Wow AG,
I just read the article. I clearly see myself in parts. Before therapy- I would say,"that is too bad for those people", but now I see- to an extent- I am one of those people. It also gives me some idea as to why my T acts the way he does.
As always- thanks for the insights.

just pulling this up again. this is a terrific article, and links into other terrific stuff. it is helping me understand that i really DO have PTSD, thought that was only reserved for 'serious abuse' and war victims. but i sure have the symptoms, and identifying this will surely help towards curing the issue. "principles of clinical work with traumatized children", "commmon responses to trauma and coping strategies", "dependency inthe treatment of Complex stress disorder and dissaciative disorder" are just a few of the links i have printed out.

hope y'all explore this and it's links if this is "YOU"...thanks AG for your continued wealth of knowledge you share with us!! jill

I don't understand "Dissociation" in psychotherapy. Can you guys give me some examples?

Thanks,
D

Dragonfly - I found the post on Dissociation by TN. Thanks for the info!