my emotions from coming out? I don’t know how many more giant leaps I have in me! 😅 Just feeling grateful for well-trained, trauma and nervous-system informed, therapists who have endless patience with my system and never add shame to the situation when my dissociation has me acting like a stubborn child yet again. ❤️🩹 #dissociativeidentitydisorder #did #osdd #dissociation #cptsd #partswork #IFS #internalfamilysystems
What do you think about the attitude/opinion a lot of trauma therapists have that “you don’t have to know what happened to heal.” If I’m understanding your explanation of knowing the beginning middle and end then it necessary to know what happened, correct?
2025-05-14 17:03:50
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Jen :
My IFS therapist frequently validates my doubtful parts by reminding me that she also has doubtful parts in her own system even after being a practicing therapist for years
2025-07-10 04:13:27
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Twinkle toes :
it was too much too fast for my body and then I traumatized myself with ptsd symptoms like I’ve never had before. And part of me is definitely like wtf for?
2025-05-14 21:42:52
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loveletter :
can you talk more about the unresolved ocd loops?
2025-05-15 23:32:20
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BostonMade :
but what are you doing it for? I'm stuck on this myself. like do I go through all of it? would that make me less strong and more victim-y? I don't want to be depressed. I don't understand that part of reliving it if you're functional. can you explain please so I can?
2025-05-16 17:36:26
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SunG :
personally we see this as when they're ready to share, they don't want to be alone, nor should they feel like they have to be. It's peer support, that "you are not alone aspect", simple as that.
2025-05-14 18:23:15
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eunicelimlmft :
It's important to function while carrying dissociation and repressed pain. That’s a powerful strength. But I wonder… does it ever feel like you’re only living as some of you, not all of you?
2025-05-19 09:17:59
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Youthority & Kon-X :
Your younger parts deserve that safety, too. 💖 What small signs do you look for that your child feels supported?
2025-07-04 16:01:03
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Dusk :
trying to explain this to the rest of our system. like, feelings are good. we're safe now, its safe to complete the story.
2025-05-16 11:53:08
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skinsuitofrage :
thank you so much for articulating this, im going to share it with my therapist
2025-05-15 00:45:31
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Laura :
You just happened across my FYP today, and I feel like someone understands me for the first time in my life. Literally. I have been binging your videos for hours because I relate so much to several of the things you discuss. All anyone has ever wanted to diagnosed me with is depression and anxiety, and I have been telling everyone that would listen since I was 7 years old that there is something more going on. Thank you. ❤️
2025-07-06 06:45:10
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heyjaimefish :
Oooh, thank you for sharing. I’m going to have to let this sink in.
2025-05-16 13:35:00
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Rachel Iversen :
I am in this process too, with parts work. the part rn doesn’t trust adults and as a newer recognized part my adult self is afraid of the intensity of her feelings. so it’s slow going. this isn’t the first processing but still the protectors come out asking what’s the point and does she/ do I have to feel this?
2025-06-05 21:39:30
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windywendy26 :
Thank you! This helped with a “why” I have in therapy
2025-05-22 05:03:34
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Lisa C. :
Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you.
2025-05-16 01:27:31
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Megan Belsey :
how do you remember the fragments
2025-06-17 21:11:38
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Charlene Turner :
Do you actually remember the traumas then? My littles are not able to express much
2025-05-21 05:35:31
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carly :
Oooh you just verbalized something I’ve been digging at. Thank you for sharing!
2025-05-16 03:12:59
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Leo :
I always got the sense that I dissociated from everything EXCEPT the bad feelings, and that's all I had
2025-05-16 21:22:27
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Amanda :
❤️
2025-07-07 00:50:43
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chantille :
💕
2025-07-06 12:55:01
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Niamh :
💕💕💕
2025-06-21 02:05:56
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HK612 :
😉
2025-06-10 05:01:51
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Strawberries and squirrels :
I am trying nicotine patches because of you. Honestly they are quite helpful for my chronic fatigue
2025-05-20 04:38:37
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