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The Day No Hope Came

© karenjoy

Greetings all,

This month I'd like to do something a bit different. Most of my more recent articles have been somewhat on the academic side, but I'd like to share a couple of articles in the next month or so from the book, "Just Before Dawn" that speak from a perspective of a child in the midst of her abuse - and how "parts" were developed as a result of those experiences. As always, I welcome your questions and feedback. My hope in sharing in this way is not to trigger or cause undue distress, but that it will bring a deeper understanding of how a child in the midst of inescapable circumstances often uses dissociation in order to cope.

*Trigger warning*

For those of you who have experienced similar types of abuse, please do take care of yourself as you read these types of articles.

Blessings, kj

Let's begin with an important question: How do those with DID develop "parts?" When you can begin to grasp this process from a survivor's perspective it's not such a strange thing afterall. While treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder can be a long and difficult process, being able to see into an abused chile's world from his or her unique perspective will help the process along for everyone involved.

Those who enter into the process of recovery from the devastating effects of child abuse and severe trauma embark on a challenging journey indeed. The work of healing from the resulting pain and loss is no easy undertaking. Yet there is hope of a positive outcome if disorders such as DID are brought to treatment, and healing truly can take place. It cannot be done alone, however, and much help and support is needed for the abuse survivor in order for healing to occur. Dissociative disorders are highly responsive to individual psychotherapy, and the prognosis is good when proper treatment is undertaken and completed. While some aspects of Dissociative Identity Disorder - not unlike Post Traumatic Stress Disorder - can be controversial in some areas, those suffering from this condition deserve to be heard, to be believed, to be helped, and to be able to receive whatever resources we have available in order for them to reach wholeness and healing.

In the article that follows, one survivor explains her own childhood experience with DID which may shed some light on this process and its development:

"The Day No Hope Came"

I remember the day she came.

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