• Home
  • About
    • Kathy Broady, MSW
    • Laura Boettger, LPC
    • Testimonials
  • Consultations
    • Phone Consultations
    • Email Consultations
  • DID Education
    • Hiddenton Bear Dissoci-ACTION Story Packs
    • Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
    • Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
    • List of All Articles on Discussing Dissociation Blog
  • Blog
  • Videos
  • Liability Agreement
    • Privacy Policy
    • Disclaimer of Liability Agreement
    • Kathy’s Waiver of Liability
    • Laura’s Waiver of Liability
  • Dissociative ART
  • Contact

Discussing Dissociation

Thoughts from a DID Systems Specialist

  • Healing Process
    • DID Education
    • Mental Health
    • Online Therapy
    • Power of Music
    • Therapy
    • Therapy and Counseling
    • Therapy Homework
    • Transference
  • DSM Diagnoses
    • Anxiety
    • BDP
    • Compulsive Hoarding
    • Depression
    • DID/MPD
    • Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • DID System Work
    • Artwork
    • Child Alters
    • Integrations
    • Internal Communication
    • Introjects
    • Stories for Child Insiders
    • Bears of Hiddenton Point
  • Trauma and Abuse
    • Domestic Violence
    • Mind Control
    • Emotional Pain
    • Fear
    • Physical Abuse
    • Ritual Abuse
    • Self Injury
    • Sexual Abuse
    • Trauma
  • Funny Stuff
    • Fun Bird Videos
    • Fun!
    • Maggies
    • Puppies
    • Uncategorized
  • Supportive Helpers
    • Family Members of Trauma Survivors
    • Friends of Multiples
    • Supportive Spouses
    • Trauma Therapist
    • Prevention of Sexual Abuse
  • TV and Video
    • HBO’s Series “In Treatment”
    • Kathy’s Video Comments
    • One Life to Live
    • United States of Tara
    • Podcasts
You are here: Home / Child Alters / Maizy’s Go Away or Fly Away Kind of Day

Maizy’s Go Away or Fly Away Kind of Day

By Kathy Broady MSW 30 Comments

Maizy is a quiet little cow. 

She talks when she wants to, but that’s not very often.

Maizy doesn’t like noise, and she doesn’t like crowds, and she doesn’t like bunches of people everywhere near and around.

Maizy isn’t that sure about people – she only likes one or two people, here and there.  And even then, she’s not completely sure. 

People are not her favorite.

Mostly, Maizy likes her own space.

She likes to feel safe, and she likes to have plenty of distance away from the threat of anyone coming near.  For Maizy, space equals safety.  She knows she will be ok if no one is nearby.

Maizy likes anything that reminds her of unruffled freedom.  She likes to watch birds fly in the air.  She likes to watch horses run across fields.  She likes to see puppies play and ducks swim in ponds and butterflies fluttering around.

Maizy also likes to watch kites flying in the sky.  Kites up in the sky are very peaceful.  They blow back and forth, floating and looking, and enjoying their own space up and away from everybody else.  Kites get to see all kinds of things, and they get to lift up and away from the noise of the world.  And kites come in all colors, and all shapes, and sizes, and there is no such thing as a bad kite or a wrong kite.  Kites are just fun.  Maizy loves kites!  

But today, Maizy has a dilemma.  Oh dear, oh dear.

Maizy heard about a kite day.  On this kite day, all kinds of kites were going to go to the park and fly high in the air.  There were going to be box kites, and round kites, and home-made kites, and tiger kites, and fish kites, and heart kites, and circle kites, and bear kites, and mermaid kites, and turtle kites, and rainbow kites.  There were so many different kites coming to kite day that Maizy could hardly decide which ones to watch!  Maizy was so excited!

 

A Fly-in-the-Sky-like-a-Kite Day all day would be perfect!

 

So what was the problem?

The problem, for Maizy, is that the kites came with oodles and gobs of people.  People!  Yuck!  Maizy is not a fan of people!  Maizy wanted to see the kites, but she didn’t want to see the people!  If only the kites could fly by themselves over to the kite park…

Oh dear, oh dear.  What was Maizy going to do?

Instead of feeling happy, Maizy was feeling very cranky.  She was upset.  She was angry.  She did not want those noisy scary people to mess up her wonderful Fly-in-the-Sky-like-a-Kite Day!

