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Education Matters: Denial in Dissociation (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Education Matters: Denial in Dissociation (Svali Blog Post) Mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20090810110922/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/93014/2 – Jul 3, 2002 – © Diane W. Hawkins, M.A. “…when denial is no longer needed, neither is dissociation.” Once considered merely an annoying appendage to the diagnosis of Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), denial is now being recognized as the glue that holds the… read more »

Eating Disorders and Ritual Abuse (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Eating Disorders and Ritual Abuse (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110815010920/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/79684 – “You’re putting on a little weight,” my stepfather noted. I had gone away to school that year, and had gained five pounds. He was teasing me when I came home to visit. I was 14 years old, and decided to… read more »

Easter in the Cult (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Easter in the Cult (Svali Blog Post) Mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110907084404/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/90415 – Easter in the Cult There are certain times of the year that are particularly difficult for survivors of generational occult. These are “holiday dates” that correspond to rituals celebrated by occult groups. While the actual rites and practices may vary somewhat from group to… read more »

Developing Intrasystem Cooperation (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Developing Intrasystem Cooperation (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110828051139/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/77721 – “I don’t like this work. It’s beneath me.” Diamond, one of my “high” alters inside, was complaining about my washing a patient, giving a bedpan and other routines of my job as a nurse. “I like leading,” she continued. “I don’t see… read more »

Dealing With Threats (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Dealing With Threats (Svali Blog Post) Mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20120514164303/http://archive.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/91745 – I am at work, and one of my responsibilities as office manager is to answer the phone. In this age of privacy, almost one fourth of my customers have ‘private’ or ‘caller unknown’ as their identification on my caller i.d. machine. So I think nothing… read more »

Dealing With PTSD (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Dealing With PTSD (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110823095926/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/82659 – Ritual abuse is one of the most severe forms of physical, psychological, and spiritual trauma that a human being can undergo. During the trauma itself, the victim is silenced and taught to ignore his or her own internal feelings about events, and… read more »

Dealing with holidays (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Dealing with holidays (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110820224043/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/51425 – “They’re going to hurt me,” the little said, crouched under the stairwell. It was my first Halloween out of the cult, and I was working at a health club. A friend was with me, trying to coax the little out from her… read more »

Cults that abuse (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Cults that abuse (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110225003439/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/37698 – Groups that abuse Before I address survivor’s stories in later articles, I believe it is important to understand how groups that ritually abuse operate. Cults can be abusive or non-abusive, and there are many fairly benign cult-like groups that exist today. But… read more »

Complex polyfragmentation: a coping mechanism for the survivor (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Complex polyfragmentation: a coping mechanism for the survivor (Svali Blog Post) The following information was mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110822171624/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/46865 – Important note: this article is not meant to be therapy, or to replace therapy with a skilled and qualified person, which is essential in healing from severe trauma. These are only the opinions of a survivor…. read more »

Christmas in the Cult (Svali Blog Post)

December 23, 2016

Christmas in the Cult (Svali Blog Post) This information is mirrored from https://web.archive.org/web/20110907163925/http://www.suite101.com/article.cfm/ritual_abuse/87619 – Christmas is a time when people think warmly of family gathered around the Christmas tree, sharing laughter as presents are opened and sleepy-eyed children excited see what Santa has brought. Adults share egg nog and cheer, and happy traditions are followed…. read more »