Dissociative Identity Disorder Support Sessions
Hey everyone! Thank you so much to everyone who has expressed interest in getting involved and leading/writing sessions about DID. This is great and a topic that is of huge importance. Im excited to see that so many of you are passionate about helping out. The more information we can share about this mental health condition, the more we can all work together to decrease the stigma that is still associated with it.
Forgive me for getting technical for a second-- According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) "Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by ‘overwhelming experiences, traumatic events, and/or abuse occurring in childhood.
Because trauma is the root cause of DID, there has been some confusion as to whether DID as a whole will fall under the Trauma Team or remain in the Support + Team.
Heres the short answer:
- DID is a huge subject and obviously of interest to a lot of you. Because most people with DID have a mix of dissociative and posttraumatic symptoms, as well as non-trauma related symptoms, DID will be part of both the Trauma Community as well as its own team within Support +.
- Support sessions and discussions related to trauma and the cause of DID, will be run through the Trauma Community.
- Support sessions and discussions that are more broad (such as DID and Stigma, DID in Relationships, etc) will be run with the Support + Team.
- If there continues to be a high level of interest and engagement, DID will be considered for being its own subcommunity team in the future.
For more info on getting involved with the Trauma Subcommunity, please contact @dancingRainbow45.
For more info on getting involved with Support +, please contact @beYOUtywithin.
There are so many topics and subcommunities that need love and attention! Thank you for all your hard work and feedback to ensure we are covering information that meets the communitys needs and interests.
@Kate Just to let you know that we focus on dissociative disorders and DID that orginates from trauma but we also look at the impact that this has on everyday relationships, working with the inner system, how if your dissociative/DID the issue of managing healthy eating can be difficult if you have parts or the host who has an eating disorder that stems from when food was used in an abusive and traumatic way, or how attending medical appts can be traumatic especially so when DID, we also look at the impact of DID on employment and also stigma issues along with a whole range of other topics which stem from trauma related dissociative disorders and DID etc because these issues compound PTSD and trauma issues. Whilst we focus on issues stemming from trauma in order to help people overcome the difficulties they have, we focus on how that trauma and how the dissociative disorder affects peoples lives now and find ways to support them in overcoming these problems. This is a large part of the work we do in the trauma community. For example our workbook group focuses a lot on skills and techniques in managing their dissociative symptoms originating from trauma whilst also helping our members to understand their dissociation and how this impacts them.
Given DID in 99% of cases is caused by trauma it makes more sense for another community to run non trauma related dissociation sessions and leave trauma to run the trauma caused dissociative disorders and DID sessions so they also get the benefit from sessions offered to them which trauma cant offer due to it being caused by other things apart from trauma. Also where DID hasnt been caused by childhood trauma research shows that in the remaining 1% overwhelming, traumatic events other than childhood trauma result in DID. The Trauma Community support many different kinds of traumatic experience from sex trafficking, to combat trauma, to childhood trauma to natural disaster. It Its a shame for both these teams to duplicate what is already being covered or in the pipeline.
Perhaps this distinction is needed, perhaps the title of this thread should be more about dissociation/dissociative disorders sessions rather than refer to DID sessions which is trauma based. Dissociation falls on a spectrum with many different levels of dissociation along the way, with DID being the top end. Some people with BPD for example may suffer with a dissociative disorder which is not DDNOS or DID and who have not suffered trauma. Equally some people with BPD may also have suffered trauma but have no dissociation at all.
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@dancingRainbow45
"perhaps the title of this thread should be more about dissociation/dissociative disorders sessions rather than refer to DID sessions"
DID support team, since 2016 was always and will always be specific to DID and not about other dissociation. I lead it, I wrote them all alongside my coleader. It never was dissociation not caused by DID
@beYOUtywithin
Beyou I hope this "mini" 4 week trial shows the importance of community. The community will tell the truth on it. DID as we hope will be back into Trauma area. But for now we will all watch. Good luck! on these next 4 weeks!
