From System To System My Heart To Yours The Tools (eBook)

For a long time, I thought the voice in my head was just my intuition. So, when my Therapist and I discovered that I had Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), I was shocked and upset. I had heard about multiple personality disorders, and they were scary-the stuff of horror movies. How could that be me?This is my story: the story of a child who survived trauma and loss, and of the woman who found her way to love and acceptance. It is a story of triumph and strength. And-most of all-it is a story of acceptance, love, and the path to finding that for yourself.I created this as a handbook for understanding DID and the tools used for living with it. I wanted to share my personal experience with using the tools as well as provide strategies about what to do when the tools don't seem to work.I wanted to show you that-even through all the pain-there is a promise for a new day.You will see the light again.Whether you are living with DID or know someone who is, it is my hope this book gives you some insight into a condition that is often misunderstood. Even if you are not a fragmented system like me, all of us are the sum of our parts. So learn to love all of your parts as I do mine. You are worth it.A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORMy Therapist once asked me what I would tell someone if they were in such deep pain, it kept them from seeing the light. This was the type of pain that had consumed me as well. I had no answer for her at that time. I still can't promise this is the right one, but it's the one to which my heart always seems to return. I have so much compassion for your hurt, your pain, and for what you might be going through. I validate how hard things have been for you and how hard this is. I stand beside you with no judgment, offering you my heart as a friend and teammate on the same playing field.Now get up and fight! This is your chance! You didn't have a choice before, but you do now.Yes, this is the fight for your life-the life you want, the life you deserve, and the life you can have.