Author Archives: Sandra Skinner-Young
Assessing Safety Needs for People with DID
People have to be safe to heal. Persons who have suffered significant trauma in their lives have learned to be...
Our King Can Put Humpty Dumpty Together Again!
Understanding DID “We don’t know what to do with these people! They are pouring off the streets into our home...
Busy Bees
Today was garbage pick-up day at my house. I scurried around the rooms to empty the waste baskets. When I...
Christmas Fun and Fears
Hi! I used to say that to my daddy and he would laugh and tell me that he was no...
Tattle Tale! Tattle Tale!
How do they know that??????!!!!! Did you wonder this sometimes? You do your best to hide behind the couch or...
Self Defense Systems Which Can Destroy Your Life
People who dissociate were broken due to trauma. The child learned to make alters who could protect in times of...
Getting to Know All About Me
How do you get acquainted with yourself? How do you find out what is going on inside? That may seem...
Change: The Necessary Choice for Healing
Change happens to everyone whether they choose it or not. Some changes are exciting and anticipated. Other changes are fraught...
Why is Safety So Important?
If you are busy being on guard and trying to protect yourself, the healing process will be greatly slowed down...
The Original Person’s Survival Coping Mechanism
Hundreds of people to whom I have ministered, have had a nagging fear that they are insane. They may have...