@RumpleSteeleSkin DID is not and never was leaving trauma support forums. DID support has always been a separate team as well, I believe Kristen oversaw me even writing those with my co-leader for a while when we first were developing them. It has always been another team and never has been about trauma suport not continuing the amazing work but spreading a biggere range of supports that are specific to DID as DID team always has done. We do not focus on trauma in DID, but about all the dissociative aspects of DID, i am sure you remember from when colead a few with us to fill in. Trauma team clearly is about trauma and is not completely on DID, wihch is great as well.
@Kate
This does seem to be a case of repeating the same work, and Im not sure for what reason? There are a huge array of resources on this site, and it can be hard to navigate. It seems to me that placing this topic across two areas of the site is going to make it less accessible. As Rain says, theres far more to the trauma community than focusing solely on the trauma, much of it around coping in the here and now.
It also feels a bit dispiriting that work done by one community seems to be not good enough, and needs to be ‘taken over by support+. Surely a better solution would be for support+ to support the work of the trauma community, and complement it within that community, rather than set up additional groups. Personally I would think that would support members far more.
Just to clarify, DID support always was (since June 2016) a distinct topic under support plus and no one is trying to "take over" this topic all a sudden. DID support AND trauma support were always and will always be 2 teams working alongside one another to offer a viriety of supports within our community. Trauma support is great and covers a number of topics that are trauma related, including those with CPTSD, depresseion, PTSD, Anxiety, Addiction, Eatig disordrs, BPD and so on, all that can be , and often are, caused by trauma. Trauma can cause so many different mental illness, disorders and challenges and we want to continue to offer supports on all of these and not have them limited under an umbrella of one broad topic just as we have for many other topics and have had for DID support.
Below is a list of a range of psychological conditions that are associated with child abuse.
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Dissociative Identity Disorder
Does it make sense then to not have subcommunities or supports for all of these topics and conditions because they can very often be caused by trauma? Of course not, nor will we do this on site with any team or topic.
"According to the Journal of Traumatic Stress, an alarming 90 percent of women who become depenet on alcohol suffered severe violence at the hands of a parent or were sexually abused during childhood.
"Research does indicate that there is a relationship between child abuse and borderline personality disorder (BPD). People with BPD report high rates of childhood sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and/or physical abuse. Forty to 76 percent of people with BPD report that they were sexually abused as children, and 25 to 73 percent report that they were physically abused."
"A history of trauma is a key feature of dissociative identity disorder. About 90% of the cases of DID involve some history of abuse. "
Are 3 instances reported by webMD or ClevelandClinic of where trauma is the cause of 70-90% of the time in these 3 topics on site.
Of course this is not a means of duplicating work, it is a means of having more supports available and regular sessions on DID itself.
@beYOUtywithin
As shared by Rain we do all these things in trauma-thanks
@beYOUtywithin
nice post :)
thank you for the resources
DID has been a topic under support + and sessions were written by @beyoutywithin her team for over a year now.
After reviewing the amount of people that want to help with DID and the countless opportunities for discussions, I have decided to keep DID under Support + for now and work to make it a seperate subcommunity. It seems like there is enough interest and content to warrant a seperate team.
This is absolultely not to overlook or discount the work and effort the Trauma Team has put into this. I do believe sessions should be run under Trauma that focus on dissociative disorders and the fact that they stem from trauma. If just seems like this is a huge topic of interest for many users here and want to make sure we're covering everything that needs to be covered but also not taking away from all the other work and topics that the Trauma Team covers.
Hmm... I'll begin with a quote: "Forgive me for getting technical for a second-- According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder, Fifth Edition (DSM-5) "Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by ‘overwhelming experiences, traumatic events, and/or abuse occurring in childhood. " (Kate 1 day ago)
I would further like to add this,
Elizabeth Howell (2011, p.xvii) says:
Dissociative identity disorder is usually the outcome of chronic and severe childhood trauma, which can include physical and sexual abuse, extreme and recurrent terror, repeated medical trauma, and extreme neglect.
Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by "overwhelming experiences, traumatic events, and/or abuse occurring in childhood", particularly when traumas begin before age 5. [4]:293, [1]:122 The child's repeated, overwhelming experiences usually occur alongside disturbed or disrupted attachment between the parent/caregiver and the child. Dissociative Identity Disorder is often, but not always, caused by early child abuse (including neglect and the failure to respond to the child). [1]:122-123 Other early and chronic traumatization can cause it, e.g., medical trauma, involving multiple painful and prolonged medical procedures at an early age. [4]:294 Early childhood trauma causes Dissociative Identity Disorder to develop by preventing the child from forming a cohesive or unified sense of self, known as a core personality during their earliest years. Instead the prolonged trauma causes the different "behavioral states" present from birth to become increasingly dissociated (disconnected) from each other; over time these develop into alternate identities. It is believed that developing multiple identities protects the child by keeping trauma memories and emotions contained with specific identities, rather than overwhelming the child completely. Read more: traumadissociation.com/dissociativeidentitydisorder.html
It is very clear to me where this topic should reside, and that is with Trauma Support. Trauma Support is lead by two Licenced and Experienced Therapists whom work specificly in this and other area's of Trauma. The Trauma Support Team has a few whom work in the psychology field, as well many whom go to school to be in the field. We as a team work togeather as well as train with each other so that we alle are versed in how to handle Traumatic Experiences as well as their results including DID. DID is a most serious issue and should be handled by those best suited to tend it. None of us can say enough how important to Trauma Survivors consistancy and familiarity is. Dividing these issues is a foolish and harmful thing in my opinion. For whom would this move truly serve?
I agree with and support every word and sentiment expressed here by my Colleagues on The Trauma Support Team.
I am also looking at this from another angle as well. Here we are trying to strengthen the subcoms and get everyone to comitt to one team for the best support of our members. I myself could also work well on the LGBTQ+ teaam as I am Transgendered aand have worked in that field for a long time, but it's too much. There are too many to support when spread out. Trauma is my area of interest and what I am best at, so I stay with Trauma Support alone to be able to know as many of the members as I can and provide the best support. Spreading ones self out does our members no good, they need consistancy, familliarity, and reliabillity.
Support+ I don't really understand, the whole site is a support site. I understand that Support+ was around before the subcoms, but this site has been working very well to give people individual places to go to get the best support for their particulars. Even now 7cups is encouraging everyone to find their strengths and to serve in the subcom they are most interested and best suited for. Perhaps it's time for those in Support+ to decide which subcom they are beast suited for and join it, specialize in something and provide the best support in that catagory as one can.
For the claims of interest in the realm of DID made by some in Support+, not a single member of Support+ is one of the 875 members of the Traumatic Experiences SubCom. Not a single member of Support+ has posted a single comment in any of our DID related, or any other threads. I don't honestly see any true interest in working this issue. Between that as well as the subversive and misleading talk I have witnessed in certain rooms, I can only see this as a bunch of Egotistical Hoot an Phoohey!
Again, For whom would this serve?
@Raveninthelabrynth
* Gives Raven a round of applause
*Raven stands on her desk, and facing Rain exclaims "Oh Captain My Captain!"
Trauma team can keep running their DID sessions as planned. Am only attempting give dissociative disorders (in addition to DID, including dissociative amnesia, derealization disorders) their own space and team since so many of you are obviously passionate about this topic. Nobody is arguing that DID and trauma are hugely related and overlap. It just seems like there is enough information for sessions and discussions here to warrant its own team.
The Trauma team has over 40 sessions about DID and Support + has written over 20 written about DID and other dissociative disorders. This is already more discussions than a lot of other teams have. This is a ton of content.
I'm confused as to why everyone is hesitant to make this its own team. The same people could be involved, but having your own team would allow us to potentially have a seperate forum, room, badge, etc. To be built into your own team, it would need to start under Support +. The goal of having teams under Support + is to build up teams so that you can be indepenent and grow into your own subcommunity.
