My Existential Rabbit Hole: Internal Family Systems (IFS)
(Image credit to Kristel Koukoua using Canva.com Magic Design AI Image Generator, 2024) I first encountered mention of Internal Family Systems (IFS) in the book The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk. However, as the case study included in that chapter had a split personality disorder, I thought that it only applied to people with such issues, so I mostly skipped over it. Then, when I started seeing a licensed therapist to help me navigate healing and processing trauma and triggers beyond what I was able to address on my own through research and self-study, he introduced me again to IFS and it has opened up an entire world of extra exploration for me: IFS is my new existential rabbit hole! I have come to the realization that God made all His creation good to begin with. Indeed, it was very good. Satan cannot create, as he was not created with imago dei as humans were. Therefore, all he can do is take what is good and distort it. I love when believers en