System Speak: Complex Trauma and Dissociation

We share some of what we learned at the McLean presentation at Harvard. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari brow...

Jon Cleveland shares with us about psychedelic research and HPPD. Jon’s email: jonathan@collectivewithin.com Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use...

We talk with ISSTD clinician Valerie Sinason (UK) about "infantacidal attachment". The "still face experiment" video on YouTube is HERE . The poem we referenced, which we wrote in 2020: In the last week, I watched my 5 year-old daughter's butterflies be born. They came home with us for quarantine, a gift of hope and peace while she herself is dying, while my children miss their friends and watch t...

We share an update from therapy, about learning how memory time and now time connect through re-enactments… and start looking at Memory Time where the pain is. Note:  This therapy session happened three days after the last session where we did the four questions that helped me see how Memory Time invades Now Time.  I thought I was going in to my therapy session to talk about the hard conversations...

We explain attachment wounds. The "still face experiment" video on YouTube is HERE . Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or no...

We share how our therapist walked us through the “hidden agenda” of re-enactment that shows up as attachment drama in relationships. Four Reflections: 1.  Three positive relationship characteristics from relationships in my childhood 2.  Three negative relationship characteristics from relationships in my childhood 3.  Three things I needed most in childhood (from my caregivers) and did NOT get 4....

We explain attachment strategies. Citation for the percentages came from a study of 10,500 mothers:   https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14616730902814762 Updated Diversity Aspects: https://jiaap.in/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/9-Seema.pdf https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/21/6/655 https://www.proquest.com/openview/c3ad3752217e211f6a04670d7304ced8/1?pq-origsite=gscholar&cbl=18750&diss=...

We explore how attachment wounds impact relationships. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join group...

We get ourselves through a hard weekend. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once...

We share an update about the new school year, and acknowledge some wins and the feeling like a fresh start with a new year. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, an...

We share a therapy update after the family visits. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HE...

You need to know about it. 99 cents. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once you...

We wrestle with acceptance of circumstances in our lives, only to find out it requires accepting ourself/ves. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use...

We share something we wrote about learning to notice Littles. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to joi...

We share some handouts we found that breakdown patterns and examples of both codependency and recovery from it. Links referenced: Codependency Checklist Patterns of Recovery Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network,...

We share more about what we learned from the co-dependency book. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to...

We share an update from therapy, in which we learn to honor little protectors instead of being shamed because of them. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and the...

We share about finding the book “Co-Dependent No More” by Melody Beattie. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari br...

We tell about a mess we got ourselves into, how it was super activating for Littles, and also how we navigated adulting while struggling, even with hard memories and big feelings. Links to articles about the stacked cribs: https://iamthegreatunwashed.com/2014/02/24/baby-cages/ https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/10fb4hq/cages_in_the_nursery_of_an_abandoned_church_in/ Our website is HERE:   Syst...

We welcome Lou Himes back again, this time for a community discussion about the intersection of DID and Trans Folx. Shared resource from the chat:  http://transbodies.com/people/lore-dickey/ https://wpath.org/ Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once y...

We welcome back our colleague Crystals. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari browser to join groups HERE . Once y...

We talk about holding more than one truth at a time. Making Lace videos: https://youtube.com/shorts/6vNfAiiY4No?si=WABqgGhGCJtTvXKM https://youtube.com/shorts/d7N4_PXEk8I?si=sugcCTuC7Tlsbdqh Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered...

Sasha reflects on avoidance and relational “sunburn” on the way to therapy. Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orientation, and then can use a non-Apple device or non-safari...

We talk about unfawning... with ourselves. Making Lace videos: https://youtube.com/shorts/6vNfAiiY4No?si=WABqgGhGCJtTvXKM https://youtube.com/shorts/d7N4_PXEk8I?si=sugcCTuC7Tlsbdqh Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the n...

We give a therapy update. Scientific American article referenced: https://michaelshermer.com/sciam-columns/the-sensed-presence-effect/ Our website is HERE:   System Speak Podcast and sponsoring nonprofit website is HERE: S3C Foundation . You can submit an email to the podcast HERE . You can JOIN THE COMMUNITY HERE .  Once you have registered with the network, you will receive an invitation to orie...