She stomped her foot.

“Go away, people!”

She stomped all four of her feet.

“Go away, go away, go away, go away!  Don’t mess up my wonderful Fly-in-the-Sky-like-a-Kite Day!”

 

But the people did not go away.

In fact, more and more people came.  More and more of them!

Maizy had to stop and think.  She couldn’t make all the people go away.  As much she may have wanted to, she just wouldn’t be able to do it. There were just too many of them, of all shapes and sizes.  There were as many people as there were kites. 

 

Maizy having fun by kite feathers.

Maybe more!  Those noisy people were just everywhere!

Would they bother her?
Would they hurt her?
Would they leave her alone?
Would they be kind to her?

Maizy had to make a decision. 

She really wanted to go see those beautiful kites, but she would have to be super duper brave to be near all those people.  Hmmmm….

 

 

What was a Maizy to do…

Maizy by a circle kite.

Ok. Well. Hmmmm….

 

She thought and she thought and she thought.

A Fly-in-the-Sky-like-a-Kite Day all day really would be a really fun thing to do. 

She really didn’t want to miss it.  She had already missed out on too many fun things because she was afraid to be around people.

Hmmmmmm…..

 

Maizy finally decided she could be brave.

Maizy knew that while some people had been very mean to her in the past, she knew that some people could be nice.

She knew that she couldn’t always believe the worst about everyone.

Maizy knew that a whole bunch of people would probably walk right past her, and not really interact with her at all. 

Maizy liked that. 

She liked to be ignored by strangers.  She was plenty happy for people to stay involved in their own lives and to leave her alone.  Maybe just maybe she could quietly watch the kites from her own little spot, and not mingle with anyone else.  She wouldn’t have to look at anyone.  She wouldn’t have to talk to anyone. She could just look at the kites.

 

Maizy knew she didn’t have to miss out on fun stuff just because she didn’t like to be around people.

If she stayed mostly quiet to herself, and if she was polite to anyone she decided to speak to, Maizy figured that there was a very good chance that she could navigate her kite party without any big problems happening.

Maybe, just maybe, she could go see the kites and not be bothered or hurt by anyone at all.

And maybe just maybe, Maizy could have fun at her wonderful Fly-in-the-Sky-like-a-Kite Day!

 

 

Maizy enjoying her wonderful kite day!
Maizy with a green kite!
Maizy watching a bear kite!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Copyright © 2008-2017 Kathy Broady MSW and Discussing Dissociation

Related Posts

  • Introducing Maizy

    Introducing Maizy to kids and children, especially to the child parts with dissociative identity disorder.…

  • Understanding Child Parts in the Dissociative System

    Folks with DID/MPD typically have many child alters in their system. This article gives some…

  • Being Kind to Your Internal System

    Treating the insiders of your dissociative system with kindness.

Filed Under: Anxiety, Child Alters, DID Education, Dissociative Identity Disorder, Fear, Fun!, Stories for Child Insiders, Therapy Homework Ideas Tagged With: Avoiding People, Dissociative Trauma Survivor, Fear of People, Isolation, Kathy Broady, Maizy, Safety, Stories for Child Parts, Trauma Survivor, Withdrawal from People, Withdrawing

Comments

  1. kiyacat says

    May 20, 2012 at 12:10 am

    We like your kite story. we’ve been crying for days and days and this made us both cry and smile cuz things are so whackadoodle right now. we really liked the pictures of Maizy Cow and the kites. We spent part of the day with our wolf and Sarge the german shepard – all the same size as Maizy. We like the feather kites the bestest! and Maizy with the diamond rainbow kite. Earlier today we went to the park with a friend and didn’t like the people either but they didn’t bother us with our friend there. One person even said good morning to us – she was very happy, it was nice. we didn’t see any kites, but lots of birds and we came home with duck and canadian goose feathers. tonight we made something like a kite – it is 2 mandalasthat we colored, gluded back to back with stuffing inside and on the strings above and below there are beads (and goose feathers). maybe it is an indoor kite.
    kiyacats

    Reply
  2. Pilgrim says

    May 20, 2012 at 8:34 am

    We wish we did be there to see the kites
    .
    We be like maizy we dont like pepol ether.

    But we like kites. We wish we culd fly away on a kite. Rel far.

