This is My Story; It's True, Memoirs Affect People, Not Everyone Is Happy, Building My Cognitive Structure, Getting Reading for Publication, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 11/27/21 This is My Story; It's True, Memoirs Affect People, Not Everyone Is Happy, Building My Cognitive Structure, Getting Reading for Publication, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 11/27/21

This Is My Story. It’s True

Exposure in memoir is often difficult for both the author and the characters in the story.

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6 Tips to Turn Holiday Triggers into Time Well Spent, Holiday Triggers, Tips, You Are Not Alone, It's Your Choice, Create Your Own Holiday, Pick Your People, Dream Vision Plan Lyn Barrett 11/20/21 6 Tips to Turn Holiday Triggers into Time Well Spent, Holiday Triggers, Tips, You Are Not Alone, It's Your Choice, Create Your Own Holiday, Pick Your People, Dream Vision Plan Lyn Barrett 11/20/21

6 Tips That Turn Holiday Triggers into Time Well Spent

Holiday triggers are more common than you think — and you can manage them with these easy tips.

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Integration, Communication is the First Step, My Alters Yesterday & Today, Life After Integration, Our Parts Are Always There, Integration Is Not a Requirement Lyn Barrett 11/13/21 Integration, Communication is the First Step, My Alters Yesterday & Today, Life After Integration, Our Parts Are Always There, Integration Is Not a Requirement Lyn Barrett 11/13/21

Integration

Integration of alters is something like gourmet cooking.

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Drive, My Drive Was An Alter, My Alter Was Angry, Anger's Vision, My Drive Re-Emerges, For Me & For Others, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 10/9/21 Drive, My Drive Was An Alter, My Alter Was Angry, Anger's Vision, My Drive Re-Emerges, For Me & For Others, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 10/9/21

Inner Drive & DID

My drive, born of anger, compelled me to move forward. His name was Mike.

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Intentions, Setting Intentions, Intentions Move Us Forward, Obstacles Lyn Barrett 9/11/21 Intentions, Setting Intentions, Intentions Move Us Forward, Obstacles Lyn Barrett 9/11/21

Intentions

Intentions help us get what we need in the future what we don’t have today.

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Transgenerational Trauma, Epigenetics, Inherited Trauma, Family Secrets, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 8/27/21 Transgenerational Trauma, Epigenetics, Inherited Trauma, Family Secrets, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 8/27/21

Transgenerational Trauma

Trauma is passed epigenetically from one generation to another.

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Third Shift with DID, Names of Alters Lyn Barrett 8/12/21 Third Shift with DID, Names of Alters Lyn Barrett 8/12/21

Third Shift

We have a family and friends in our head, who walk with us everywhere. How could that be only negative?

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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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Shame, Shame vs. Guilt, I'm Bad, A New Alter, Stay Away From Me, I'm Glad You're Here, Maladaptive or Evolutionary Advantage?, Kicking the Shame Habit, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/30/21 Shame, Shame vs. Guilt, I'm Bad, A New Alter, Stay Away From Me, I'm Glad You're Here, Maladaptive or Evolutionary Advantage?, Kicking the Shame Habit, Self-Care Lyn Barrett 7/30/21

Shame

If the difference between shame and guilt is, ‘I am bad’ versus ‘I did something bad,’ then my whole existence was grounded in shame.

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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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DID Systems, Meeting My First Alter, Learning I Had a System, A System Full of Alters, All Systems Are Different Lyn Barrett 6/5/21 DID Systems, Meeting My First Alter, Learning I Had a System, A System Full of Alters, All Systems Are Different Lyn Barrett 6/5/21

DID Systems

Each of us with DID and DDNOS have systems of parts that make up our whole selves.

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