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While trauma is happening to the child their brains neurons will fire danger-signals, and immediately develop an alarm system that will remain active until trauma stops. The child learns many things by dissociating the first time, and their brain will repeat this powerful remedy many times over. These dissociative steps are progressive in nature, and eventually entire neuronal systems will become rewired.
The first of many dissociative steps will invoke a switch of neuronal
tracks, which allows the young child to hide and achieve safety, and at the same time, create and separate heroic Mini-Me parts of the system. These parts of the self act as a barrier during and in-between trauma episodes, effectively eliminating the conscious memory of the child, and rewiring the trauma onto their mini-me parts. When faced with active or extended and ongoing danger, the brain will simultaneously shift between hiding “the child”, and bringing protective mini-me heroes forward to deal directly with trauma, via proxy, on behalf of the hidden child. This dissociative process allows the child to disconnect from physical pain and overwhelming emotional distress; and in an effort to increase a protective barrier, another process of ‘denial’ will be used to create another child(Mini-Me), thereby establishing a crucial separation to take place. The child’s overwhelming need to remove their immediate stress, coupled with their vivid imagination and high intelligence, align with their keen ability to go quickly into a ‘self induced hypnotic state’. This approach purposefully designs and establishes the formation of one or more distinct and very realistic child-like heroic versions of themself that will face and endure each trauma experience head-on. The brain’s trauma response of rerouting and rewiring its neuronal circuits in this manner establishes a fine tuned miraculous protection. This strategy is not in error, nor is it an accidental mix-up, for it is a purposeful tactical move.
Cogent( power to compel or constrain) forces are in play while the survivor actively dissociates!
There is a current belief that parts create parts ;however, if you look more closely, it will become apparent that parts(Mini-Mes) reflect and act upon the needs, desires, and struggles of the survivor only.
How often do you lose your thoughts when talking, while trying to clean or do housework, read, studying or applying a skill you have already learned?
How many times do you change your mind about what you want to eat, drink, or what cereal or cookies you are buying at the store etc?
How many appointments do you forget such as: the doctors, therapy(show up on the wrong date or don't remember the appointment at all)?
Do you forget where you are when traveling to or from, and zone out and not recall the trip? Do you have difficulty getting home because you keep missing the turns that lead you there?
Do you have brief moments of forgetting how to spell words, where your child/children are? Do you forget if you took your kids to the sitters?
Do you have difficulty remembering what you are reading, following instructions?
What is your brain telling you?
What are your symptoms telling you?
You as a survivor can learn to read what your body and mind is really saying. There are answers, you just have to learn what is happening so that you can find immediate relief by knowing how to calm your system down. Learning to Identify and recognize the symptoms and behaviors is the key to starting your journey to understanding. You may be concerned that what works for others might not work for you, because everyone is an individual and traumas can vary greatly. What is important to understand is survivors traumas may differ but the pattern of dissociating is the same from one person to another.
Here is a list of Dissociative symptoms to look for.
Survivors suffer from a myriad of Difficulties such as:
Physical Issues
You may be concerned that what works for others might not work for you, because everyone is an individual and traumas can vary greatly. What is important to understand is survivors traumas may differ but the pattern of dissociating is the same from one person to another.
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