Expressions
Welcome to the heart of canDID Expressions, where you will find life writing and art about daily life with trauma-based dissociation from those with lived experience.
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Inner Outer
Like I was Just Here
It’s challenging to return to being present when someone else has been managing daily life. Depending on how things go, it can feel like I am just continuing where I left off before vanishing. That’s not always the case though, and I’ve become...