Being able to recognize that you are being abused, while the abuse is still happening, is mind-bogglingly difficult. I say mind-boggling because even though dozens of people trying to tell me that my relationship was abusive was completely ineffective for me, it’s still my first instinct when someone’s partner exhibits abusive behaviors to just try to tell them that. I know that this extremely straightforward tactic doesn’t work, but what other choice do I have? This article explores that question.
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New Merch: Emotional Support Kitties & More
We created this digital painting of two adorable kitties inspired by our own Emotional Support Cat.
Patreon Bonus Content: Choosing the Title Font of Our Poetry Book
When we were getting close to finishing the cover illustration, we started messing around with…[Read More on Patreon]
Patreon Bonus Content: Choosing My Poetry Book’s Font
When we started getting more into design work through our website design and creating merch, we also got deeper into the world of…[More on Patreon]
Patreon Bonus Article: Why We Postponed Our Poetry Book Publishing Date
Originally, it was our plan to have our poetry book published by now. But for the sake of our mental health… (Read More on Patreon)
What Does Dissociation Feel Like?
How did I spend ten years of receiving treatment from eight different therapists, as well as doing my own research on mental health, and never realize I was dissociating so much? Because I didn’t realize what I was feeling was dissociation!
Early Signs That I Had Dissociative Identity Disorder
When I was first diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder, I was pretty shocked. I didn’t exhibit a lot of the most obvious signs I had seen in media. To help reorient myself, I began carefully reviewing the chapters of my life and looking for the hidden signs of DID that I had previously missed. I ended up finding quite a few.
Patreon Bonus Content: What the Darkest Poem in My Book is About
We’re continuing to share some poems that took on a totally different meaning after we were diagnosed with DID. Today we wanted to share another full poem with you, called…. (Read More on Patreon)
Patreon Bonus Content: Dissociation & Amnesia in Our Poetry
As part of our ongoing poetry book insights, we wanted to share with you some poems that took on a totally different meaning after we were diagnosed with DID in August of last year…. (Read More on Patreon)
Patreon Bonus Content: The Poem About My Alter AJ
As part of our ongoing poetry book insights, we wanted to share with you some poems that took on a totally different meaning after we were diagnosed with DID… (Read more on Patreon)