July 2012

  1. Handling being triggered by others- when other’s can’t help it due to their own issues.
  2. EMDR
  3. Dealing with hopelessness
  4. Building new friendships
  5. Handling times of extreme stress without resorting to negative behaviors
  6. Internal systems living in the outside world
  7. Having Fun
  8. Trusting your instincts
  9. Standing up for yourself

June 2012

Comment on or off any topics listed below for the June meeting:

  1. Losing time: feelings about it, what to do
  2. Therapist vacations
  3. Exhaustion
  4. Fear and recovery
  5. Relationships: how to have them, what they should look like, what’s realistic?
  6. Working to maintain a consistent exterior in order to relate to the world
  7. Wanting time in the body. Not wanting shifting to happen.
  8. My body locks up and I can’t move. Does that happen to you? How do you get out of it?

May 2012

Reply to any topics below, or anything else you want to say:

  1. What people say vs what they do
  2. Feelings about Mothers Day
  3. When doctors don’t take your physical health seriously because of your mental health diagnosis
  4. Therapy issues: wanna quit, losing time, do I need it?, what do I really need to work on?, sometimes seems like a waste of time, etc.
  5. Stability
  6. Control over switching
  7. Dr Phil show on DID
  8. Determining what I will and won’t deal with or live with

February 2012

Talk about any of our past topics, or anything else:

  1. Long term effects of trauma
  2. How do u feel about snow?
  3. Is it an alter or my own feelings? How do I know the difference?
  4. Grief and mourning
  5. What are appropriate relationship expectations?
  6. Responding to other peoples’ reactions to me/us

November 2011

Comment on any of the following meeting topics from November’s meeting, or anything else you want to!

  1. Accepting uncontrolled shifting
  2. Internal abusers
  3. Relationships
  4. “Just get over it.” Dealing with comments like that, feeling misunderstood and feeling like we are too much for others to deal with.
  5. Shame
  6. US of Tara TV show
  7. Upcoming holidays