@Kate
@Laura
@dancingrainbow45
Please keep in mind that the DSM V also requires modifiers concerning PTSD. They include
dissertation as well depersonalization and derealization.
As such, it is necessary to keep in mind this part of the equation. There is a broad impact to the community that has not been discussed and this may be why you are receiving resistance to the change.
I believe we are successfully meeting the needs of trauma survivors and would have to consider the impact of destabilizing the community even for a short period of time.
Should the next revision of the DSM change the current model, I would be very supportive of those professional guidelines as well,
Hopefully, this will help with the confusion concerning the strong response rates from the members, Listeners, professionals and team leaders.
With regards,
Compassionate
@Compassionatelistener108 there is no change happening. There is a continuation of the support that has been offered by trauma support team as well as a continuation of the DID support sessions that were lead for well over a year. no one is trying to change or move anything, Some are not comfortable in trauma support and that is ok, this site has always been very good at recognising what works for some doesnt work for all and while trauma suport is doing things such as the workbook and such, DID discussions that were lead for a while and unfortunately stopped while i was away and have been requested to restart by those who were regulars there, will restart and we will continue to grow in that support area. No one wants anything to change or move and no one has ever suggested that
@Compassionatelistener108
Please excuse any typos in my posts. I generally do not feel it necessary to share, but given the need for integrity as well as the content it is worthwhile to mention that I was diagnosed with a neurological disorder that impacts my fine motor skills (thus the typos). I am doing extremely well so no worries, I have been successfully managing it for quite a while. It is simply a matter of retaining my professionalism as opposed to allowing perceptions override the message.
Best regard,
Compassionate
eg: dissertation should read Dissociation when referring to PTSD as it is a current modifier.
@Compassionatelistener108
@kate
@kristenHR
@dancingraindow45
Please note the reference to any inadvertent typos and the cause. Again, I dont want the message to be lost due to an inaccurate perception. Professionalism is of utmost importance to me as is the wellbeing of the members of this community.
@Kate
HI Kate ok this I am not to supportive on. I know beyou works hard on her discussion writings as well as Rain works hard to keep things up and going and fresh for the Trauma team. Let's get technical for a minute here. And if I am understanding right. DID is in almost all the areas here. As well as Mindfulness fits ALL teams on 7cups. But my team is so seperate and will continue staying this way, unless a team leader asks for discussions. (I know I went off topic)
"Dissociative identity disorder is usually the outcome of chronic and severe childhood trauma, which can include physical and sexual abuse, extreme and recurrent terror, repeated medical trauma, and extreme neglect." DID doesn't need it's "own" team, or room, or anything. DID is a form of trauma no matter how you look at it!! You can't pull it outta trauma. So I don't understand on this decision. I'd like to know "who" made this decision and what part of the TRAUAMA team was involved in making this decision. If beyou wants to lead something please work with Trauma team on DID and not try and "pull" it away and the people who we have in our team. THAT IS TOTALLY WRONG however way you look at it. It's wrong.
Trauma team and members have been hosting these discussions since the beginning of time. DID was involved in it. DID does not need to be seperated over someone who "thinks" they deserve some help in their area.
Im sorry in advance for being honest and blunt. I do hope this doesn't destroy and pull apart our wonderful team.
Up to now I have tried not to comment on this as other than being group mod leader and being available to support any team. I not really be involved in Trauma or Support+.
I just like to ask a couple of questions in hope to coming to resolution /understanding on this topic (sorry if I repeat any that been asked before).
1. What makes people against having DID as its own team? I recognise that you saying it is very related to trauma - however we could say the same about other conditions. It makes sense that with its own team in addition to trauma running sessions if they so wish we would provide more support than trauma could alone.
2. Not saying that it is going to happen, however if made DID under trauma? what about all the other topics under trauma? It feels to me no topic should be covered more than another, trauma is already a huge successful team.
3. Does everyone with DID auto relate DID to trauma? I hear it is in the definition however those that have it ?
@fluffyUnicorns84
"How does someone get DID?"
