Lyn Barrett 10/27/21 Lyn Barrett 10/27/21

Perfect Parts

Our parts may not make up a perfectly symmetrical pumpkin pie, but they make up a perfect “us.”

Lyn Barrett 10/20/21 Lyn Barrett 10/20/21

Taking a Writing Break

Taking a break is taking care of yourself.

Lyn Barrett 10/9/21 Lyn Barrett 10/9/21

Inner Drive & DID

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

Lyn Barrett 10/4/21 Lyn Barrett 10/4/21

Seasons of DID

Just like the natural world, we live through seasons of our lives.

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

Creative Communication with Parts

Guest blogger, Gabby Sacks, shares psycho-structures that help her communicate with her parts.

Lyn Barrett 9/17/21 Lyn Barrett 9/17/21

Trusting Relationships

The world is built on relationships.

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.

Artwork by gailwaldencoleman.com