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@StarStruck I get you. I thought you might say that. My thinking is/ was the following. It may well be that many of your parts like your therapist. However, there may be some protector parts, i.e. firefighters, that go relatively unnoticed. Perhaps, they are exiled themselves. And they, for example, might be protecting a part that is afraid of change, and are therefore understandably sabotaging the process. So, doing the fire drill might bring them up. I personally think that is a significant possibility with your dissociative experiences. But i am no expert.

@StarStruck I just thought of something else for you, bro. You might want to run this meditation on your therapist: By, 'run this on [them]', I mean select them as the specific person to focus on in the meditation. It will make sense when you listen to the recording. If you choose to - of course ;). Been having some success with this meditation myself.

Ye he gets serious results. I just think you turn into a quasi sociopath. And it isn't very fun being a sociopath. The dudes openly an alcoholic too.

@StarStruck Nice one dude. Good luck. And ye I thought so re you knowing a decent bit about ifs

@StarStruck Hey dude, I was wary of giving unsolicited advice before. I say that in reference to when on your journal you said that your IFS therapist wasn't IFS institute certified. However, I really recommend you instead get an at least IFS level 1 certified practioner. I've experienced a couple non-institute certified IFS people and a level 3 ifs institute certified person. I find the process completely different with the institute certified person - its proper IFS. I'd also recommend doing the IFS meditations in, 'Greater than the sum of your parts' by Dick Schwartz. Further, the r/internalfamilysystems subreddit might be useful for your journey through the process. Penultimately, to relate, I have experienced, and do experience serious chronic dissociation myself. ----------------------------------- Finally, I'd be very wary of using psychedelics in your situation. To speak in IFS terms, I think you'll be bypassing protector parts and accessing exiles. There may be healthy aspects to that but there is a serious risk of overwhelm. Further, it may increase the polarisation of the parts in your system after the trip ends.

I second this

@lennart Heya dude, What came to mind for me was to write a letter to her expressing your feelings, and your wants and wishes towards her and the situation. Be those expressions of anger, grief, or of a seemingly irrational nature. But do all this without the intention of sending the letter. You can keep the letter in a draw afterwards if you want.

@Hardkill Because most people vote based on rhetoric, rather than policies/ political actions.

Hey @Ninja_pig, I align my thought with the internal family system therapy approach. If meditation is helpful for you, then go for it. However, if not, I'd guess that, when you meditate, it would be that there is an exiled part(s) of you, in your psyche, that is triggered. Consequently, said part is perceived of as more vulnerable by other parts of your psyche. Hence, it could be that others parts get triggered into suicidality (a way that other parts protect exiled parts). I'd personally advise going through the 'Greater than the sum of our parts' audiobook by Richard Schwartz. Here's an intro to IFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X45Y74blSg However, godspeed to you re whatever you decide to do.

@Frosty97 I think it depends on what you mean by confidence. Situational confidence is one thing. Self acceptance/ love, and core confidence is quite another. The latter requires stage green approaches. The former you can get a lot of from stage orange practices. However, stage orange stuff won't get you the latter. Its the classic pickup trap, for example. You develop a shit tonne of situational confidence. But not that much of the latter. Its not wrong to do pickup, its just about knowing what results can be expected from a certain practice. I think IFS is an effective way of achieving core confidence

Ye an off topic would be sick. I think it might improve the quality of the normal subforums, too.

Greater than the sum of your parts, by R. Schwartz I'd recommend getting the audible

I'd listen to the audiobook 'greater than the sum of our parts' by dick Schwartz

He gone.

@Realms of Wonder

@Realms of Wonder You're welcome dude. I'd recommend Internal family systems therapy with an IFS institute certified therapist btw.

Heya, I have C-PTSD. It is different to PTSD. However, I reckon there are enough similarities for my advice to be useful. I don't know too much about Autism though. Here are some tips from me re C-PTSD. I recommend Internal Family systems therapy, with an 'IFS institute' trained practioner. You can find them on here: https://ifs-institute.com/practitioners I'd try and get a level 3 if you can. I wouldn't recommend doing IFS with a non-institute IFS therapist, personally. I'd recommend having trial sessions with at least 3 different of these psychotherapists, and then choosing the one you like the best. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Here's an intro vid to IFS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6X45Y74blSg I'd also recommend getting this audiobook: https://www.amazon.com/Greater-Than-Sum-Our-Parts/dp/1683640616 (Greater than the sum of our parts, by Schwartz) Here's a subreddit for it: https://www.reddit.com/r/InternalFamilySystems/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I find this channel to be valuable too: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbWvYupGqq3aMJ6LsG4q-Yg I think its useful for understanding family dynamics. Also, unlike other youtubers, I find him both professional and personable ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For a general overlay of contemporary approaches to healing, I'd listen/ read to: Body keeps the score by Kolk Also, you might find this subreddit useful too: https://www.reddit.com/r/CPTSDNextSteps/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Penultimately, I'd be selective about who you take advice from. I'd go with the experts, and no one else. Finally, feel free to shoot me a message if you want my advice on something more. I still have a lot of recovery left myself, but I've learnt a thing or two about the recovery journey in my time. Either way, I wish you well.

I recommend getting the audiobook. The audiobook outlines the IFS modality. However, the reason I recommend it is because Schwartz has a series of guided meditations in the book that I find to have a lot of value.

Not a book, but you might find these useful: https://ifsca.ca/parenting/

Although the amount of spiritual bypassing on this forum is immense.

Today on: Stage Orange hates stage green

4chan will have you. They love free speech there ;)

Psychosis

I suppose the question can be taken to be: Why do people still choose to vote for these people? Well, I'd ask the degree one is able to choose to vote for these people. In the sense of whether they choose in a manner that is self-generated, i.e. the source of the choice at its deepest level is from the self. However, I don't think that is the source of a person's choice. We are manipulated into who we vote for. We are marketed better to by one party, and the parties that command the most ability to market/ manipulate are the parties who have the most success. Therefore, the choice is not made by us. Our very choice is a choice made upon us. We are inflicted with the choice.

@peqkno Great find. Coincidentally, I came across that just the other day, too. Kudos for sharing.