Dissociative identity disorder, formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder, is a condition wherein a person's identity is fragmented into two or more distinct personality states. People with this rare condition are often victims of severe abuse and trauma.
@fluffyUnicorns84 @Kate i just have one point I wish to make which clearly isnt being understood and perhaps thats because people may lack knowledge and experience, I dont know. Not said to put anyone down.
DID is not just trauma related. It is created by Traumatic experiences. It is something that happens as a result of traumatic experiences 99% caused by trauma in childhood 1% by other traumatic experiences = trauma community!
Self harn, addiction. depression, addiction and so on, are are consequences of coping with the impact of trauma they do not originate solely from having trauma as many people can suffer these issues without having suffering trauma hence the need for these other communities to exist within cups
DID is trauma caused. You cant have DID without having suffered trauma, it goes hand in hand.
No one is saying about not offering more either so please join the trauma team in offering our members who have suffered trauma and who suffer with dissociative disorders including DID more support. Why create yet another team when we are already doing the job needed. And as said we must be doing something right for our community to be functioning as well as it is and for the relationships our team has grown with our members which takes time, kindness and patience. Why not build on an already well functioning community to offer more and continue to grow rather than pull apart a team over this who are dedicated to their members and to one another.
In addition trauma is independent of support plus and has been functioning as so from the start because although technically we were under them we did not receive the support needed to grow this community. We grew trauma ourselves and do everything independently. The other thing we did do until we had our own room was use support plus room which became problematic for us given we had to work around when the room was available due to other communities using this so often and it became impossible for us to offer sessions when our co hosts could do it
@dancingRainbow45
Well said Rain-take a bow!! It is a proven fact that DID is formed from some sort of trauma related experience like you said mostly from childhood. We can get so technical on trauma and DID and where it goes. But tbh no matter what you read DID goes hand in hand with Trauma. Ask any therapist. I really would like to see these 2 be combined and we work together. This is for the community...don't lose that sight. We do this for them. Members right now are not happy, as well as others. We need to work together to improve, enrich the community. We don't need another team
@fluffyUnicorns84 those that have it might know or may not know it is related to trauma. In fact, many may not even know they have been abused as it might seem to be the norm to them, or they may not know they have alters. It is very complex and even still, some who have DID may not want to focus so heaviily on trauma or how differnt things now might relate to traumas, so avoid the trauma subcommunity all together. At least that is what I hear from those who have asked me to start the discussions again. And I also know that something going on like this is something many would avoid. this is all very sad to me that support being expanded is being met with such attack
@fluffyUnicorns84
Hi, I'm a member with DID, I thought I would answer your question directed to members. But First I'm really grateful to every listener, mod, member and awesome human being that has passionately supported us DID survivors.
I have DID because the trauma I suffered was severe and repetative and I did not form safe attachments to my 'care givers' and therefore my brain switched off and dissociated to cope. I have spent a lot of time researching my disorder, connecting with other DID surviors with and accessing online resources from many sites. I have never come across anyone who is diagnosed with DID and that has not had trauma in their childhood. There may have been chunks of their life that they didnt remember what happened due to dissociative amnesia but as with PTSD is comes back as flashbacks, body memories etc as the brain starts to heal and the survivor begins to accept what has happened.
I spend most of my time dealing with dissociation, as personally in my stage of my recovery I have processed a lot of my trauma. There are many survivors who have been in therapy for years, even decades who are stuck in accepting their diagnosis and other parts and the trauma they suffered. While I have processed a lot of trauma and am able to cope with a lot of the PTSD sysmtoms I have, dissociation is a real pain to live with. It is triggered for me by things that rememind me of my personal trauma, or mean that I have to form any kind of attacthment or establish a sense of safety anywhere/or with anyone I don't know.