    Reply
  3. ohevet says

    May 20, 2012 at 5:00 pm

    OH I can so relate to Maizy too. I remember once wanting to go to this place where my favorite kind of music was going on. It was something this group did every month and I’d wanted to go for two years. Finally, I decided to. I got prepared. Dressed up. Hair and make-up…the works. I got in the car and drove over. I got to the place, burst into tears (tears almost never happen with us) and drove straight through the parking lot all the way home.

    Another time – I was asked to attend a wedding. It was going to be an event – a beautiful one. Again I got dressed to the nines, hair and make up all done. Got directions, printed the map – navigated through city traffic for an hour trying to get there. Drove straight through the parking lot crying, dizzy, nauseous, chest pain…the whole bit.

    YESTERDAY – a dear dear friend’s baby shower. I was apprehensive, everyone was, but this was for our friend and everyone loves this friend. She’s so special and has a beautiful baby boy coming in July. I was bringing a big gift from several people that was going to be the center piece. TERRIFIED, I packed it in my car and drove over. I did it. I got out of the car, went and knocked on a stranger’s door and did the whole baby shower thing. It was FUN.

    A TOTALLY FUN DAY!!!!!!!

    *hi-fives to Maizy moo (my nickname for Maizy the Cow – hope she doesn’t mind)* WE DID IT!!!!!

    No body hurt us, no body did bad things, no body scared us or anything. Every one was nice and we even had cake!!!

    It was still kind of weird because I sort of felt like I was watching the whole thing and participating but not really??? Maybe someone was helping that I don’t know about, but I was sure glad they were there.

    YAY FOR BEAUTIFUL KITES!!!!!

    Reply
  4. Pilgrim says

    May 21, 2012 at 5:41 pm

    i bet mazy wuld like to go up in the parashute with me when we go in the fall
    i bet she wuld laff and laff and laff wile we fly down to the earth.
    i like them kite fethers there so cool.
    from TUCK

    Reply
  5. ibesammy says

    May 22, 2012 at 4:57 pm

    dis gud storey mis kafky 🙂

    Reply
  6. Mona says

    May 26, 2012 at 12:05 am

    A lovely story and pictures, thanks Kathy

    Reply
  7. beingemily says

    May 29, 2012 at 10:31 pm

    dis is gud fanks ples link ar blog ok
    http://emilyandothers.wordpress.com/

    Reply
  8. Insomniac In says

    September 1, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    we bin liking dis Story!!
    Can u pleases do more stories for littles, we liking dem stories wiv da pictures da best

    We in dis system not so liking bin called Parts coz we got sum who is like parts but many who is likes Peoples!

    Reply
    • Kathy Broady says

      September 11, 2012 at 5:35 pm

      Hi little Insomniac –
      Thanks for writing to me – I am happy to hear from you.
      You know what? I wrote a whole new post after I read what you said, so thank you for the inspiration!
      Yes, I have a new story I’m going to post soon – I’m working on it already, so hopefully, you’ll like it too.
      Thanks for reading, and for looking at all the pretty pictures!

      Warmly,
      Kathy

      Reply
  9. ohevet says

    September 6, 2012 at 4:39 pm

    Post! Post! Post! Post! Post!

    Reply
  10. Insomniac In says

    October 10, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Hellows

    We bin liking da new story dat you post about Jasmine da doggy. Sum of us like doggies. We bin finking we wud like da mommy doggy Jasmine. She looks nice for cuddles..
    Some of us peoples here like foxes too and der was foxes pictures!!! 🙂 🙂

    it so nice dat you wrotes dat parts/people thing too
    bye byes
    Flower (one of Insomniac’s crew)

    Reply
  11. tenhill says

    December 26, 2012 at 1:28 pm

    How do I get brave enough to go around people like Maisy did? I feel too scared.

    Reply
    • Kathy Broady says

      January 1, 2013 at 8:58 pm

      Hi tenhill,

      Welcome to the Discussing Dissociation blog.
      Thank you for reading about Maizy. 🙂

      And to answer your question briefly…. start with very small steps. A few minutes here and there. Keep a further distance, and gradually get closer to others, but be willing to do things out there just on your own first. Don’t expect too much too soon, and do a lot of people watching to see what others are doing. Let yourself be brave enough to gradually do what you actually want to do when you are out there in public. Do lots and lots of little steps, giving yourself lots of time to feel safer, stronger, braver. It all adds up in the end, no matter how long it takes. Give yourself permission, and go for it, bit by bit.

