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About
Healing
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You Can Still Party When You Have DID!, Having Fun, Who Holds the Fun?, We Have It All, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 8/8/21 You Can Still Party When You Have DID!, Having Fun, Who Holds the Fun?, We Have It All, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 8/8/21

Party!

Letting down and having fun is important. (Artwork credit: Beach Party by Sheri Salin.)

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Diagnosed with DID, Second Opinion, Bad Girl, Confirmed, Labeled, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/24/21 Diagnosed with DID, Second Opinion, Bad Girl, Confirmed, Labeled, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/24/21

Diagnosed

A diagnosis of DID is both a death warrant and an invitation to new life.

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Our Real Birthday?, Milestones, Rebirth, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/17/21 Our Real Birthday?, Milestones, Rebirth, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/17/21

Happy Birthday!

You can claim any day you wish as your birthday, as often as you like during the year!

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Six Easy Ways to Support Your Child Parts In Healthcare Appointments, Strategies to Support Younger Parts, Appointments, Explanations, Children's Books & Videos, Color, Fun Practice Lyn Barrett 7/9/21 Six Easy Ways to Support Your Child Parts In Healthcare Appointments, Strategies to Support Younger Parts, Appointments, Explanations, Children's Books & Videos, Color, Fun Practice Lyn Barrett 7/9/21

Six Easy Ways To Support Your Child Parts In Healthcare Appointments

Child and teen parts have valuable energy and curiosity, but they can also be scared and confused during medical and dental treatment.

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Becoming Real with DID, In Awe of Life and Death, Who Are We?, Underground Gymnastics, We Don't Feel Real, It Happens, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/2/21 Becoming Real with DID, In Awe of Life and Death, Who Are We?, Underground Gymnastics, We Don't Feel Real, It Happens, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/2/21

Becoming Real

Becoming real doesn’t come easily. It takes a long time.

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Frenemies, Group Therapy, Transference & Projection, Reality Check, Facing & Healing My Shadow, From Enemies to Friends, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 6/26/21 Frenemies, Group Therapy, Transference & Projection, Reality Check, Facing & Healing My Shadow, From Enemies to Friends, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 6/26/21

Frenemies

I thought I was good at relationships but it was all a fake.

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God & DID, Presence & Yearning, Faith, Our Personal Perspectives, A Beautiful Tapestry, A Prayer, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 6/18/21 God & DID, Presence & Yearning, Faith, Our Personal Perspectives, A Beautiful Tapestry, A Prayer, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 6/18/21

God

We are a beautiful tapestry of belief and non-belief, faith and lack of faith, clarity and confusion, and everything along those continuums.

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The Six Ways I Manage My Triggers, Intimacy, Skin Throbbing with Old Memory, The Body Keeps the Score*, Managing Triggers Lyn Barrett 6/12/21 The Six Ways I Manage My Triggers, Intimacy, Skin Throbbing with Old Memory, The Body Keeps the Score*, Managing Triggers Lyn Barrett 6/12/21

Six Ways I Manage My Triggers

Triggers are events in the present that remind us of something that happened in the past.

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Is Forgiveness the Goal?, Healing is the Goal, Grieving is the Process, Forgiveness & DID, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 5/28/21 Is Forgiveness the Goal?, Healing is the Goal, Grieving is the Process, Forgiveness & DID, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 5/28/21

Is Forgiveness the Goal?

Forgiveness is not a requirement, but grieving is.

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“Trauma freezes the memory narrative. It’s the task of survivors of chronic childhood trauma to thaw it out and turn it into story. ”
— Lyn Barrett

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