From my experience on cups: BeYOUtyWithin's sessions were an opportunity to understand what dissociation is/how it felt for others and knowing im not the only one, and not feeling ashamed or stigmatised. However trauma and processing what happened was missing. For some members I think this was helpful as some times you just need to focus on right now and functioning but at some point you have to deal with the root cause. That said the Trauma sessions were also extremly helpful in my processing stage and now in my current phase of understanding my identity and thinking about what I want to take away from my past and keep as part of my identity now. But sometimes the support sessions go fast and miss some specific nuanses that are DID specific. Like needing more time to process a topic with multile parts, with varies views and emotions in the sessions.
Dissociation is a wider topic, I agree and it is included in other disorders. My best friend has Borderline Personality disorder and she experinces dissociation also, but more depersonalisation (disconect from the body or distorted perception of her body). She also struggles with her identity but this is not the same as I experience it. She struggles with boundaries and remaining herself when others are around feeling like she needs to please them. For me as well as the things she experiences with boundaries, I am literally not me and another person takes over.
I have read a lot on co-morbidity and things of that nature and most therapists seem to advice that they will focus therapy on the main diagnosis and then deal with the co-morbid sysmptoms as they arise. I can only speak from my experience but I cant process anything without accepting I am multiple and the emotions they feel because of the trauma. So that said If someone told me I had to choose one sub con over another for DID i'd have to say it fits better longer term with trauma, but i'd really hate to see the type of sessions run with support + included as they were so valueable to me. I'm honestly not sure how i'd feel if DID is run as a separate sub con, if cups choses to go this way I would hope that for saftey reasons is it lead/overseen by those who understand trauma or I'd probably feel unsafe participating.
Again this is all my personal experience/opinion, totally not a professions therapist or anything. Hope that is helpful and answeres your question.
@LifeIsMyCanvas Canvas, Thank you for stepping forward and speaking to us alle. You inspire me, and I am proud to call you a friend. 
@Raveninthelabrynth you are always so sweet to me 
@agreeableKite4304 We got to speak up for those who can't yet right?
@LifeIsMyCanvas Thank you canvas. I am really glad that you were able to benefit from the sessions we lead that were not trauma focused. It was always a space of understanding, relating and accepting DID/OSDD, and I am so happy to know that in that you were able to build the strength to then come into trauma support sessions where focus is more in depth on trauma. It is important for many, I think to have that time to come to terms and understand they are not alone and maybe they are not ready to, or perhaps not even want to link everything in the now to trauma. As we always say, what works for one, doesnt work for all. Some, like yourself, may need these stepping stones while others may be able to dive into a subcommunity like trauma support without that. Some find comfort in just knowing they are not alone, others might prefer to work with a professional on processing rather than volunteers on a webite. It all is individual and I am really glad that you have found a path that you feel has been really good for you. As was said, you are an inspiration. Keep up the great work.
@LifeIsMyCanvas
Life you are such a great supporter in Open Chats in trauma and the other DID discussions. You also are so brave to share here and inspire me personally to do a final step I've been avoiding . Thank you for this and opening out eyes of the real reason all of us work hard on trauma and DID things. For the community 😊
@LifeIsMyCanvas Thank you for sharing this , I really appreciate you being so honest and open to try answer my question. It sounds like sessions work quite well together to provide education on the topic and how feeling, knowing you are not alone. However Trauma provides that missing gap which is great.
Hello all - I'd like to chime in here on general community building process at 7 Cups.
How do we build a team? What is our process?
As many of you know, we look to you all to see where the interest lies. If someone or a group of ppl in the community have an interest in a topic, we allow them to run with it, supporting them and giving them the tools they need to be successful. Most recently, we had a small group of volunteers become passionate about leading DID discussions. This is amazing and we are so fortunate to offer this to our community members.
While there has been some debate on where these discussions should or shouldn't happen in the community, its important to reflect on our prescribed process for team or sc creation. In this case, it is clear, that a DID team is in the early stages of forming its own team, which is great.
I understand that some folks in the Trauma community want DID discussions to fall exclusively in their Subcommunity. This is helpful, and we thank you greatly for being a warm welcoming space for those impacted by DID. However, we need to see if this team can have legs on its own. Therefore, we will take the following steps:
1) The trauma team can run their DID discussions that relate to trauma just like they do with other mental health topics
2) Support + will take over building a team and running the majority of topic sessions.