      Happy New Year to you — I wish you the best.

      Warmly,
      Kathy

      Reply
  12. Evan from KK people says

    December 26, 2016 at 6:28 pm

    We don’t like people neither. We like this story. Thank u.

    Reply
    • Kathy Broady MSW says

      December 27, 2016 at 9:52 am

      Hi Evan from KK people –
      yes, it’s a good story, and a true story too! Glad you liked it. Hi hi hi to you and all your inside KK people… 🙂

      Warmly,
      Kathy

      Reply
  13. Allinone says

    December 28, 2016 at 11:01 am

    Kathy,

    Thank you for the story about Maisy and the other stories you posted. My parts liked them.

    Reply
  14. Meggy says

    October 1, 2017 at 12:31 pm

    Ifs I putted sumfin here who else is gona seed it????

    Reply
    • Kathy Broady MSW says

      October 1, 2017 at 1:03 pm

      Hey Meggy,
      Thanks for writing. I see the writings you make first — just private to me, and then I can put them on the page so everyone who reads the story can see what you say.

      It’s great to add your words, but please make sure your big people are okay with what you type. 🙂

      Thank you, thank you for coming to this writing place. I hope you get to write more! 🙂

      Warmly,
      Kathy

      Reply
  15. Barbara says

    October 29, 2017 at 1:12 pm

    its a good story and I feel like Maisy too!! You are smart Kathy to know how people like us feel.
    I like Maisy and her adventure. Do you have more story’s about Maisy?
    Thank you! You are so good to us!:)

    Reply
  16. pilgrim kids says

    March 5, 2018 at 11:11 am

    it be spring here
    we want to go fly kites
    the air smell good
    the flowers be comeing out
    we dont want to go to schol we want to play out side all day

    Reply
  17. Snippy says

    March 6, 2018 at 10:16 am

    Pilgrim me snippy frum lon time go me I seed yu name be here

    Reply
  18. Snippy says

    March 6, 2018 at 10:28 am

    Pilgrim do the lady wit the red shrt be nise prsen

    Reply
    • Kathy Broady MSW says

      March 7, 2018 at 3:25 pm

      Hi Snippy,

      Welcome to Discussing Dissociation — it’s nice to meet you.

      Today I am wearing a blue shirt, but I am the lady in the picture with the red shirt. I’m usually pretty nice, but I’ll let Pilgrim answer that for you. :). Have you seen any of my videos? You can see lots more about me if you also watch me talk in those videos. I have lots of shirts in lots of different colors. You’ll see that in those videos too. 🙂

      I’m sure Pilgrim just hasn’t seen that you’ve written yet, and I’m sure she will write to you when she does. She’s pretty good at writing to people so please, just be a little more patient and wait for her to get here.

      Just keep writing, Snippy. Maybe also say hello on a different page or a different thread, too — that way more people will see that you wrote something. Lots of comments have come thru’ lately, and maybe people just didn’t see that you were here yet.

      This is a really nice group of people who read here, and I’m very sure that they will talk with you.

      I hope you feel better soon.
      Warmly,
      Kathy

      Reply
      • Snippy says

        March 8, 2018 at 11:28 am

        Hi . Me I onle seed this tokeen wit pilgrim wat pages wat vidos wat yu saeen ? Mmmmmmmscard haw yu no me mi name can yu see me to ? Pilgrim is nise lady at min jurne lon time go but we not node that so mene peepl in here and Lady still not nos . Lady alwaes bes mad wen me I tri tok to her . But the dcter sae thar be lots of peepl and me I node it but not Lady do !

