Lyn Barrett 9/11/21 Lyn Barrett 9/11/21

Intentions

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

Lyn Barrett 9/7/21 Lyn Barrett 9/7/21

Remembering

For people with dissociative disorders, remembering is a conundrum.

Lyn Barrett 8/27/21 Lyn Barrett 8/27/21

Transgenerational Trauma

Trauma is passed epigenetically from one generation to another.

Lyn Barrett 8/12/21 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?

Lyn Barrett 8/8/21 Lyn Barrett 8/8/21

Party!

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

Lyn Barrett 7/30/21 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.

Lyn Barrett 7/24/21 Lyn Barrett 7/24/21

Diagnosed

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

Lyn Barrett 7/17/21 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!

Lyn Barrett 7/9/21 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.

Lyn Barrett 7/2/21 Lyn Barrett 7/2/21

Becoming Real

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

Lyn Barrett 6/26/21 Lyn Barrett 6/26/21

Frenemies

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

Lyn Barrett 6/18/21 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.

Lyn Barrett 6/12/21 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.

Lyn Barrett 6/5/21 Lyn Barrett 6/5/21

DID Systems

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

Lyn Barrett 5/28/21 Lyn Barrett 5/28/21

Is Forgiveness the Goal?

Forgiveness is not a requirement, but grieving is.

Lyn Barrett 5/22/21 Lyn Barrett 5/22/21

Safe Spaces

A safe space is somewhere we go to feel safe when we can’t be safe.

Lyn Barrett 5/14/21 Lyn Barrett 5/14/21

“Am I Making It Up?”

The ultimate DID question.

Lyn Barrett 5/9/21 Lyn Barrett 5/9/21

Happy Mother’s Day!

On Mother’s Day, or any holiday that’s difficult for you, try to reframe the day to celebrate yourself.

Lyn Barrett 4/30/21 Lyn Barrett 4/30/21

Pain & DID

We are more than our pain, even when we think we aren’t.

Lyn Barrett 4/23/21 Lyn Barrett 4/23/21

Integration, Fusion & Functional Multiplicity

Integration of the knowledge of who we are is good whether we are one or many.

Artwork by gailwaldencoleman.com