We ask you for you all to give this a try. We need to move forward and see if a DID specific team can work out. We may find that it needs more support from another SC's but we need to give the idea some time to breath and find its legs. To not do this would be unfair to those impacted by DID who want their own space to connect and share. And remember, trauma overlaps with a bunch of mental health conditions that we have other teams for. so just treat this like they do depression, eating disorders...etc.
It is time to move forward from this debate. I know that some of us disagree on this matter and that is okay. We can agree to disagree. But we need to move forward in a respective and professional way so we can continue to learn and iterate as a community. We will circle back to this debate in 4 weeks to see how far we have come and what we have learned. Until this time, we will not continue to debate the topic because it is not helping us move forward and learn, which is what we need to do for our teams and for the members who depend on us. In 4 weeks, we will inventory what went well/ what needs more support. Please take down your notes and ideas during this time, so we can have them during the reflection period in February.
@Laura Laura I am sorry but I actually do disagree strongly with some of your points. Other teams exist because for example not everyone with an eating disorder is affected by trauma. nor depression nor addiction nor relationship problems. They are a consequence of many factors trauma being one of them
DID is the result of trauma. Instead of building a new team continue to build and grow the existing team which right now is being stripped down and demoralised by peoples lack of knowledge on this issue. You may as well take most of the members out of trauma by creating a new community and to create a new community run by people with clearly not enough knowledge and experience to keep our members safe is not okay.
I will not support this I am sorry. I did not join trauma to work with an incredible team and courageous members for others outside of the team who have done nothing to support us to then come along and take away from the work we have done and to take from the majority of the work that has been done. Instead of forming another team which is not needed why dont you instead support the growth and development of one already being run and run well.
I have nothing further to say on this issue
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@dancingRainbow45
Rain we are still here, we love trauma team and the wonderful members. We got this-ok
But I'm glad you voiced your words! Let's have some faith that "maybe" the admin team will 2nd think on this and learn to combine and work together instead of pulling apart regardless of how many written discussions there is. Again our focus needs to be for the community and not someones "eggo"
@Laura
This does smack of a preordained decision. Where was the consultation? Has any member been consulted? Have you actually looked at the data for the trauma team and the DID forum within it, for the workbook group being held, for the discussions? Do you recognise the energy and enthusiasm being put into supporting members, which youre now undermining? And for what? A vanity project? A need to make support+ relevant? Where have support+ been as the trauma community has been building? When there werent enough mods on the team to support some of the discussions, did support+ offer to help?
Have support+ made any contribution to the hard work of @dancingrainbow45 in particular, and @KristenHR? Where have they been when sessions were being planned to support and educate listeners on the trauma team? Where were support+ when the trauma team manual was being written? I havent seen a sniff of support+ in any of that. Fancy title, but nothing more Im afraid.
Anyway, you clearly have no interest in listening to the opinions of others, and not just random others, but others who have invested a lot of time and energy. Shame on you for such an imperious attitude.
@DeborahUK
Deporah, thanks for the feedback. As I understand it, Kate has heard from all sides. I was attempting to represent that conversation.
@Laura
hmmm Laura is that true? Did someone come to talk to the trauma team who is CURRENTLY" doing what the "extra" team wants to do already? Why have repeats here on 7cups? Why confuse the community? I'm sorry on this really I am. My feelings are not involved in this. Just the chance it may hurt the trauma community.....
Is anyone gonna patch that up? If it happens cause I really support this community
@DeborahUK
i think there may be some confusion on the exact nature of the problem. I made a follow up post below.
I hope this helps!
@DeborahUK actually trauma support (and dancing) was my mentee in support plus when first creatigng trauma support team once kristen took a break from it. so yeah, support plus has been there for truama support and like all support plus teams, we help in the early stages to develope and the teams soar, as trauma support has done. DID support has been a team alongside trauma support on support plus as well.