        Reply
    • pilgrim kids says

      March 8, 2018 at 9:28 am

      yes her be the nicest person in the world!
      you shuld watch kathys videos
      her videos show how nice she be

      Reply
      • Litl snippy says

        March 8, 2018 at 3:21 pm

        Hi pilgrim do yu rember me I node yu at the uthr plase wit eteen stuff an mine jurne but me not cud fin yu and beedto scard

        Reply
        • pilgrim kids says

          March 10, 2018 at 10:55 am

          yes we member you
          that place broke down so caden had to close it becuse no one could get it to work again
          so we just been here

          Reply
  19. Snippy says

    March 7, 2018 at 2:39 pm

    Wi Pilgrim not be tokeen wit me ? Me be bad yukky gerl bad bad nobudee can tok wit Snippy tat wi . Puke puke bad gerl yukky yukky gerl sorree sorree me I do be to bad bad bad gerl

    Reply
    • ME+WE says

      March 10, 2018 at 3:32 am

      Hi Snippy,

      My name is ME+WE. My one little one – her name is Squirrel – wanted me to write because she wanted you to know that we are all here to see you and talk to you if you want to. There are lots of really nice folks here that you can talk to. And I can tell you that Kathy is super kind, super safe and super helpful.

      Now, Squirrel is really, really, really sad (me too) that you feel that you are a bad and yucky girl. We don’t think so. Squirrel thought this too (no more) but she has some insider friends that still feel this way. That makes her feel really sad. You do not have to feel bad and yucky here ‘cause we are here and we know. We hope that maybe we can help you see that you are wanted here and we valued you.

      ME+WE
      03/09/2018

      Reply
  20. Live United says

    January 25, 2021 at 1:51 pm

    What a nice read after a. Long hard week . Baby enjoyed the great story. Jessie say you know she isn’t fearful of people . Do you remember the guy in the elevator but she was talking to when we had our one on one.

    Reply

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Support this Site

Your relationship with this site is greatly appreciated!

Discussing Dissociation remains free (and ad-free) for dissociative trauma survivors all over the world. There are hundreds of articles and thousands of helpful comments. The amount of information and guidance you can find at this site is exemplary. As this site grows, the time, costs, and energy required to maintain DD increases significantly each year. It’s free for you, but not free for me.

If you find support, encouragement, and value in what Discussing Dissociation provides for you, please consider supporting this site with a monthly cup of coffee for Kathy, a working lunch, or healthy treats for the puppies.

MONTHLY RECURRING DONATION

  • $5 /month
  • $15 /month
  • $25 /month
  • $35 /month
  • $55 /month

ONE-TIME SUPPORT

Unique offers of support are valuable as well. Select any amount of your own choosing to give as a one-time offer of support and appreciation.

Need to cancel your recurring support? Go here.

Let’s Connect

  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • RSS
  • Twitter

About Me Here


Kathy - a clinical Social Worker, surrounded by kelpies, who enjoys puzzles, pianos, pizza, pretties in nature, and people with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Read more

Looking For Something?

Popular Posts

  • 10 Tips For Spouses and Partners of Survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • 20 Types of Dissociative Splits
  • Introjects – What are Introjects?
  • 20 Signs of Unresolved Trauma
  • Working with Difficult and Destructive Alters
  • Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • What is a Perpetrator Introject in a Dissociative DID System?
  • Scoring the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES)
  • Don’t Touch My Stuff !!
  • The Love / Hate Relationship for Borderlines

Recent Comments

  • Kayden on 10 Tips For Spouses and Partners of Survivors with Dissociative Identity Disorder
  • Brian on Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • Brian on Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • Darlin on What Would Your Perfect Treatment Plan Look Like?
  • linda on What do you think about Suicide?
  • Lane (he/him) on Working with Difficult and Destructive Alters
  • leslie landberg on Being Hated, Feeling Hated, Overcoming Self-Hatred
  • Charlotte on Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • EdCetera on How’s Your Journey Going?
  • EdCetera on Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • MissyMing on National Puzzle Day – puzzles are for DID!
  • MissyMing on Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
  • Live United on National Puzzle Day – puzzles are for DID!
  • Mk on National Puzzle Day – puzzles are for DID!
  • linda on Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
  • Live United on Maizy’s Go Away or Fly Away Kind of Day
  • linda on Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
  • Brian on Do You have Athazagoraphobia?
  • MissyMing on Compulsive Hoarding and Dissociative Disorders
  • MissyMing on How’s Your Journey Going?

Copyright © 2021 Kathy Broady, MSW. All rights reserved. No part of this may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Kathy Broady, MSW. Discussing Dissociation accepts no liability for advice or information given here or errors/omissions in the text. It is merely intended as a general informational overview of the subject for healthcare professionals, trauma survivors, and those reading the DiscussingDissociation site.