Category Archives: Work with parts

Blind Terror

What a strange experience.  I’m not even sure I can write about it accurately.  I thought my brain had stopped working.  I was afraid it had to do with getting old.  Erica reframed it as a stage in spiritual growth, … Continue reading

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Profoundly Discouraged

from my journal for Saturday, September 8 In my session with Erica we didn’t talk much — I didn’t have a lot to say.  I told her about the odd blank times — how sometimes it was a relief, and … Continue reading

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Broken

from my journal for June 10 One of the dances we did was Broken Hallelujah.  When we go into the center we are reaching out to our broken parts.  I have been imagining that I don’t have any broken parts … Continue reading

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Fear

July 18 Erica said I needed to reassure the baby that it was OK to be scared, but I also needed to contact the ones who don’t want to be scared.  One of those is upset because she doesn’t know … Continue reading

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Depression in Reaction to Feeling Good

I wrote this paragraph for a group called Patients Like Me, writing it for other people dealing with PTSD. The worst thing about PTSD for me is to be where I am now: Technically called hypoarousal, it also means depressed … Continue reading

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All Parts of Me

(Written in February 2010) I’ve been having this odd thought — it comes from some of the passages I’ve written describing myself as a wonderful person: “lovely, loving, creative, generous…” I’d be ashamed to read those passages to someone — … Continue reading

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Parts of Self-portrait

Since it’s hard to see the details of the self-portrait, I took some closeups. This piece shows the area around my heart.  Words are “SHREDDED” and “TORN” This part represents my sexuality.  The word is “DESTROYED”.  There are pictures of … Continue reading

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